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Hostory from OHA: St. Joseph’s Health Hospital-150 Years of Faithful Medical Care
The sisters had recently purchased a brick saloon and dance hall on Prospect Hill (Prospect Avenue) for $12,000 with plans to convert it into a medical facility, thereby establishing the first hospital in Onondaga County. These dedicated and ambitious women started their hospital with 15 beds and no money. One week later, on May 13, […]
4 Syracuse football players make preseason All-ACC team
They play defense and special teams, respectively. Defensive end Alton Robinson (Converse, Texas) and safety Andre Cisco (Valley Stream, N.Y.) made the All-ACC team defense.

Regal to remodel theatres at Destiny USA
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Regal on Monday announced plans to remodel its theatres at Destiny USA as part of a $20 million effort at Pyramid’s three

Syracuse University partners with two universities in China
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Syracuse University Chancellor Kent Syverud has recently signed a memorandum of understanding to strengthen its partnership with a pair of universities in
Oneida County hotel occupancy rate rises nearly 5 percent in May
UTICA — Hotels in Oneida County were fuller in May than in the year-prior month, according to a recent report. The hotel occupancy rate (rooms sold as a percentage of rooms available) in the county rose 4.8 percent to 58.2 percent in May from 55.6 percent a year ago, according to STR, a Tennessee–based hotel

Growing Watertown firm offers digital ads on its vehicles
WATERTOWN — Runningboards Marketing is a young Watertown–based marketing firm that offers clients the chance to advertise on a digital screen on the sides of its trucks. The message could be an advertisement for a commercial product or service, a political ad, or a Happy Birthday message, the company says. Richard (Calvin) McNeely, III, president

Hamilton College awarded grant funding for campus arts and technology projects
CLINTON, N.Y. — Hamilton College will use a grant of nearly $500,000 to pay for projects related to technology and the arts. The Chevy Chase,

Cornell to help Ithaca College set up dining operations in-house
ITHACA, N.Y. — Cornell University announced it has entered into an agreement with Ithaca College this summer to help its Ithaca neighbor transition to offering

Syracuse basketball to meet Oklahoma State in NIT Season Tip-off event
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — We previously knew the Syracuse University men’s basketball team would play in the NIT Season Tip-off event in Brooklyn in late November.

State Fair to hold job fair Friday and Saturday for positions at this year’s event
GEDDES, N.Y. — The New York State Fair will hold a two-day job fair for short-term positions related to the Fair’s operations. The job fair
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