Syracuse

Capturing Syracuse second by second
By NewsHouse Staff
August 12, 2010 - 10:19am
Check out 75 video and photo stories throughout the Salt City as they unfold one summer morning.

On Tuesday, Aug. 3, student journalists in a news writing and reporting class from the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications fanned out across the five regions of Syracuse, listening to, watching and reporting on the stories surrounding them.

The 75 video and photo stories captured second-by-second that morning share a slice of Syracuse that's been dubbed, "Secs in the City."

Syracuse diners serve up comfort food, colorful characters
By NewsHouse Staff
July 7, 2010 - 12:11am
Affordable food and friendly locals both have a place at Central New York's neighborhood restaurants.

You now can explore the world of diner culture with videos and profiles on more than a dozen of these favorite local eateries at SyracuseDiners.com. The extensive and informative website includes:

Featured diner videos

Get to know the characters, directions and menus of these places:

Summer in Syracuse? There's no excuse not to be outside
By Jared Diamond
June 12, 2010 - 6:05pm
If you have to spend the summer in Syracuse, you may as well enjoy it. We suggest several great local parks for when the weather heats up.

It seems hard to believe sometimes, but Syracuse is hot during the summer months! When the snow finally melts for good and the temperature rises, Central New York becomes a lovely place to be.

Syracuse unemployment remains high, but there are positive signs
By Braedan Ritter
April 15, 2010 - 5:23pm
Plus, President Obama outlines his space exploration strategy and two NBA coaches are fired.

The Syracuse area unemployment remained high during the month of March, but according to the Department of Labor there were signs that a recovery may be coming soon.

The unemployment rates in Madison, Onondaga and Oswego counties were 8.5 percent in March, which is slightly lower than February, according to the Post-Standard. February’s rate was 9 percent.

However, the 8.5 percent in March is the highest jobless rate for any March on record.

Ford Motor Company tops sales in Feb
By Aaron Ortega
March 2, 2010 - 3:35pm
Plus, Tiger Woods is back home after a week of family counseling in Arizona, and a crumbling Syracuse building is keeping I-81 closed.

The New York Times reports in Feb., Ford Motor Company recorded a 43 percent increase in sales.  This increase allowed Ford to overtake General Motors as the country's top-selling automaker.  Ford outsold GM by 334 vehicles for the month.  In 2009, GM outsold Ford by an average of about 33,000 vehicles per month.