Treat Yourself: Mark your calendar for Disney’s “The Lion King”—and the other Broadway shows coming to Syracuse in 2025November 26, 2024
Reaching a Milestone: Now the largest chapter in the country, Special Olympics New York is celebrating 50 yearsMarch 30, 2020
Parenting The Skin They’re In: Parents and young adults sometimes spar over body artBy Laura Livingston SnyderFebruary 1, 20160 Decades ago, fashions like dyed hair, Mohawks and body glitter were temporary ways for teens to express their individuality. Today,…
Parenting Giving a Break: A couple’s mission is restoring the strength of othersBy Deborah CavanaghFebruary 1, 20160 I picked up the phone and heard, “Debbie, it’s your Uncle Lou. I wanted you to know I met the…
Child Development Coping with Loss: Books that can help kids grieve and healBy Merrilee WitherellJanuary 13, 20160 As adults, we know that death and dying are an unavoidable part of life. Children, however, may struggle with both…
Parenting Parenting After a Divorce: Ex-spouses can ease the way for kidsBy Cary and Tonja RectorJanuary 13, 20160 Divorce is stressful for both parents and children. In large part the stress for parents is wondering how their child…
Parenting Out in the World: Eventually, our kids become responsible for their own safetyBy Maggie SimoneJanuary 13, 20160 It seems like we spend our kids’ childhoods preparing them for the dangers of the world. I remember learning about…
Offbeat Holiday Stories: Lovely illustrations grace books about Christmas and moreBy Merrilee WitherellDecember 1, 20150 Shake up your holiday traditions this year with children’s books that greet the holidays in a style all their own.…
First Person Rebounding Adult Children: Kids leave, they come home, they leave againBy Linda LowenDecember 1, 20150 Just before my older daughter, Jaye, left for college, we established an accidental, unspoken ritual: falling asleep together while watching…
Local Faces Radio Days: WBXL gives student deejays a voice in the communityBy Aaron GiffordNovember 1, 20150 Even though the students who run WBXL-FM 90.5 at Charles W. Baker High School in Baldwinsville snicker when they see…
First Person Thanksgiving Soup: A family’s complex concoctionBy Linda LowenNovember 1, 20150 My childhood Thanksgiving memories are practically nonexistent. That’s because my parents and I dined with strangers in places I never…
Education Books with Hooks: Lure reluctant readers with enticing choicesBy Merrilee WitherellOctober 1, 20150 School-year busyness sometimes gets in the way of students’ interest in leisure reading (or daily reading required by teachers, which…
