Syracuse NY

Central New York’s workforce is one of nine regions across the state receiving a share of more than $15 million of workforce development grants. Oswego County will be given $485,000 to create a "Pathways to Apprenticeship" program for entry-level construction, along with clean and nuclear energy projects. Onondaga...

Syracuse, N.Y. — Alexis Isaac lost her fiancé and her place to live on the same night. Jeannine Peterson is having trouble sleeping in her mother’s living room. Joquin Paskel and his young autistic daughter got out, but most of their clothes and belongings were damaged by water and smoke.

SYRACUSE, NY – From Key West’s warm breezes to the chill of Buffalo, Al Sullivan says he has lived in many “very different places.”. None of them, though, compares to his two-bedroom condominium at Syracuse’s Mission Landing in Franklin Square. “It’s the nicest place we have...

Central Square, N.Y. — Firefighters from several departments battled a large fire at a storage facility in Central Square on Saturday afternoon after flames spread throughout the building and prompted a second alarm. The fire was reported around 2:37 p.m. at 367 Route 11 near the intersection of Corporate...

Syracuse, N.Y. — A 62-year-old man has been arrested in connection with a fatal shooting on Park Avenue in Syracuse Thursday night, Onondaga County District Attorney William Fitzpatrick said. George F. Townsend, of Syracuse, faces gun charges but has not been charged with homicide, Fitzpatrick said. The DA said...

For more than four decades, returning a soda can or a water bottle in New York has earned exactly the same reward: 5 cents. Now, lawmakers in Albany are considering whether that nickel should finally get an upgrade. A proposal known as the “Bigger, Better Bottle Bill” would double the...

Two New York cities were ranked among the top ten best markets for first-time homebuyers in 2026, according to a new report from Realtor.com. Rochester was ranked No. 1, and Syracuse was ranked No. 6 on the list, which ranked the 10 best markets based on affordability, availability of homes, local amenities, economic...

Between the $16.00 statewide minimum wage and the high cost of maintaining "legacy" square footage, several household names are finishing their final "everything must go" sales this month. From the total disappearance of a discount icon to the pruning of iconic department stores, here are the 5 major retail chains...

BRIDGEPORT - Connecticut's problem with cross-border fraud, in which people from New York, Massachusetts and beyond bring in their nickel-deposit empty cans and bottles to take advantage of the region's only 10-cent redemption system, is not occurring at Fred Miers's massive recycling operation on Boston Avenue here,...

CLAY, N.Y. — The Great Northern Mall is expected to start demolition this week. This comes after the property sat vacant for multiple years. According to the developer, Guy Hart, the land will turn into a residential, retail and medical complex. People in the area said that for the...