Family Times

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Visit Syracuse Encourages Locals to Discover Nearby ‘Simple Wonders’ (June 2025)
This summer, you don’t need to travel far to discover something new. That’s the message behind Visit Syracuse’s campaign, ‘Simple Wonders.’

Museums, Parks, and Wildlife Adventures Await in Chittenango (June 2024)
Located about 25 minutes east of Syracuse, the village of Chittenango is probably best known as the birthplace of L. Frank Baum, the author who famously penned The Wonderful Wizard of Oz.

Tackling Holiday Travel (November 2022)
Is your family planning to head out of town for one of the (many) upcoming holidays? You’re not alone.

What’s in a Name: Henninger High School students illustrate children’s book by alumna (March 2022)
For her entire life, Paola Benevento’s name has been spelled or pronounced incorrectly.

The Power to Save a Life: Cord Blood is being used to treat more than 80 diseases (February 2020)
A cord blood transplant saved Mildred Bethea’s life. She survived battles with breast cancer and a type of acute leukemia, the second of which Bethea says “catapulted me to death’s door,” before being diagnosed with Myelodysplastic Syndrome. After Bethea went into remission for a third time, her doctor recommended a bone marrow transplant. Though she was unable to find an adult donor match, she did find one at a public cord blood bank.