Mothers Against Gun Violence annual event was held in Clinton Square on Sunday.
Archive for the ‘Politics’ Category
Capture the Cuse (XXXIX)
Monday, August 10th, 2015Week in Review
Sunday, August 9th, 2015
Activism never sleeps
Assist at Parks & Rec
Friday, August 7th, 2015
New Parks & Rec Commissioner and former SU point guard Lazarus Sims introduced the Blacklites at last night’s Jazz in the City concert. According to organizers Sims was a big reason the Southside concert was held at Kirk Park this year.
Sound View
Wednesday, July 22nd, 2015
Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie (pictured with Syracuse Common Council President Van Robinson, left)
Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie, stopped by the Southwest Community Center yesterday as part of his Upstate listening tour. He also visited area hospitals and walked through the Near West side.
Heastie was elected speaker in February. Today he continues his tour in the North Country.
Speaker Heastie listened to plans for opening a supermarket on the Southwest side of Syracuse yesterday. He holds a letter given to him by one of the project facilitators, Walt Dixie (far right). Also pictured Sharon Owens, Southwest’s CEO and Assemblyman Bill Magnarelli (center).
Travelogue: Fullness of Time
Thursday, July 9th, 2015
Beginning of the End: Civil War’s Final Battle?
We first visited South Carolina 30 years ago and the Confederate Flag flew atop the Capitol Dome. We returned recently and the flag was off the Dome, but moved to the front of the Statehouse Grounds. We heard that soon the Flag will be removed from the grounds completely.
Syracuse Architectural Digest: Barnes on our Main Line
Tuesday, July 7th, 2015
From Italian villa to Colonial Revival to Classic Revival
The Barnes-Hiscock House on James Street has gone through a few transformations, and was also part of Syracuse’s anti-slavery history.
Week in Review
Sunday, June 21st, 2015
World Refugee Day, Schiller Park
Capture the Cuse (XXVII)
Saturday, June 20th, 2015
World Refugee Day Superhero: Jasenko Mondom (aka Flagman)
Throwback Thursday
Thursday, June 18th, 2015
Refugee Parade, Butternut Street (2013)
Syracuse will celebrate World Refugee Day on June 20, 2015.
Throwback Thursday
Thursday, June 11th, 2015
Rev. Phil Turner and members of Bethany Baptist Church marched in the 2004 Juneteenth Parade