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Old 12-09-2018, 11:55 AM
 
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An article about Syracuse’s new police chief: New police chief Kenton Buckner earned reputation as a progressive leader - The Daily Orange - The Independent Student Newspaper of Syracuse, New York

Who he replaced: Syracuse Police Chief Frank Fowler Steps Down
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Old 12-09-2018, 12:45 PM
 
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Born and raised in Poughkeepsie(attended Hyde Park Schools and graduated from FDR High): Bill Duke | The HistoryMakers

Grew up in Buffalo: Ishmael Reed | The HistoryMakers

Born and raised in Lackawanna: Ruben Santiago-Hudson | The HistoryMakers

Her mother actually worked at Syracuse University: Suzan-Lori Parks | The HistoryMakers
as did this woman did as well: Carrie Mae Weems | The HistoryMakers

Born in Buffalo: Judith N. Batty | The HistoryMakers

Born in Syracuse: Mia Birdsong | The HistoryMakers

Born and raised in Buffalo: Calvin Darden | The HistoryMakers
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Old 12-09-2018, 02:22 PM
 
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Born and raised in Poughkeepsie(attended Hyde Park Schools and graduated from FDR High): Bill Duke | The HistoryMakers

Grew up in Buffalo: Ishmael Reed | The HistoryMakers

Born and raised in Lackawanna: Ruben Santiago-Hudson | The HistoryMakers

Her mother actually worked at Syracuse University: Suzan-Lori Parks | The HistoryMakers
as did this woman did as well: Carrie Mae Weems | The HistoryMakers

Born in Buffalo: Judith N. Batty | The HistoryMakers

Born in Syracuse: Mia Birdsong | The HistoryMakers

Born and raised in Buffalo: Calvin Darden | The HistoryMakers
Born in Rochester, raised in Avon and attended 2nd Baptist Church in Mumford: Marlene Johnson | The HistoryMakers

Born in the Rochester area(assuming the Caledonia-Mumford area due to where his mother is from) and graduated from Wheatland-Chili: The Honorable Theodore A. McKee | The HistoryMakers

Rochester: Famoudou Don Moye | The HistoryMakers

Quintin Primo, III | The HistoryMakers

James Whitley | The HistoryMakers
William Whitley | The HistoryMakers

Andrea Zopp | The HistoryMakers

Buffalo: The Honorable Jolette Westbrook | The HistoryMakers (assuming the now closed Mt. St. Joseph Academy for HS)

Leroy C. Richie | The HistoryMakers

Rebecca "Becky" Love | The HistoryMakers

George K. Arthur | The HistoryMakers

Clayborne Carson | The HistoryMakers

Florence M. Rice | The HistoryMakers

Niagara Falls: Emma Rodgers | The HistoryMakers

Yvonne Scruggs-Leftwich | The HistoryMakers

Poughkeepsie: Lorenzo Morris | The HistoryMakers
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Old 12-10-2018, 09:25 AM
 
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Sports references: https://www.rochesterfirst.com/sport...gua/1644476789 (Gates-Chili is a western suburban SD of Rochester)

https://www.rochesterfirst.com/sport...gan/1647838964

https://www.rochesterfirst.com/sport...alo/1644480091

https://13wham.com/sports/hs-sports-...-gbbthomas-gbb

https://www.rochesterfirst.com/sport...ney/1639982370
https://www.localsyr.com/sports/loca...257/1649786695 (Bishop Kearney is in eastern Irondequoit)

https://www.localsyr.com/sports/loca...413/1648179827

https://www.wktv.com/content/news/Sp...502230451.html (Notre Dame and Proctor are in Utica)

https://cbs6albany.com/sports/conten...126-12-08-2018
https://cbs6albany.com/sports/content/hs-basketball-126

https://wbng.com/sport/2018/12/07/se...se-to-victory/

Johnson City Offense Runs Over Ithaca - FOX 40 WICZ TV - News, Sports, Weather, Contests & More

https://buffalonews.com/2018/12/06/w...-let-him-play/
https://www.wgrz.com/article/news/lo...e/71-622102081

https://buffalonews.com/2018/12/07/a...for-an-encore/

https://www.syracuse.com/expo/sports...ral-new-y.html
https://www.syracuse.com/expo/sports...girls-swi.html (Jamesville-DeWitt)
https://www.syracuse.com/expo/sports...boys-socc.html (Fabius-Pompey and Watertown's Immaculate Heart Central)
https://www.syracuse.com/expo/sports...rt_river_index (Liverpool)
https://www.syracuse.com/expo/sports...girls-soc.html (Clinton, SW of Utica)

https://www.pressconnects.com/story/...on/2261493002/
https://www.mytwintiers.com/sports/l...eat/1639442155
https://www.mytwintiers.com/sports/l...ark/1639929363
https://www.mytwintiers.com/sports/l...ced/1647694655

WENY News - Spencer Van Etten Hands Odessa-Montour a Loss at Home, 44-25
WENY News - Waverly Girls Basketball Beat Notre Dame 63-36
WENY News - Waverly Boys Tops Notre Dame in 80-77 Shootout
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Old 12-10-2018, 11:17 AM
 
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Sports references: https://www.rochesterfirst.com/sport...gua/1644476789 (Gates-Chili is a western suburban SD of Rochester)

https://www.rochesterfirst.com/sport...gan/1647838964

https://www.rochesterfirst.com/sport...alo/1644480091

https://13wham.com/sports/hs-sports-...-gbbthomas-gbb

https://www.rochesterfirst.com/sport...ney/1639982370
https://www.localsyr.com/sports/loca...257/1649786695 (Bishop Kearney is in eastern Irondequoit)

https://www.localsyr.com/sports/loca...413/1648179827

https://www.wktv.com/content/news/Sp...502230451.html (Notre Dame and Proctor are in Utica)

https://cbs6albany.com/sports/conten...126-12-08-2018
https://cbs6albany.com/sports/content/hs-basketball-126

https://wbng.com/sport/2018/12/07/se...se-to-victory/

Johnson City Offense Runs Over Ithaca - FOX 40 WICZ TV - News, Sports, Weather, Contests & More

https://buffalonews.com/2018/12/06/w...-let-him-play/
https://www.wgrz.com/article/news/lo...e/71-622102081

https://buffalonews.com/2018/12/07/a...for-an-encore/

https://www.syracuse.com/expo/sports...ral-new-y.html
https://www.syracuse.com/expo/sports...girls-swi.html (Jamesville-DeWitt)
https://www.syracuse.com/expo/sports...boys-socc.html (Fabius-Pompey and Watertown's Immaculate Heart Central)
https://www.syracuse.com/expo/sports...rt_river_index (Liverpool)
https://www.syracuse.com/expo/sports...girls-soc.html (Clinton, SW of Utica)

https://www.pressconnects.com/story/...on/2261493002/
https://www.mytwintiers.com/sports/l...eat/1639442155
https://www.mytwintiers.com/sports/l...ark/1639929363
https://www.mytwintiers.com/sports/l...ced/1647694655

WENY News - Spencer Van Etten Hands Odessa-Montour a Loss at Home, 44-25
WENY News - Waverly Girls Basketball Beat Notre Dame 63-36
WENY News - Waverly Boys Tops Notre Dame in 80-77 Shootout
More: https://www.watertowndailytimes.com/...&template=mwdt
https://www.watertowndailytimes.com/...&template=mwdt
https://www.watertowndailytimes.com/...&template=mwdt
https://www.watertowndailytimes.com/...&template=mwdt
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Old 12-10-2018, 01:49 PM
 
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Sports references from Warrensburg in Warren County and Chazy, north of Plattsburgh: https://www.suncommunitynews.com/spo...burg-burghers/

https://www.suncommunitynews.com/spo...ng-season-ope/
https://www.suncommunitynews.com/spo...season-strong/

Bolton Landing also in Warren County(second pic): https://www.suncommunitynews.com/spo...arren-cougars/

Medina: https://orleanshub.com/akron-matmen-...a-albion-wins/

From the Auburn Citizen circulation area(Cayuga County and western Onondaga County): https://auburnpub.com/sports/local/f...e43880.html#20

Cato-Meridian/Weedsport: https://auburnpub.com/multimedia/gal...a9a77f5.html#9

https://auburnpub.com/multimedia/gal...449e4f3.html#1

Cortland/Homer: https://cortlandstandard.net/2018/12...-beat-trojans/

Rome Free/Baldwinsville: Rome holds off Baldwinsville | Rome Daily Sentinel

Glens Falls and Fort Edward(her dad actually went to Bishop Ludden in Syracuse and is the Fort Edward girls basketball head coach): https://poststar.com/sports/high-sch...27c98d.html#11

Queensbury: https://poststar.com/sports/high-sch...2f32a094a.html

Catskill: https://www.hudsonvalley360.com/arti...-pull-away-c-d
https://www.hudsonvalley360.com/arti...third-straight (vs. Cairo-Durham)
https://www.hudsonvalley360.com/arti...tskill-victory (likely related to former MLB player Mickey Brantley who is from Catskill and current MLB free agent, Michael Brantley, Mickey's son)

Hudson(3rd pic) and Ichabod Crane(6th pic): https://www.hudsonvalley360.com/arti...ks-past-tigers

previously attended Saugerties: https://www.dailyfreeman.com/sports/...7e7f7af7b.html

Kingston/Schenectady: https://www.dailyfreeman.com/sports/...f88a70c18.html

Tapestry(Buffalo Charter School): http://www.post-journal.com/sports/l...in-title-game/

Penn Yan: Tony Collins Foundation gives to Penn Yan Hall of Fame - Sports - The Chronicle Express - Penn Yan, NY (played at East Carolina and for the Patriots in the 1980's)

Dansville: <strong>Dansville boys ready to work up the ladder</strong> - Sports - The Dansville Online - Dansville, NY

Corning: LOCAL ROUNDUP: Corning girls win Ithaca College Bomber Invitational - Sports - The Leader - Corning, NY
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Old 12-11-2018, 07:23 AM
 
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Professional/historical reference from Buffalo and a resident(?) of Clifton Park(Shenendehowa SD) in Saratoga County: https://www.uncrownedcommunitybuilde...gilmore-canton

Lived in Syracuse in the mid 1960's: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toni_Morrison

A performing arts company in Buffalo: Ujima Company, Inc. aka Ujima Theatre Company in Buffalo NY

A good source of historical information: African American History of Western New York

This woman became the first black woman publisher of a mainstream newspaper, when she was the publisher(and president) of the Ithaca Journal in 1982: https://www.wku.edu/journalism/staff/pam_johnson
https://prabook.com/web/pam_mcallister.johnson/838881
https://www.blackfacts.com/fact/pame...lister-johnson
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Old 12-11-2018, 10:05 AM
 
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A new professional reference in Buffalo: https://www.bizjournals.com/buffalo/...isha_Bonner_MD

This model/actress was born and raised in Elmira(attended the former Elmira Free Academy and Syracuse University as well): https://www.marathi.tv/celebrity-spouses/pilar-sanders/
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Old 12-11-2018, 02:50 PM
 
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Sports references: https://www.rochesterfirst.com/sport...gua/1644476789 (Gates-Chili is a western suburban SD of Rochester)

https://www.rochesterfirst.com/sport...gan/1647838964

https://www.rochesterfirst.com/sport...alo/1644480091

https://13wham.com/sports/hs-sports-...-gbbthomas-gbb

https://www.rochesterfirst.com/sport...ney/1639982370
https://www.localsyr.com/sports/loca...257/1649786695 (Bishop Kearney is in eastern Irondequoit)

https://www.localsyr.com/sports/loca...413/1648179827

https://www.wktv.com/content/news/Sp...502230451.html (Notre Dame and Proctor are in Utica)

https://cbs6albany.com/sports/conten...126-12-08-2018
https://cbs6albany.com/sports/content/hs-basketball-126

https://wbng.com/sport/2018/12/07/se...se-to-victory/

Johnson City Offense Runs Over Ithaca - FOX 40 WICZ TV - News, Sports, Weather, Contests & More

https://buffalonews.com/2018/12/06/w...-let-him-play/
https://www.wgrz.com/article/news/lo...e/71-622102081

https://buffalonews.com/2018/12/07/a...for-an-encore/

https://www.syracuse.com/expo/sports...ral-new-y.html
https://www.syracuse.com/expo/sports...girls-swi.html (Jamesville-DeWitt)
https://www.syracuse.com/expo/sports...boys-socc.html (Fabius-Pompey and Watertown's Immaculate Heart Central)
https://www.syracuse.com/expo/sports...rt_river_index (Liverpool)
https://www.syracuse.com/expo/sports...girls-soc.html (Clinton, SW of Utica)

https://www.pressconnects.com/story/...on/2261493002/
https://www.mytwintiers.com/sports/l...eat/1639442155
https://www.mytwintiers.com/sports/l...ark/1639929363
https://www.mytwintiers.com/sports/l...ced/1647694655

WENY News - Spencer Van Etten Hands Odessa-Montour a Loss at Home, 44-25
WENY News - Waverly Girls Basketball Beat Notre Dame 63-36
WENY News - Waverly Boys Tops Notre Dame in 80-77 Shootout
More: https://spectrumlocalnews.com/nys/ce...-vs-nottingham-#
https://spectrumlocalnews.com/nys/ce...over-liverpool-
https://spectrumlocalnews.com/nys/ce...-over-westhill


https://spectrumlocalnews.com/nys/ca...olls-over-peru
https://spectrumlocalnews.com/nys/ca...past-schalmont


https://spectrumlocalnews.com/nys/bi...rls-basketball


https://spectrumlocalnews.com/nys/ro...oys-basketball
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Old 12-12-2018, 12:30 PM
 
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Sports reference from Saranac Lake: http://www.adirondackdailyenterprise...ure-first-win/
http://www.adirondackdailyenterprise...n-home-opener/

Another one from Potsdam/Canton: https://northcountrysportsnet.zenfolio.com/p510994198

Baldwinsville/Liverpool: https://spectrumlocalnews.com/nys/wa...er-at-the-hive

Kingston: https://spectrumlocalnews.com/nys/hu...kings-released
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