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Here comes winter: Flags, posted for Veterans Day, wave in Clift Park in Skaneateles on Tuesday during the first snow of the season. More photos. (Dennis Nett photo)
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CNY plant grew into a crucial supplier to the U.S. auto industry. Then disaster hit: Fifteen years ago, Novelis Inc. made a decision that would turn its factory in the tiny Oswego County town of Scriba into a powerhouse in the automotive aluminum market. Expanding into aluminum sheets for automakers paid off big, leading to nearly $1 billion invested in the plant over the past 15 years and doubling its workforce to nearly 1,200 people. But since a fire tore through the ceiling of its hot mill in September, Novelis has had to fight to save the plant and rebuild its surprisingly essential role in the U.S. auto industry.
What’s Trending
County ratchets up pressure on 91-year-old widow to leave home on Micron site: Onondaga County is putting new pressure on a 91-year-old Clay widow to vacate the house where the county promised she could live the rest of her life. To make way for Micron Technology’s chipmaking complex, the Onondaga County Industrial Development Agency is now starting a court action against Azalia King called eminent domain. This follows the order of eviction the county served on King in September. Both actions are designed to void an agreement the county signed 20 years ago that allowed Azalia King and her husband, Glenn, to live out the rest of their lives in the house on Caughdenoy Road.
Fixer-uppers? Syracuse has plenty of those: The Syracuse area has a bigger share of properties considered fixer-uppers than any other place in the nation among the 100 largest metro areas, according to data from Realtor.com. Take a look at the numbers.
Almost half of Upstate NY districts see high school graduation rates over 90%: Twelve school districts in Upstate New York saw 100% of students graduate within four years during the 2023-2024 school year, and more than half of the 486 Upstate school districts have graduation rates over 90%. How do schools in Onondaga County and Central NY fare? We have the numbers locally and across the state.
Looking Ahead
What’s the status of a proposed grocery store in Fayetteville?: It’s been six years since plans for a new grocery store were proposed for the site of the former O’Brien & Gere engineering and manufacturing facility in Fayetteville. Court challenges slowed the process, but the last of the appeals was turned down by a court in September. So, with court fights seemingly over, how long before the store actually gets built?
Sports
The Syracuse men’s basketball team’s defense is suffocating opponents, but tougher tests are coming (podcast): If you watched the Syracuse Orange basketball team struggle defensively last season, you might be doing a double-take at what you’re seeing on the court so far this season. Through the first two games of the 2025-26 season, the Orange’s defense has been downright stifling. But the question remains: Does this newfound defensive identity actually mean anything, or is it just the product of playing against severely overmatched opponents? Mike Waters and Donna Ditota discuss this in the latest Inside Syracuse Basketball podcast.
Syracuse football’s transfer portal performance needs to be fixed: Syracuse lost 38-10 on Saturday against Miami, an opponent who had the ACC’s top-ranked transfer class last offseason, according to On3.com. The Orange’s transfer class ranked No. 68 out of 70 Power-Four teams. The difference was evident. Head coach Fran Brown and his staff seemed to load up on players with strong recruiting pedigrees but little track record. Chris Carlson says that something needs to change over the next two years if Syracuse is interested in pushing its chips into the middle and capitalizing on the presence of quarterback Steve Angeli.
MORE SPORTS
- Syracuse native Pat Murphy wins NL Manager of the Year Award again
- Syracuse Crunch dominates Utica Comets, 6-2
- The devastating injury that has Buffalo’s passing game in serious trouble
- Homer girls volleyball wins 5-set thriller in state tournament
- Westhill girls volleyball continues march back to state final
- Boys soccer state rankings: 3 Section III teams heading to state final four
- Girls soccer state rankings: 3 Section III teams hold No. 1 spot
- Lacy’s List: You pick the top football player of the Section III semis (poll)
- Central NY high school results, news, scores
In brief
Well-known CNY restaurant business takes over Diamond Catering operation
Government shutdown forces NY cemetery to cancel Veterans Day event
Onondaga County sheriff ends lawsuit over legal bills
Cayuga County sheriff will not run for reelection next year
Utica man charged with rape of 12-year-old girl
Grocery store chain will let you trade in pennies for twice their value
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