A public hearing will be held from 1 to 2:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 22, at the Magnarelli Community Center at McChesney Park, 2300 Grant Boulevard. Onondaga County seniors, senior service providers and the general public are invited to attend, to help plan the future of aging services. The Onondaga Office for Aging asks for input on their 2020 and Four Year Service Plans. If special accommodations are required please call (315) 435-2362 ext. 4945.  The event will be real-time captioned. Summaries of the proposed 2020 Service Plan will be available for review after Oct. 1, at the Onondaga County Office for Aging, 421 Montgomery St., 10th Floor, online at http://www.ongov.net/aging/news.html or by calling (315) 435-2362 and asking for a copy to be mailed. Comments are welcome at the hearing, with regard to the 2020 and Four Year Service Plans, or you may fax them in care of Executive Director Pete Headd at (315) 435-3129.  Written comments must be received by Friday, Nov. 15, 2019.

Open to children ages 5 to 12 to give your book a spooky flair by making a creepy monster corner bookmark. Meets in Central Library’s KidSpace on Level 2. Event is free and no registration required. To learn more, call the library at (315) 435-1900

A public hearing will be held from 1 to 2:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 23, at the Clay Town Hall, 4401 State Route 31, Clay. Onondaga County seniors, senior service providers and the general public are invited to attend, to help plan the future of aging services. The Onondaga Office for Aging asks for input on their 2020 and Four Year Service Plans. If special accommodations are required please call (315) 435-2362 ext. 4945.  The event will be real-time captioned. Summaries of the proposed 2020 Service Plan will be available for review after Oct. 1, at the Onondaga County Office for Aging, 421 Montgomery St., 10th Floor, online at http://www.ongov.net/aging/news.html or by calling (315) 435-2362 and asking for a copy to be mailed. Comments are welcome at the hearing, with regard to the 2020 and Four Year Service Plans, or you may fax them in care of Executive Director Pete Headd at (315) 435-3129.  Written comments must be received by Friday, Nov. 15, 2019.

Open to children ages 5 to 12 to get in the Halloween spirit by making spooky spiders out of pipe cleaners and beads. Free and no registration required. To learn more, call the library at (315) 435-1900.

Celebrate Halloween by decorating pumpkins with glow-in-the-dark puffy paint. Space is limited with preference given to children ages 10 to 16. To register, call
(315) 435-1940.

Since being formed six years ago, the Moving People Transportation Coalition has been committed to conversations that acknowledge that big changes result in both embracing new possibilities and accepting the need for adapting old ways of doing things. The group believes we share more in common than divides us in a collective choice with I-81, and all want economic growth and prosperity for the region with a vital city as its hub. Thus the group is asking: "How can we avoid the binary problem of “winners & losers” when it comes to the best possible replacement alternative for the I-81? Bring your questions to a conversation with your fellow citizens from the suburbs and the city to work together to define a new perspective where there is a sense of win-win for all stakeholders. The conversations will be facilitated by Peter Sarver, executive director of ACTS and convener for Moving People Transportation Coalition. 

The Citizen Review Board (CRB) was established to ensure an open civilian controlled process for investigating complaints against members of the Syracuse Police Department. The board holds monthly public meetings, with a  public comment period beginning at 6:30 p.m. The meetings are held in the Common Council Chambers, on the third floor of City Hall, 233 E. Washington St.

A free youth writing conference will be held from students ages 12 to 18 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 9, at the South Side Communication Center, 2331 S. Salina St. Middle and high school students can engage in a day of writing workshops which will include interactive sessions with Syracuse community writers, authors and teaching artists. This will be the 10th year Writing Our Lives has been held.

Onondaga County Executive J. Ryan McMahon, II will convene a meeting of the County-Wide Shared Services Committee regarding the property tax savings plan for shared, coordinated and efficient services as adopted by the local governments within the county at 9 a.m. Monday, Nov. 25, at Syracuse City Hall, 233 E. Washington St.