Here's your local news at a glance for Friday, the 21st of August.
Good morning, Syracuse.
Attilio's is moving from its James Street location to 313 N.
Geddes St. (staff will start work today) where it will rebrand as Attilio's Italian Steakhouse with added banquet space, parking, and a revised menu, planning to open for lunch service in early September.
The New York State Fair in Geddes (a long-standing tradition) will use new safety rules this year including a vehicle ban from 8:30 a.m. to 11:30 p.m. and changes to tram routes as fair officials work to protect attendees when the event starts next Wednesday.
Food lovers can sign up to judge Best of the Fair contests at the Great New York State Fair in Syracuse, running Aug.
26-Sept. 7; selected judges will sample entries at 10 a.m. in the Empire Room of the Creative Arts Center from Aug. 31-Sept. 4.
North Syracuse Central School District will reconfigure grade levels before Fall 2027 amid enrollment and budget challenges, adjusting schools to group prekindergarten through third, fourth through sixth, seventh and eighth, and ninth through twelfth grades in its respective settings (aiming to boost academic options and ease student transport).
Onondaga County announced that the local aquarium will be named Crouse Health Harborview Aquarium as Crouse Hospital commits $1.5 million to sponsor its educational venue.
Soft openings will begin in October — ZoOCeanium will manage interactive exhibits for families.
The Kebab Place and Seafood, a small restaurant in a Syracuse strip mall, serves fusion dishes including a $26.95 lobster malabar and a whole red snapper curry that attract loyal diners; it opened this spring and offers free parking and takeout options.
At Syracuse.com’s Fall Sports Media Days on Aug.
13 at Cicero-North Syracuse High School, local high school gymnasts from Baldwinsville, East Syracuse Minoa, Jamesville-DeWitt, New Hartford and Whitesboro charted their season outlooks and shared tips on shaking off mistakes.
Maddy Zapisek, a former All-CNY swimmer with a social work background from Syracuse University, will become West Genesee girls swimming head coach after Bob Marks' retirement, and she will continue the team’s whitewater rafting trip tradition later this month (she emphasizes both speed and care on and off the pool).
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