Posted on 06/09/08As Second Olivet Missionary Baptist Church rebuilds a new young voice has emerged from the ranks of local clergy. Thirty-one year old Rev. Aaron James arrived from Rochester with his wife and two...
More Posted on 05/11/08An Interview with Phyllis Bazen, MSN Doctoral Candidate, University of Rochester School of Nursing
When Phyllis Bazen attended Syracuse City Schools little did she know that decades later she’d...
More Posted on 04/06/08It's a beautiful day in this neighborhood,
a beautiful day for a neighbor.
Would you be mine?
Could you be mine?...
It's a neighborly day in this beauty wood,
a neighborly day for a...
More Posted on 03/11/08The South Salina Street corridor between E. Brighton and Castle Street had been identified as an area ripe for investment due to results of an exhaustive study that indicated millions of dollars...
More Posted on 02/01/08The traffic snaked through the neighborhood adjacent to Beattie Street towards Bethany Baptist Church as the parking lot filled to capacity. Ladies in church hats, students, men in suits, were all...
More Posted on 01/14/08The 23rd Annual Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration will be held in Syracuse University’s Carrier Dome on the evening of Sunday, Jan. 20. The celebration, “King’s Challenge: Can We Live Peacefully in...
More Posted on 12/18/07The old Castle Rest Nursing Home was first built as a general hospital in 1916 becoming East Castle Rest Nursing home in 1967. Unfortunately, “Castle Rest” ended up in receivership under Lorreto...
More Posted on 11/02/07 For those who bristled at Gov. Eliot Spitzer’s campaign observation that our environs had reached an Appalachian level of disaster, consider the statistics compiled by Howie Hawkins in a position...
More Posted on 10/15/07WCNY to build new broadcast and education center on Near Westside
WCNY, the Public Broadcasting Council of Central New York, Inc., plans to build a 75,000 square foot, multi-story new broadcast...
More Posted on 09/10/07They were regal as they entered the University Sheraton for their semi-annual “Que” Reunion, celebrating a time in Syracuse where you didn’t have to lock your doors and everyone knew everyone. The...
More Posted on 08/11/07I was introduced to John A. Williams through his cousin, local resident and retired Syracuse City School District Social Worker Elizabeth Page. The call informed me of the story written in a New...
More Posted on 07/05/07The Democratic primary is months away, but across the nation a massive grass-roots effort to get people to support Senator Barack Obama’s presidential campaign has begun. “Walk for Change” was billed...
More Posted on 06/11/07Its summertime in Syracuse and Central New York, the area calendar is packed with events for the entire community to enjoy.
There's the M&T Jazzfest, June 29,30 & July 1st one of the largest...
More Posted on 05/09/07 Nestled on solid rock above the city of Syracuse’s eastside, Bethany Baptist Church has provided a place of worship for its primarily African American congregation at various locations since 1887....
More Posted on 04/09/07Michael Moody still remembers his finger paintings hanging on the walls of the old Everson Museum on the North Side. Since those art classes when he was five, he says, he has been creating images....
More Posted on 02/27/07The e-mail began with an announcement that Terry McAuliffe, Bishop Ludden’s most prominent graduate is coming back to Syracuse as he embarks on a 25-city book-signing tour for What A Party! My Life...
More Posted on 01/28/07The urban community was first introduced to Dr. Jennifer Daniels when she defied conventional wisdom and located her medical practice in the middle of Syracuse’s south side. She soon developed a...
More Posted on 01/12/07“If we assume that life is worth living and that man has a right to survival, then we must find an alternative to war. In a day when vehicles hurtle through outer space and guided ballistic missiles...
More Posted on 01/01/07"Dreamgirls"
Jamie Foxx, Beyonce Knowles, Jennifer Hudson, Eddie Murphy
Directed by Bill Condon
Review
I can’t remember the last time I walked out of a movie feeling so mesmerized, giddy...
More Posted on 11/01/06The King Family surrounded by Jessie Jackson, Andrew Young, President(s) Bill Clinton and George W. Bush were among thousands who took part in the ground breaking ceremony on November 13th 2006. The...
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