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The 29th annual fair showcases local businesses and celebrates the community’s diversity
![Lucky cat gets examined by Marcia Ziegler-Alexander, D.V.M at Stack Hospital For Pets during the Syracuse Veteniary shortage on Monday, September 19, 2022.](https://www.thenewshouse.com/wp-content/uploads/News/2022/Vet-Shortage/bh_veterinaryshortage_06-scaled-e1663982483492-768x513.jpg)
Overbooked veterinarians cite burn-out and compassion fatigue as reasons why professionals are leaving the industry.
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Syracuse students living off-campus share their personal break-in stories and the role it’s played in their lives since.
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Taking precautionary safety measures while living off-campus can help prevent crime and provide peace of mind.
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Data from spring shows an a change in incident frequency and perpetrators among campus neighborhoods.
![Three-year-old Nova Johnston, visiting with her parents from Canandaigua, looks up at her dad while petting a newborn calf inside the dairy cattle building on Saturday, August 28, 2022, at the New York State Fair in Syracuse, New York.](https://www.thenewshouse.com/wp-content/uploads/News/2022/NYS-Fair/64A8114-scaled-768x512.jpg)
A summer-closing tradition at the New York State Fairgrounds, the 13-day celebration includes a variety of musical acts, food choices and fair attractions.
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How scientists’ bid to locate a telescope on the dormant Mauna Kea volcano has divided the big island of Hawaiʻi.
![Police speak with the suspect as he briefly steps outside the door. Syracuse Police responded to a hostage situation involving one suspect a at least 2 hostages at Hitham's Pop Shop, a convenience store on Westcott St in Syracuse, around 9pm on Easter Sunday. Photo by Ryan Brady. Taken 4/17/22.](https://www.thenewshouse.com/wp-content/uploads/News/2022/Wescott-Hostage/RB_WestcottHostageSituation_01-scaled-768x512.jpg)
Syracuse Police officers respond Sunday night to Hitham’s Pop Shop convenience store where a suspect was holding two people hostage.
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A fire in the University Hill neighborhood leaves two houses damaged and several students displaced.
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The newly formed Congressional District 22 brings with it changes to maps as well as potential changes to the power of Democrats in central New York.