By Alyssa Dearborn There are many reasons why holiday shoppers should consider shopping local. For the shopper, it can mean finding unique gifts and experiencing what one’s community has to offer. But from a small business’s or artisan's perspective, a...
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Health
FITNESS FORUM: Weight, diet and maintaining your sanity
By Christie Donato December is my favorite month of the year. It has Christmas, my birthday and New Year’s Eve all rolled into one week, with a whole month of holiday music, decorations and sweets leading up to it....
Causes, Featured, Special Feature
QUEEN OF ARTS: Selma Selman
By Sharee Turpin Photos by Ana Gil-Taylor Art lives within Selma Selman. As a child in Bosnia, she used to sell her drawings for lunch money. One teacher noticed her gift and created opportunities for her to experience the...
Features, Health
SELF CARE: Keeping the (inner) Peace During the Holiday Season
By Nichole A. Cavallaro Something happens literally right after Halloween. The day of Nov. 1 somehow merges into this hybrid of controlled, chaotic brainstorming of Thanks-Mas. That’s what I like to call the obvious two holidays at the end...
Features, Food
SYRACUSE EATS: Hercules Candy Company
Megan Sheehan Photos by Steven J. Pallone “Candy makes people happy” may be the truest statement in existence. For Terry and Steve Andrianos, the owners of Hercules Candy Company, it isn’t just a phrase or logo, but their way of...
