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Lucky 13: Alliance Network hosts annual celebration
By Ellen Leahy

Duane B. Owens and his wife Tara Buchanan Owens at the Alliance Network awards ceremony at the top of the Marriott Hotel on Genesee Street in Syracuse. Duane received the Clarence “Junie” Dunham Award for Outstanding Civic Leadership in the CNY Community. Ellen Leahy photo High atop the city on Saturday night Feb. 27 Syracuse’s Alliance Network (AN) was on track “Empowering Generation Next.” The event was strategically timed before the start of the SU men’s basketball romp with Villanova. Its annual awards were given out at the top of the Renaissance Hotel with a live orchestra playing R&B hits and guest politi¬cians lending their voices to the effort to the back drop of a formal social mixer. The AN began in 1996 when local leaders in the African American and people of color communities came together with business leaders, local activists and politicians to work on the combined needs of social, economic and physical welfare of all its citizens with an emphasis on youth. It’s... More | View all cover stories










Excellus BCBS to Offer Free Health Insurance Eligibility Screenings March 14 - 20 Posted on 03/12/10
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Syracuse Center of Excellence in Energy and Environmental Systems Hosts Open House Posted on 03/04/10
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Maffei Blasts Senator Bunning and Senate Republican Leadership for Blocking Critical Benefits Posted on 03/01/10
Today Representative Dan Maffei slammed the Senate Republican leadership for blocking the passage of a bill that would provide an essential 30 day extension on a host of benefits that expired over the weekend. This... More



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