Syracuse native Eric Carle dies; plus, the damage from Wednesday’s storm (Good Morning CNY for May 27) Syracuse.com 1 hr ago
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STUNNING VIEW OF CNY STORM: More than 10,000 people lost power Wednesday afternoon when a storm barreled through Central New York, toppling trees and knocking down wires across the region. (Photo courtesy A.T. McLean | Skytop Aerials)
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Beloved author and Syracuse native Eric Carle dies: Syracuse native Eric Carle, the beloved children’s author and illustrator whose classic “The Very Hungry Caterpillar” and other works gave millions of kids some of their earliest and most cherished literary memories, died Sunday at age 91. Carle was born in Syracuse to German immigrant parents in 1929.
County OKs money for body cams; plus, Syracuse Mets finally back (Good Morning CNY for May 5)
Updated May 05, 2021;
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A young fan looks for free gift thrown by Mets staff. Syracuse Mets open their season against the Scranton Railriders at NBT Bank Stadium May 4, 2021. Dennis Nett | dnett@syracuse.com
PLAY BALL! (FINALLY): For the first time in more than a year and a half, the Syracuse Mets took to the field for a baseball game. Fans were allowed at the game and they got a close-up look at the newly renovated NBT Bank Stadium. Check out fan reactions to Opening Night. (Dennis Nett photo)
By Dave Smith
May 4, 2021
Syracuse, N.Y. - A lawsuit against Syracuse University involving alleged serial molester Conrad Mainwaring can go forward...
A judge ruled in favor of a lawsuit brought about by Robert Druger, a Camillus eye surgeon, who has accused Mainwaring of abusing him when he was a student at Nottingham High School and then later at SU.
The lawsuit states SU harbored Mainwaring who is accused of molesting more than 60 boys in the 80 s.
Druger alleges that both the City schools district and SU should have done more to protect students form Mainwaring.
The judge however dismissed the lawsuit against Syracuse City schools.
Judges keeps Syracuse University in lawsuit over accused ex-Olympian molester; city schools tossed
Updated May 04, 2021;
Posted May 04, 2021
Former Olympian Conrad Mainwaring is brought into the Berkshire County Superior Court for arraignment Tuesday, March 16, 2021, in Pittsfield, Mass. Mainwaring has pleaded not guilty to sexually molesting boys while working at a sports camp in western Massachusetts in the 1970s. (Stephanie Zollshan/The Berkshire Eagle via AP)AP
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But similar accusations against Syracuse city schools must be dismissed, the judge ruled.
Dr. Robert Druger, now a Camillus eye surgeon, accuses Mainwaring of abusing him repeatedly as a young man, first at Nottingham High School and later at SU. Druger sued both the university and school district, claiming that both institutions knew or should have known that Mainwaring was a sexual predator.