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East Syracuse DPW Superintendent recognized for service

Richard Nixon was the nation’s president when Ron Russell III began his journey in the village of East Syracuse’s Department of Public Works.

Police reports for East Syracuse ending 2/16

These are the police reports for East Syracuse ending February 16.

Girls Hornets fall in AA semifinal to West Genny

WG avenges Jan. 31 defeat with second-half surge

For the third year in a row, the Fayetteville-Manlius girls basketball team saw its season halted one win short of an appearance in the Section III Class AA title game. Itching to appear in this year’s final in the Carrier Dome, the no. 2 seed Hornets led for long portions of Tuesday night’s AA semifinal against no. 3 seed West Genesee at SRC Arena, only to fall victim to a late Wildcat surge that led to a 52-46 defeat.

CBA/J-D drops semifinal hockey thriller to Oswego

Bucs score twice in final 34 seconds to break 3-3 tie

On the brink of forcing overtime and having an opportunity to reach the Section III Division II finals, the CBA/J-D ice hockey team saw that chance slip away in a painful manner. The Brothers, tied with top seed Oswego in Tuesday’s semifinal at Crisafulli Rink, were victimized by two goals late in regulation, falling to the Buccaneers 5-3.

No school districts served by ‘competitive’ state aid policy

Last week, we told you what we thought were the good points of the executive budget presented by Gov. Andrew Cuomo as presented in Syracuse Feb. 8, including SUNY reform, a focus on infrastructure and Medicaid relief. But we have one major bone to pick with the governor.

Koh, Speidel set records at sectional swim meet

F-M star sets mark in 100 fly; Speidel shines in 200 free

Though the Fayetteville-Manlius and Jamesville-DeWitt/CBA boys swim teams had difficulty keeping up with the top contenders during last weekend’s Section III championships at Nottingham, they still had moments of individual glory.

Rams earn easy sectional playoff sweep

Cavanaugh passes 1,000 career points in rout of Whitesboro

With twin top seeds in the Section III Class A playoffs, the Jamesville-DeWitt boys and girls basketball teams set off on far different quests. For the boys Red Rams, history beckons as it goes after an unprecedented fifth consecutive state public title. Meanwhile, the J-D girls want to end a 14-year sectional championship drought.

How tough is too tough?

Random Thoughts

In December, Jerry Wilcox, a fine and well-respected basketball coach for more than three decades in the Syracuse area, was fired at Liverpool, a single bad incident in a game at West Genesee cited as the reason.

J-D sweeps Class A indoor titles; CBA boys prevail

Girls Rams nearly sweep field events; ESM's Wall wins twice

Over consecutive days, the Jamesville-DeWitt and Christian Brothers Academy boys track and field teams would both earn Section III titles, and the girls Red Rams, won too.

Hockey Hornets hail first-ever playoff win

F-M gets hat tricks from Holick, Chase, beats C-NS 7-4

A decade into its existence, the Fayetteville-Manlius ice hockey team had steadily worked its way from upstart to contender before it took on Cicero-North Syracuse in Friday's opening round of the Section III Division I playoffs. But the Hornets’ 7-4 conquest of the Northstars at Cicero Twin Rinks held its own special value, as it marked F-M’s first-ever post-season win and set up a chance to beat four-time defending champ West Genesee in this Wednesday’s semifinal round.