Where to find news and views about Syracuse city elections.

I am sorry to report that one of my tater tots has died. I don’t know what caused the problem, but it doesn’t look like the dreaded late blight (especially since the one right next to it is doing fine). It all started after a heavy rain which flattened the plant. Some […]

Quick link: Fairmount Glen Miniature Golf has a website (”I did not know that!”), with a history page that has some pictures of its old course at the current location of West Genesee High School, and some old pictures of its current location circa 1960.
(Sorry for the light posting lately. Hoping […]

The New York Times has more information on a story I first saw in the Plattsburgh newspaper a couple weeks ago:
A highly contagious fungus that destroys tomato plants has quickly spread to nearly every state in the Northeast and the mid-Atlantic, and the weather over the next week may determine whether the outbreak abates or […]

Cities rediscover waterways they paved over.

This evening, my black raspberries — running more than a week late this year, as you might expect — yielded the peak harvest of their (all too brief) season. Starting tomorrow, the daily take will grow steadily smaller.
This means that summer is now exactly half over.

I have no idea whether systemic sexual harrassment is going on in the athletics fundraising department at Binghamton University… but I have even less of a clue as to why anyone would get excited about Binghamton University athletics. (I guess it doesn’t excite too many people, so they seek excitement in other ways?)
It seems […]

This news story about the scaling back of a massive Texas wind farm project is only the latest whiff of how the recession/decession/depression is affecting the potential for lengthy transmission lines. However, those who have been following the NYRI issue are probably already aware of being “saved by the bell” of the crappy economy.
The […]

Andy Arthur writes about an accident on the Northway and the larger issues it reminds us of.
The system is broken. Many of those people now in prison should not be there. They should be getting treatment. Instead of spending so much on incarceration, we should be spending more mental health and drug treatment. We must […]

The front page of the Syracuse Herald-American, from Sunday, July 4, 1976.

Click for full page.
(Discovered last week during cleanout of cellar)