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OCC starts Spadafora Memorial Scholarship Endowment, with help from Ed Levine
ONONDAGA — Onondaga Community College (OCC) has established the Vincent Spadafora Memorial Scholarship Endowment, to honor the memory of the professor emeritus. Spadafora served as

Syracuse Chiefs prepare to open new season on Thursday
SYRACUSE — Following an offseason that included a change in team management, the Syracuse Chiefs are set to open the 2014 season on Thursday at
Syracuse New Times to launch redesign Wednesday
SYRACUSE — The Syracuse New Times plans to launch a redesign of the newspaper this week. The revamp adopts a “modern, magazine-quality look and enhanced
Harris Beach launches collegiate-sports practice group
Harris Beach PLLC, a Rochester–based law firm with an office in Syracuse, has introduced a national collegiate-sports practice group. The USA collegiate-sports practice group provides a range of legal services related to the compliance and operational issues of running a college-athletics program. The nine attorneys involved have worked on these matters previously, says Brian Mahoney,

Brooklyn’s Barclays Center to host ACC Tournament in ’17, ’18
Syracuse University will return to New York City for men’s college basketball post-season tournament games for at least two years later this decade. Brooklyn’s Barclays

Syracuse Heart Walk raises $450,000
SYRACUSE — More than 3,000 fundraising runners and walkers from across Central New York joined the 30th anniversary Syracuse Heart Walk last Saturday (March 22) and
NY Daily News: Jets will return to SUNY Cortland for training camp
A report in today’s New York Daily Newssays the New York Jets will return to SUNY Cortland for training camp this summer. The team in
COR Development won’t seek PILOT from city or county on Inner Harbor hotel
SYRACUSE — COR Development Co., LLC today announced it will not seek “special” financial assistance from the city of Syracuse or Onondaga County for the
Verizon Wireless adding jobs in the Syracuse and Utica–Rome markets
Verizon Wireless today announced it is adding 15 full-time retail-sales positions in the Syracuse and Utica–Rome markets in the coming months. The company’s nine stores

Blues Traveler to headline Taste of Syracuse event in June
SYRACUSE — The musical group Blues Traveler — known for its 1995, Grammy award-winning song, “Run-Around” — will headline and cap off the entertainment at
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