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5.2KFayetteville church readies for final arts festival celebration
St. David’s Episcopal Church in Fayetteville has hosted “Celebration of the Arts" for nearly 50 years. But that will soon come to...
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4.4KQ&A: South Side Syracuse attorney wants to be a catalyst for progressive change
If the current media-hyped wave — the focused nomination of women for political office — is real, it may be a generational...
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7.3KFood Hall Forecast: Salt City Market plans autumn 2020 debut in downtown Syracuse
If your travels take you to major metropolitan areas, chances are you’ve dined in a food hall. Chelsea Market and Eataly in...
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4.8KView From The Top: Syracuse New Times publisher discusses the paper’s new subscription model
After being in the engineering world for 27 years, current Syracuse New Times publisher William Brod, of Cazenovia, needed a change. But how did a...
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5.2KYou Gotta Have Art: Former publisher Art Zimmer recalls a quarter-century with the Syracuse New Times
"We went from grossing under $200,000 per year to over $2 million a few years later," said Art Zimmer, former publisher of the Syracuse...
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9.9KAll politics is local: 50 years of Syracuse politics (photos)
As we’ve said more than once this week, the Syracuse New Times has been around the block more than a few times and...
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5.1KLife’s a Pitch: Early Syracuse New Times scribe recalls articles that kicked off writing career
The National Casket Company, the Borscht Belt singles scene, the MONY weather star and numerous interviews with iconic baby boom celebrities, most of whom you’ve...
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4.7KDefining the Alt-Write: Longtime writer reaffirms differences between the downtown daily and our alternative weekly
The “alt” in alt-weekly stands for alternative. In the first 10 years of the Syracuse New Times there was no question what we were an...
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4.1KBad Moon Rising? SNT’s longest-serving editor-in-chief ponders forces that imperil local journalism
Alternative newsweeklies such as the Syracuse New Times began in the midst of a technological revolution. Offset printing and phototypesetting made publishing cheaper, enabling these...
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4.2KSimon Says More: Recalling memories from Ken Simon’s leadership of the New Times
Ken Simon’s reflections on Fat Igor, the paper’s memorable mascot: “He thought he was very hip and cool but he wasn’t really,...
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4.5KThe First 11 Years: SNT founder recalls pioneering days of Syracuse alternative journalism
The Syracuse New Times’ origin story starts at the defunct Waldorf Diner on Erie Boulevard in the fall of 1968. Over a hottle of...
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6.1KHandle With Scares: Hitchcock, Spielberg, more at annual Salt City Horror Fest
From classic shockers to no-budget schlock, there’s something for everyone at the 14th annual Salt City Horror Fest. The menu of marathon...
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5.1KGreen Power: Syracuse Grows helps urban gardens take root in the Salt City
Syracuse Grows, a grassroots nonprofit founded in 2008, acts as a coalition connecting more than 20 urban community gardens in the city.
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4.9KPoor People’s Campaign bus tour makes stop in Syracuse
The tour was one of more than two dozen nationwide that started last month as a program of the Poor People’s Campaign:...
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5.4KListening Room venue forced to change name in legal dispute
Owners of Syracuse's The Listening Room Café were contacted by Tennessee attorneys, saying the name infringed on a trademark.
