Mary Nelson’s Ninth annual Youth Day BBQ
A community comes together as thousands of children and families come out to be entertained, eat and receive school supplies. The smell of barbecue, the sound of music filled the air and tons of school supplies stretched across tables located in the Key Bank parking lot, as families filled the corner of South Salina Street [...]
- Mazaroddi's Music
- Shelter for Healing
- Little Willie Gatewood and The Toronados
- Go Vote
- New Gospel Show to Launch in May
- Jason Scharf: Awesome picures everybody, they look great!!! It ...
- Dr. David Van Arsdale: Certainly the "criminal justice" approach to drug ...
- Prizmm: Initially I was pleasantly surprised and consideri...
- Elder Baity: Very inspiring article. Great work done with the ...
- Helen: Yes I do remember the tornados because I spent a o...
- Community Dialog Sparks Ideas for a Health-Based Approach to Drug Policy
- Cleaning the Scene
- Photo Walk Winner Named
- Cool Off With a Visit to The Valley for Ice Cream
- Jeff Houston on the Obstacle He Overcame
- The Soul Generation
- More than a Barber’s Chair
- Second Showing of 15th Ward Documentary Tonight
- Elmwood Park
- South Side Families Celebrate Mother’s Day
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Cool Off With a Visit to The Valley for Ice Cream
When driving out of the parking lot of Arctic Island Ice Cream on West Seneca Turnpike, turn right. Drive straight for less than a minute. Turn right onto Valley Drive and enter the Gannon’s Isle parking lot. Not only are these two family-owned ice cream places less than a two-minute drive from each other, but [...]
Director's Blog
Next Journalism Workshop on Video
The Stand’s September 2010 Workshop will cover how to make a video piece.
The full-day workshop will begin at 10 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 11, with a short classroom session followed by an opportunity for participants to venture out into the South Side to make a short video and put their new skills to the test.
Events
Train to be a Volunteer Literacy Tutor
Fact: 1:5 adults in Onondaga County and 1:4 adults in the City of Syracuse have functional literacy needs.
Starting in October, a Six-Week Training Workshop on Adult Basic Literacy and English as a Second Language (ESL) will be held from 9 a.m. to noon Tuesday mornings at ProLiteracy, 1320 Jamesville Ave., Syracuse.
The training begins promptly at 9 a.m. Tuesday, Oct. 5, with a two and a half hour session in order to include an orientation.
The following sessions will be held from 9 a.m. to noon Tuesdays, Oct. 12, 19, 26 and Nov. 2 and 9. Participants must complete all sessions.
To learn more or to register, call LVGS at (315) 471-1300 or visit the LVGS Web site.
Voices
Cleaning the Scene
After crimes, local business moves in to help restore people’s homes
As a longtime police detective, Virgil Hutchinson has spent countless hours investigating crime scenes. While his current police work keeps him confined to his desk for most of the day, Hutchinson spends even more time at crime scenes handling his second job: trauma scene cleanup.
