Local breweries are turning to festivals to give people a taste of what’s available from their small businesses.
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Bank Alley Urban Market hosts last event of the season
Organizers created the downtown event to bring community members together in a formerly unused space.
Prom dress giveaway event honors late Boom Babies owner (photo of the week)
The event offered free prom dresses to Syracuse City School District students.
$38M state plan aims to stop lead poisoning, but advocates aren’t sure it will work
A New York Department of Health plan includes $38 million to address lead poisoning in communities like Syracuse.
Layla’s Got You, the online chatbot big sister/friend for young women of color
The chatbot feature helps Black women navigate social, personal and vulnerable topics.
Buddhist nuns celebrate tradition on Syracuse’s North Side (photo of the week)
More than 40 Buddhist nuns from across the U.S. and Vietnam converged in Syracuse last weekend for a special celebration.
Rising sea levels, swelling rivers: Photos show real life in face of climate change
“Shunyo Rajas (Kings of a Bereft Land),” Arko Datto’s solo exhibition at the Light Work Gallery, focuses on people living on the frontline of climate change.
Central Current brings home 5 Syracuse Press Club Awards
All of Central Current’s award-worthy work was published during 2022, the organization’s first year in operation.
Finding unity with food: Salt City Market hosts series highlighting Asian chefs
During the event, three chefs will share their knowledge of AAPI traditions and cuisines.
How a Central New York city became a safe haven from war
Since Feb. 24 of 2022, Vasile Colopelnic guided 31 refugees from Ukraine to Auburn, New York.

