Ten young visitors — and their teachers — from Lockerbie find Syracuse bond in both sorrow of shared loss, and call to ongoing commitment.
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Sean Kirst: On Valley hillside, bond of revered lacrosse coach, beloved stickmaker lives on in one young tree
At a high place at Onondaga Valley Cemetery, Roy Simmons Jr. and his sons plant a tiny hickory sapling in honor of Alf Jacques.
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Sean Kirst: While doggone legend of a hardware store closes today, owner to have role at new hardware spot downtown
The owner of a legendary business, beloved for the dogs that roam the aisles, will play a part in a brand-new downtown operation.
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Sean Kirst: In this city so rich in hoops history, why I asked my students to remember Lawrence Moten
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.
