Syracuse Fire Department hires one of its most diverse classes ever, makes good on goal set 40 years ago
Updated May 07, 4:37 PM;
Posted May 07, 3:41 PM
Newly graduated firefighters are presented to attendees of a graduation ceremony into the Syracuse Fire Department at the Red House Performing Arts Center on Friday, May 7, 2021.N. Scott Trimble | syracuse.com
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Syracuse, N.Y. The Syracuse Fire Department today graduated one of its most diverse class of cadets the department has ever had.
More than 40 percent of the 27 graduates are Black, making it the second straight time a class has been 40 percent Black.
The last two classes were each hired under Syracuse Fire Chief Michael Monds and helped the city make good on an agreement it reached in federal court 40 years ago to make at least a quarter of its hires Black.
Where in Pa. and N.J. are you most likely to see cicadas? (MAP)
Updated May 06, 2021;
Posted May 06, 2021
A cicada nymph crawls up from a turret in the soil, Sunday, May 2, 2021, in Frederick, Maryland. The 17-year periodical cicadas of 2021 s Brood X will mostly come out at dusk to try to avoid everything that wants to eat them, squiggling out of holes in the ground. They’ll try to climb up trees or anything vertical.AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster
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The 2021 emergence of the 17-year periodical cicadas in Brood X has begun in Tennessee and North Carolina.
It’s only a matter of time before they begin crawling from their underground burrows closer to the Lehigh Valley.
New streaming play from Syracuse Stage, Mother’s Day, the Mets are back: 15 things to do in CNY
Posted May 05, 2021
Happy Mother’s Day weekend!
There are many ways you can celebrate the day this year as things finally begin to appear to be returning to normal.
You can take your mom to Beak & Skiff’s for a lunchtime picnic, buy her some flowers at a sale at the Sangertown Mall, purchase her a virtual ticket for the new streaming Syracuse Stage play, “I and You,” or treat her with a State Fair snack at the Fairgrounds.
And baseball is back in Syracuse! The Mets are back in action at NBT Stadium all week against Scranton after a season away.
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