Larceny Suspect Apprehended After Ramming Police Cars

(Town of Dewitt, NY – Sept. 1, 2010) Onondaga County Sheriff Kevin E. Walsh reports that an East Syracuse man has been charged after attempting to run over Sheriff’s Deputies and ramming several police cars with a dump truck. Last evening at approximately 10:30 p.m., Sheriff’s Deputies were called to the Great Northern Mall to [...]

Civil War Round Table Hosts ‘Distant Drums’

(East Syracuse, NY) The Onondaga County Civil War Round Table will be sponsoring a free program featuring David Krutz, author of “Distant Drums:  Herkimer County in the War of the Rebellion.” Krutz will be speaking about the pleasant, and not-so pleasant, aspects of the daily life of a Union Army soldier, such as the draft/bounty [...]

Olum’s, Employees Donate to Ronald McDonald House

(Syracuse, NY) A group of employees from Olum’s Appliances & Electronics will be donating food and cooking lunch for the residents of the Ronald McDonald House at 1027 East Genesee Street in Syracuse this Saturday. Olum’s, with two locations at 5775 Bridge Street, East Syracuse and 168 Northern Lights Plaza in Mattydale, previously teamed up [...]

Greater Central New York Association of Health Underwriters Elects New Officers

The Greater Central New York Association of Health Underwriters (GCNYAHU), an organization of health insurance agents, brokers, and other professionals, installed its 2010-2011 Executive Board. Kishan Perera of Benefit Design Services Corp in East Syracuse was installed as President. Kishan served on the Board previously as the Program Chair and most recently as President-Elect.  He [...]

Syracuse Woman Wins a Million on Lottery’s New ‘Win a Million’ Instant Ticket

Former educator purchased her ticket at the same store that sold last month’s $26,000,000 Mega Millions winning ticket SYRACUSE, NY (07/27/2010)(readMedia)– The New York Lottery  introduced 82-year-old Etta Beard of Syracuse as a top prize winner of the Win a Million Lottery scratch-off game. The Lottery’s Yolanda Vega presented Beard with her over-sized check just [...]

NAFCU Names CORE Federal Credit Union of the Year

(East Syracuse, NY) The National Association of Federal Credit Union has named CORE Federal Credit Union of East Syracuse, NY as Federal Credit Union of the Year in its 2010 Annual Awards Competition. CORE, which won in the asset size category of less than $150 million in assets, will be recognized at NAFCU’s 43rd Annual [...]

New Spine/Trauma Surgeon Joins Upstate Orthopedics

(East Syracuse, NY) Dr. Ian Madom, a spine/trauma surgeon, will be joining the Upstate Orthopedics team on Aug. 16, 2010. Madom has recently completed a Trauma Fellowship at Brown University Rhode Island Hospital and a Spine Fellowship at the University of Utah. Surgical fellowships entail extra, intense training above general residencies and medical school in [...]

Stirpe, local school officials: Paterson’s veto leaves taxpayers holding the bag, hurts schoolchildren

Assemblyman Al Stirpe (D-North Syracuse) expressed frustration and anger over Governor Paterson’s veto of more than $10 million in aid for North Syracuse, East Syracuse-Minoa, Fabius-Pompey, LaFayette, Fayetteville-Manlius, Liverpool and Central Square schools. Paterson, under his executive budget, proposed slashing statewide school aid by $1.4 billion – the largest cut in state history. The legislature [...]

County residents earn degrees from Herkimer college

(Herkimer, NY) Herkimer County Community College announces the candidates for the College’s 42nd annual commencement, which was held Friday, May 21 in the gymnasium of the Physical Education Building. There are 603 candidates for the associate degree and 41 candidates for certificates. High honors are accorded to 56 seniors who earned a 3.80 average or [...]

Scholarships Awarded

Herkimer, NY—The Herkimer County College Foundation awarded $99,799 in scholarships to 127 Herkimer County Community College students at the 18th annual Scholarship Recognition Reception held recently at HCCC. The following are residents from Onondaga County. The recipients are: Catherine Bluto  (Syracuse) Hummel’s Scholarship Zaid Jinadu (East Syracuse) Empire Diversity Honors Scholarship

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