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Syracuse preservation board needs new members

Antone Clark Standard-Examiner

Last updated Wednesday, May 23, 2012 - 10:22pm

SYRACUSE — The city’s Historic Preservation Commission is looking for new board members.

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Special park in Syracuse continues to attract donors

Bryon Saxton Standard-Examiner

Last updated Tuesday, May 22, 2012 - 11:15pm

FARMINGTON -- Donations continue to roll in for a $1 million Syracuse park designed to provide unlimited play for special needs children.

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Syracuse OKs $6.9 million budget for 2012-2013

Antone Clark Standard-Examiner

Last updated Thursday, May 17, 2012 - 7:54pm

SYRACUSE -- City officials recently approved a $6.9 million budget for the 2012-2013 fiscal year, which ends a city practice of using city road funds to cover salaries, and includes $3.9 million in capital projects.

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Syracuse mayor on defensive, says much ado over nothing

Antone Clark Standard-Examiner

Last updated Sunday, April 15, 2012 - 11:26pm

SYRACUSE — Mayor Jamie Nagle says she is tired of pretending an ongoing discussion about the duties and responsibilities of city officials is anything but an attack on her.

During a recent council work session to talk about council policies and procedures, Nagle found herself on the defensive again as discussion turned to whether the mayor has the right to expel potentially unruly people from public meetings.

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Syracuse to own, convert all streetlights to save money, energy

Antone Clark Standard-Examiner

Last updated Thursday, April 5, 2012 - 7:33pm

SYRACUSE — City leaders are getting closer to taking ownership of Syracuse’s street lighting, a move they say will save both money and energy.

The city council recently authorized Mayor Jamie Nagle to initiate a program to buy existing streetlights from Rocky Mountain Power and to convert those lights and others to a more energy-efficient system.

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Scramble for Easter eggs on Saturday in Syracuse

Brady Bingham Standard-Examiner

Last updated Tuesday, April 3, 2012 - 11:24pm

SYRACUSE — An Easter egg scramble is planned for 10 a.m. Saturday for children 11 and younger at the northeast corner of Founder’s Park at 1700 S. 200 West.

Children can have their picture taken with the Easter bunny. Accommodations for special needs children will be available.

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Syracuse: No licensing of cats required, butchering animals legal in areas

Antone Clark Standard-Examiner

Last updated Saturday, March 31, 2012 - 9:31pm

SYRACUSE — It is still legal to raise and butcher a chicken or cow in certain parts of this community.

City leaders put the finishing touches on a revised land-use ordinance, in regard to animals, on Tuesday and approved a guideline for animal harvesting as part of the revision, plus finalized language that will allow residents to have cats without having to license them.

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Syracuse councilman: Debate over board appointment an ‘attack on me’

Antone Clark Standard-Examiner

Last updated Sunday, April 1, 2012 - 7:24am

SYRACUSE — Councilman Doug Peterson says an ongoing debate about the legality of his appointment to the North Davis Sewer District Board has gotten personal.

“This is an attack on me. If you don’t want me there, tell me why you want me off there,” Peterson said at the end of a work session Tuesday, when the appointment was discussed.

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Cat licensing fees may not be required in Syracuse after all

Antone Clark Standard-Examiner

Last updated Saturday, March 24, 2012 - 9:04pm

SYRACUSE — Proposed revisions of the city’s land-use ordinance do not include a cat licensing fee.

City officials moved to strike language in the ordinance for feline licensing during a recent city council meeting to consider land-use changes. Dogs will still need to be licensed.

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Syracuse considers adding full-time deputy fire chief

Antone Clark Standard-Examiner

Last updated Thursday, March 22, 2012 - 7:35pm

SYRACUSE — City officials hope to add a new full-time position to the fire department during the budget process for the coming fiscal year.

The city council recently voted to amend the city’s wage scale by reclassifying the position of deputy fire chief as a full-time position.

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Syracuse community garden program starts

Correspondent Standard-Examiner

Last updated Thursday, March 22, 2012 - 11:48am

Garden plots for local residents will be offered again this year through the city’s community gardening program.

The 400 square foot lots will be available at Legacy Park at 2300 South and 1000 West.

The cost is $15 for one plot and $25 for two and space is limited. For more details contact the Parks Department at 8091-825-7235.

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Kidnapper sentenced to prison, called 'narcissistic'

Loretta Park Standard-Examiner

Last updated Wednesday, March 21, 2012 - 6:25pm

FARMINGTON — A man prosecutors called “narcissistic” was sentenced to prison for kidnapping his ex-in-laws in Syracuse.

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Top of Utah meeting agendas for March 20

Contributed Standard-Examiner

Last updated Saturday, March 17, 2012 - 6:11pm

A summary of agendas of public meetings to be held Tuesday, March 20

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Syracuse council still debating board appointments

Antone Clark Standard-Examiner

Last updated Friday, March 16, 2012 - 8:58pm

SYRACUSE — After months of delays and questions, the appointment of city council members to community boards is beginning to take on the appearance of an old Abbott & Costello routine: “Who’s on first? What’s on second?”

Following extensive discussion in a work session Tuesday, the question of local representation on the North Davis Sewer District Board got even murkier — and the potential resignation of Mayor Jamie Nagle from the Wasatch Integrated Waste Management District Administrative Control Board and a new council replacement only added to the confusion.

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Syracuse residents speak against limits on number of animals

Antone Clark Standard-Examiner

Last updated Saturday, March 10, 2012 - 10:35pm

SYRACUSE — The urban sprawl into this farming community has created a developing controversy regarding the kinds and number of animals allowed in areas.

City officials have wrestled with proposed changes to Title 10 of city code in regard to animals, and a proposed outline of new revisions unveiled Tuesday left some people at odds.