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Photo of the day
Syracuse Mets center fielder Gilberto Celestino grounds out to second against the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders at NBT Bank Stadium Tuesday April 1, 2025, in Syracuse, N.Y. Scott Schild | sschild@syracuse.com Scott Schild | sschild@syracuse.com
Play Ball! (And bundle up, it’s cold): Syracuse Mets center fielder Gilberto Celestino connects with the ball during Tuesday’s game against the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders at NBT Bank Stadium. It was the home opener for the Mets, and more than 4,000 fans braved chilly temperatures. The Mets lost, 6-2. Story, more photos. (Scott Schild photo)
The latest
Upstate hospital’s $2.4M ‘mission control’ works to speed up patient wait times in hidden ways: From Carrier Circle, a team of Upstate staffers monitor the ebbs and flows of patient care at University and Community General hospitals. This “mission control” room, as hospital CEO Dr. Robert Corona describes it, expanded earlier this year into its new $2.4 million home. It now has 28 workstations and 22 live-feed monitors. The goal is to identify bottlenecks and speed up patient care.
What’s trending
Carmelo Anthony will be Syracuse University’s 2025 commencement speaker: Former Syracuse men’s basketball star Carmelo Anthony will be the school’s commencement speaker this year. Anthony played only one season of college basketball for the Orange but made it into what may be the best one-and-done season in the history of college basketball. Anthony’s commencement speech will come shortly before his son, Kiyan, begins his freshman year at Syracuse.
Environmental groups say public needs more time to review huge Micron report: A coalition of Central New York environmental and social action groups wants the public to get more time to review the massive document outlining the potential impacts from Micron Technology’s planned chipmaking plant in the town of Clay. The group is also calling for at least five public hearings to be held.
NY prisons look to release some inmates early as staff shortages persist: New York’s state prisons are looking to release inmates convicted of non-violent crimes up to 110 days early as a response to the “current staffing crisis,” the prisons commissioner wrote in a memo. The decision is meant to strike a balance between the safety of those working and living in correctional facilities and public safety.
Best April Fools pranks of 2025: SU changes colors, Jim Morrison concert, more: Tuesday was April 1, so hopefully you were skeptical about some of the stories you might have read or heard that day. Like the upcoming Jim Morrison concert in Central New York; the “get out of jail free” cards from a local police department; or the “lobster eclair” being offered at a certain restaurant. Here’s a roundup of some of the best April Fools pranks in Upstate New York and around the nation.
Looking ahead
Party in the Square: Syracuse concert series to support a good cause: The lineup for a series of summer concerts that will benefit a fund to provide instruments and music lessons to students in need has been finalized.The 10 events include six installments of the Party in the Square, which are Friday night concerts held in July and August in Clinton Square. Here’s a look at the full schedule.
- Metallica’s “M72” tour kicks off in Syracuse: Where to find cheapest tickets
- “Uncertain border situation” leads Canadian band to delay Upstate show
Sports
Baldwinsville vs Liverpool girls flag football at Liverpool High School Tuesday April 1, 2025 in Liverpool, NY (Robert Grossman | Contributing Photographer)Robert Grossman | Contributing Photographer
Liverpool, Baldwinsville tie in flag football opener: Liverpool quarterback Graceanne Sleeth gets ready to pass during a girls flag football game against defending Division I champion Baldwinsville at Liverpool High School on Tuesday. Liverpool rallied to tie the Bees, 14-14. (Robert Grossman photo)
Could a 17-year-old start for the Orange football team in the fall? Demetres Samuel Jr. is just turning 17 years old this week, but the Florida native graduated high school more than a year ahead of schedule and managed to enroll early at Syracuse for the spring semester. On Monday night, SU coach Fran Brown said that Samuel should start at cornerback for the Orange next season, and he also expects him to contribute immediately on offense.
- Carlson: An SU-Colorado spring game will have to wait. Was it the right call?
- SU schedules non-conference series to complete 2026 football schedule
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In brief
2 Democrats, 1 Republican latest to file Syracuse mayor’s race petitions
Schumer: Trump’s tariffs “playing Russian roulette with Upstate New York”
Grand jury to hear evidence in inmate’s death at Central NY prison
Diners of CNY: At Sweetgrass, nothing’s off the menu … except when they run out
State AG opens investigation into 30-year-old CNY man who died in handcuffs
An Onondaga County village is scrapping its court: “Can’t justify it”
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