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Monday, April 15, 2013  The Syracuse Common Council passed Mayor Stephanie Miner’s proposal to create a Vacant Property Registry on Monday.

Friday, January 25, 2013  Mayor Miner plans to target vacant properties which are not tax delinquent through a registry and associated fees.

Thursday, July 19, 2012  A grass-roots effort to change lives is now sweeping across the Deep South; communities are taking charge of their health by growing, and preparing their own food.

Wednesday, May 30, 2012  Matt's Memo: Matt Mulcahy blogs about the question: how could the presence of 68 animals in one small duplex go undetected long enough they all ended up dead?

Thursday, May 24, 2012  Decades ago, the northeast side of Syracuse was among the nicer middle class neighborhoods in the city, but time has taken a terrible toll on the neighborhood, and no one knows that better than Toni Franklyn.

Tuesday, May 22, 2012  Governor Andrew Cuomo has signed off on a land bank for Syracuse and Onondaga County. It's a non-profit entity, with the sole purpose of forcing property owners to pay back taxes or lose their building.

Thursday, May 10, 2012  We have heard stories about how some animal shelters are overloaded with unwanted cats, dogs, and other pets. There's a new pet on that list - bunnies.

Tuesday, April 17, 2012  The two surviving dogs in a horrific case of animal abuse in Utica, are starting to recover and gain weight.

Thursday, April 05, 2012  A Utica dog owner is facing serious charges in connection with several dogs found abandoned. Umar Aziz, 22, is currently in the Oneida County Jail.

Tuesday, February 07, 2012  The City of Syracuse is looking at ways to improve the way it handles dangerous vacant buildings.

Tuesday, November 29, 2011  Authorities say a blaze at an abandoned cable factory in central New York has been extinguished.

Saturday, September 24, 2011  Syracuse firefighters tell CNY Central trees and overgrown brush made it difficult to put out a fire on the city's southside Saturday night.

Saturday, September 03, 2011  All 13 are now in foster care, some will be adoptable

Friday, September 02, 2011  A local animal hospital got an unexpected gift Monday when 13 newborn kittens were dropped off.

Friday, June 24, 2011  Police say 26-year-old Sara Clauson gave birth to a baby girl on June 16th, then abandoned the infant on a lawn near another home in the trailer park.