One of my favorite childhood books was Richard Adams’ Watership Down. His follow-up novel, Shardik, was very different (and less popular; I can’t remember if I finished it, to be honest). It was set in a fantasy world where the central figure of worship was a giant bear, whose mysterious appearance and journey […]

Black Bear on the loose in Geddes
And he’s really pissed off about The Noise!
No idea if this is really for real, but if this dude managed to get across West Genesee Street, watch out, Westvale and Taunton.
Updated: Apparently the bear did get across WG Street… Possibly a false alarm about a bear on […]

The Noise from the Suez plant is back, but in a different form. Here are some new sound clips, recorded by a resident of Sherwood Knolls in the wee hours of Wednesday, May 7: Clip 1 and Clip 2 (ugh). It has been back for about a week.
It’s no […]

Spring just hit this area with a POW! this week. Everything seems strangely accelerated, almost as if summer is just around the corner. I can definitely feel a slowdown in the vibe on the University hill (in summer, of course, everything there slows down). I wonder if this is one of those […]

The Noise from Solvay’s Suez cogeneration plant… captured on tape! Complete with audio analysis!

Burger King gets robbed - thankfully, that’s all.

We’re No. 27! We’re No. 27!

I hate the word “venti.”

The exodus of local business from Fairmount continues. This week: Marnie’s.

There’s been large reminiscent thread on Syracuse.com about Fairmount Fair, perhaps inspired by the imminent opening of the new Target. (Was there one Dr. Grambow or two?) And Michael’s finally opened last week. I joked with people that I was going to cry when I set foot in there on opening […]