Art has always been a haven for Sandra Fioramonti-Sabene. “Art has been a way for me to check in with myself, to express just whatever I really can't put words to,” she said. “It's always been that healing tool for...
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COVER STORY: Lauren Kochian, the MOST President: Citizen Scientist
BY SARAH HALL Science education is in Lauren Kochian’s blood. “My mom was a teacher in the city schools for 40 years, a science teacher, actually,” Kochian said. “To me, education is critical.” That’s why Kochian, as president of...
COVER STORY: Pamela Hunter, 128th District Assemblymember
Photo by Alice G. Patterson Photography Pamela Hunter’s first visit to a campaign office was a portentous one. Hunter, the current representative for the 128th Assembly District, had just moved to Syracuse and was looking to get involved in...
COVER STORY: Rob Bick, advocate
PHOTOS BY ALICE G. PATTERSON PHOTOGRAPHY If you ask Rob Bick, his late wife, Ann Marie, was practically a superhero. “She had an extraordinary intellect, an extraordinary curiosity, a razor sharp sense of humor and a monumental sense of...
COVER STORY: Erin Engle, Griffin’s mom (and founder of Griffin’s Guardians)
Late last year, Erin Engle’s youngest son passed a bittersweet milestone. Erin’s middle son, Griffin, was 7 when he passed away on Sept. 12, 2014, from a rare form of brain cancer. “Everett, in the middle of December, has been...