A Tiny Home for Good advances its work constructing homes for homeless veterans Andrew Lunetta dug his shovel into the ground, creating a small trench in the dirt. Pieces of plywood lay nearby, baking in the hot September sun. The plot of land at 208 Bellevue Ave., empty as it was, might not have looked like much. But Lunetta regarded …

Community gathers to discuss I-81’s impact   A community discussion, “1-81 Racial Isolation, and Economic Exclusion in Onondaga County,” organized by the New York Civil Liberties Union (NYCLU) Nov. 17 brought five panelist together to discuss the past and future of the dividing overpass. Held at the Community Folk Art Center and moderated by Yusuf Abdul-Qadir from the NYCLU, the …

Group collects basic needs to help Danforth students succeed With just a few months of good works to its credit, Rise Above Poverty may be the newest of charitable groups determined to help out in Syracuse. Starting in September, the founder Reggie Kelley, his wife and a few friends dropped off basic hygiene products they had been collecting for months …

Syracuse Veterans’ Writing Group holds public reading Beyond the waving flags, steps past marching for the public to view, stands the experience of the women and men who have served in the armed forces in this country. In the week leading up to Veterans Day, the Syracuse Veterans’ Writing Group met at Art Rage Gallery in the Hawley-Green Historical District …

Volunteer ministry offers poor, homeless a place to feel at home Every once in a while, someone who asks a simple question can unleash the power of good works. In the case of St. James Roman Catholic Church, a South Side parish, it happened a decade back, when the Rev. John Manno asked Sheila Austin if she knew any of …

Students work to make meals culturally representative of student body and tastier On top of a lightly browned pita rests leafy florets of lettuce, roasted chickpeas, cucumber and a generous pile of feta cheese. The veggie gyro takes up more than half of the white foam tray. While the meal is colorful, many high school students at the Institute of …

In our November print issue, we catch up with 23-year-old equestrian Jovan Daniel, who graced our cover in 2010 with his horse Ares. Daniel is featured in our new Where Are They Now? series. He began to train and compete in horseback riding at the age of 13, then continued his career by attending Morrisville State College. Now he studies …

Model’s new book uses personal pain as a guide for others When Shaunna L. Spivey-Spinner’s second book comes out later this month, Syracuse is the last place she’ll be. Maybe she’ll hold a release party in Miami or will be overseas. What the local activist and model can guarantee is she will be nowhere near her hometown. “The day my …

Tanksley members count on their good chemistry to keep performing When I finally caught up to him, it didn’t surprise me that he was in the studio. Where else might you expect to find someone who says he’s written nearly 400 songs at only 21 years of age? Justin Tanksley, or just Tanksley, as he prefers to be called professionally, …

ITC students team up with professional coaches for The Fall Workshop Three Institute of Technology at Syracuse Central photography students, Katy Fermin, Ana McGough and Ellie Mayberry, attended The Fall Workshop at Syracuse University’s S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications as a part of the “Emerging Artists” team. The Fall Workshop is a rigorously scheduled workshop that ran from Oct. …