Joy Crocker / The Post-Standard
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I'm assistant features editor in the CNY section of The Post-Standard in Syracuse, N.Y. Among my responsibilities is Weekend, the what-to-do-this-weekend publication that comes out on Thursdays. Zip Code: 13221 (edit)
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Man hurt in fracas
Posted by Hart Seely / The Post-Standard on Post-Standard test blog on March 05, 2009, 5:21PM
A Syracuse man was hurt Saturday night.. Full story »
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Posted by Don Cazentre / The Post-Standard on Post-Standard test blog on August 31, 2007, 12:11PM
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Store Front test II
Posted by Bob Niedt / The Post-Standard on Post-Standard test blog on August 03, 2007, 3:12PM
Some housekeeping: This likely will be the final blog entry until mid-August. I'm surfin' USA. Let's get to it... * 13209 comments, "Hi Bob -- Great job on the newest Webisode. Haven't been out to Towne Centre in awhile, good to see the new stores and other changes that have taken place since I was last there. "I wanted... Full story »
Store Front test...
Posted by Bob Niedt / The Post-Standard on Post-Standard test blog on August 03, 2007, 8:54AM
Some housekeeping: This likely will be the final blog entry until mid-August. I'm surfin' USA. Let's get to it... * 13209 comments, "Hi Bob -- Great job on the newest Webisode. Haven't been out to Towne Centre in awhile, good to see the new stores and other changes that have taken place since I was last there. "I wanted... Full story »
Store Front test II
Posted by Bob Niedt / The Post-Standard on Post-Standard test blog on June 15, 2007, 10:57AM
Store Front TV, Webisode III... Here: That is all. ----Bob Niedt Feedback: Hit "post a comment," below, or punch this. Full story »
Store Front test
Posted by Bob Niedt / The Post-Standard on Post-Standard test blog on June 14, 2007, 7:03AM
Store Front TV, Webisode III... Here: That is all. ----Bob Niedt Feedback: Hit "post a comment," below, or punch this. Full story »
Store Front test
Posted by Bob Niedt / The Post-Standard on Post-Standard test blog on May 25, 2007, 12:18PM
And we pause, to salute and thank our veterans -- and all of those active-duty people protecting our freedoms. That is all. Talk to me. ---Bob Niedt Feedback: Hit "post a comment," below, or send e-mail here. Full story »
Store Front test blog
Posted by Bob Niedt / The Post-Standard on Post-Standard test blog on May 11, 2007, 4:04PM
This is your last warning. Mother's Day. Sunday. As in tomorrow. Don't get me started. On to... E-mail: * RT writes, "Hi Bob -- Yes this is an unabashed attempt to get some press for a new business -- BUT -- since we are the only business of this kind in CNY and we provide a unique service to the... Full story »
Store Front test
Posted by Bob Niedt / The Post-Standard on Post-Standard test blog on April 25, 2007, 11:37AM
Yay! Video Sunday. This week's installment runs off this e-mail: * Scott writes, "Bob -- CNY needs Jack In The Box, if not for the food, the TV commericals.They have some of the funniest commericals on TV." Thanks, Scott. People? Here's some: Here's another, Hero... And anudder (gotta love that Philly cheesesteak, a staple of Store Front): And... one more.... Full story »
A talk with U.S. Attorney Glenn Suddaby
Posted by Hart Seely / The Post-Standard on Post-Standard test blog on April 09, 2007, 1:13PM
Glenn Suddaby, U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of New York, sat down recently with Post-Standard reporter Hart Seely to discuss annual prosecution statistics in upstate New York, and the recent firings of federal prosecutors, which has spawned a national controversy. Q: According to Syracuse University's Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse, the number of prosecutions in the Northern District peaked around... Full story »
Store Front test
Posted by Bob Niedt / The Post-Standard on Post-Standard test blog on April 06, 2007, 3:03PM
We've been trying to figure out what would be a good fit for the expansion, should it happen, of Carousel Center mall. Names have popped up, from Ikea to Cabela's. We've taken you on video tours here before. Other names that have popped up are Restoration Hardware. Here's some of what it looks like loading up a store in Portland,... Full story »
Store Front test
Posted by Bob Niedt / The Post-Standard on Post-Standard test blog on March 30, 2007, 3:45PM
The official annoucement Friday that Bass Pro Shops had finally committed to building a store on Buffalo's waterfront is good news for development in Upstate New York. We've cataloged for you before the spinoff effects of a Bass Pro Shops development -- Cabela's as well -- for business and economic development. Here's a video about one community: We've seen this... Full story »
Store Front test blog
Posted by Bob Niedt / The Post-Standard on Post-Standard test blog on March 23, 2007, 1:56PM
E-mail, comments and such: * On the Krispy Kreme disappearance, Peter comments, "I've been expecting this news about Krispy Kreme since it opened. Maybe it's just me, but their location seemed to me to be one of the worst possible. It's just not well suited for their type of business. Very few drive by there in the morning on their... Full story »
Store Front test
Posted by Bob Niedt / The Post-Standard on Post-Standard test blog on March 16, 2007, 2:56PM
Saturday mailbag: * Ray P. writes, "Hello Bob -- Can you tell me what happened to the Ford dealership in Oswego? They recently moved from the City on Route 104 to the old Agway store east of the city line in Scriba. They were there and now they are not. Have you heard any rumors? Thank you." Thanks, Ray. Here's... Full story »
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Posted by Hart Seely / The Post-Standard on Post-Standard test blog on March 14, 2007, 6:01PM
Two women believed to be distraught family members comfort one another as they arrive at the scene of a blaze that claimed the lives of 9 people, including 8 children, in a three story apartment building in the Bronx borough of New York. Jason DeCrow / AP « First Photo « Previous 5 of 12 Next » I was... Full story »
My snappy-named test blog entry
Posted by Hart Seely / The Post-Standard on Post-Standard test blog on March 14, 2007, 5:14PM
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Saturday, in the park... with Timmy's
Posted by Bob Niedt / The Post-Standard on Post-Standard test blog on March 09, 2007, 3:46PM
News flash: just heard from corporate over at Tim Hortons. The Canadian coffee bistro chain caught our blog references and called to let us know they are a "go" for Central New York, have found five locations and are expecting to get three open this year. Store Front: working 24/7 to bring you the best. On to... E-mail: ..... Oops.... Full story »
Store Front test
Posted by Bob Niedt / The Post-Standard on Post-Standard test blog on March 08, 2007, 3:31PM
With the, shall we say, "proposed" sometime-in-the-spring expansion of Carousel Center mall now on the front burner again, we've been talking about that "wow" factor the mall's developers/owners need to build into the expansion. I suggested there isn't much new in the way of retail. Someone suggested it had to come with entertainment. We looked at water parks. Let's take... Full story »
Managing editors remake newsroom
Posted by Don Cazentre / The Post-Standard on Post-Standard test blog on March 07, 2007, 3:03PM
After weeks of intense meetings, a bloodied group of editors emerged from the main conference room and announced The Post-Standard will return to the use of the linotype machine. After weeks of intense meetings, a bloodied group of editors emerged from the main conference room and announced The Post-Standard will return to the use of the linotype machine. After weeks... Full story »
Store Front test blog
Posted by Bob Niedt / The Post-Standard on Post-Standard test blog on March 02, 2007, 7:24AM
To grow, Wal-Mart must constantly re-invent itself, adapt and move on. By saturating the U.S. with its Supercenters, it seems there may be nowhere else to go. Wrong. As Store Front readers know, Wal-Mart has a supermarket-only model it is using to backfill in cities where it has enough Supercenters, or in towns or villages that are too small to... Full story »
