The 2012 SALT Award Winners

Father Knows Best

For 65 years, and counting, the DeSantis Orchestra has made musical memories

Mario DeSantis has serenaded countless just-marrieds, celebrated the induction of Cal Ripken Jr. into the Baseball Hall of Fame, served as...

GET LOST

After a terrible 2011, the Lost Horizon’s Scott Dixon gets his health, his career and his radio mojo back on track

Scott Dixon is known for putting the Syracuse music scene before himself.

Force Of Nature

Friends of Rogers revitalizes the Sherburne center after the stateeuro;s 2010 closure

Canada geese skim across the ponds at Rogers Environmental Education Center, just outside the Chenango County village of Sherburne.

Life at the Top

Beyond the environmental benefits, green roofs provide advantages to taxpayers

By the end of 2012 the black and gray rooftops of Syracuse will give way to green.

Learning Curve

Nearly a year into the job, Syracuse School District Superintendent Sharon Contreras stays upbeat in the face of unprecedented challenges

If anything is clear after spending an hour with Syracuse City School District Superintendent Sharon Contreras, it is that she did not come here to run the fourth-largest school district in the state, outside of New York City.

New Leashes on Life

Local organizations seek to save dogs from abuse, abandonment or unnecessary death

Some folks are decidedly cat people, or dog people, or no-animals-please people. While you may not share the same affinity for cats as your feline-loving office mate, it’s safe to say we all can agree on one thing: Animal abuse is wrong.

My Aretha

I first met my dog, Aretha, on Christmas Eve 1994. I was hangin' out with my buddy “Miserable Tim” Gernhardt at his house in LaFayette having a couple Christmas Eve drinks on a howling cold winter night, when we heard what sounded like someone knocking on the front door. I opened it, looked around, didn't see anything and closed the door again.

Stray Tuned

By Kevin Corbett A lthough

Although Americans are collectively crazy about their pets, the sad truth is that too many animals are going through life homeless and at risk.

The Pet Set

Healthy-pet clinics return this spring, creating more opportunities for financially challenged owners in Syracuse to have their loved ones vaccinated.