Recalling the profound impact at a critical moment made by Moten, a Syracuse University basketball legend who died at 53
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Sean Kirst: A farewell tribute to our Upstate September, ‘the most perfect month you could ever see’
Several Upstate meteorologists, rarely given to superlatives, say this September was a template of sun and beauty.
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Sean Kirst: Family’s eviction from lamented Fairmount landmark ignited mission of immigration lawyer
Matt Gonnella, a West Genesee High School graduate, relates his family’s eviction, years ago, to helping free a Massachusetts woman from detention this autumn.
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Sean Kirst: At 95, Oren Lyons trusts SU and its skilled archivists with his treasury of papers
A lifetime of letters, documents and photos from a global Haudenosaunee diplomat will be made available to scholars, at SU.
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Sean Kirst: In Elmwood Saturday, a memorial cleanup to reinforce how ‘we need to be community’
At 8:30 a.m. on Saturday, a group of Syracuse residents will gather for an annual peace cleanup in the memory of Jim Gifford, who was killed 12 years ago.
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Sean Kirst: In a restored high school full of wonder, beams of sunlight become Central
In the last days before students return, workers hustle to prepare the new Syracuse Regional STEAM High School.
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Sean Kirst: For Oren Lyons and Roy Simmons Jr., Alfie Jacques Award all about his knowledge of true value
Two old friends speak to the spiritual and natural meaning lived out by a legendary artisan of wooden lacrosse sticks.
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Sean Kirst: From kindergarten to college, an oldest kid, a farewell, the aching glory of late summer
Wistful moments, as August becomes September, every parent understands.
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Sean Kirst: With dad’s ashes scattered in dust of ‘Moody Mile,’ Syracuse family dreams of monument to revered dirt track, at state fair
It’s been 10 years since the last race, concert and demolition derby were held on that historic track, before it was torn out.
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Sean Kirst: When beloved Central High reopens as STEAM school, Minerva will wrap together dreams of then and now
In barely two weeks, that statue will keep vigil when 250 students — representing 28 regional middle schools — bring life back to that high school, after 50 years.