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Subscribe to get the Good Morning, CNY newsletter delivered to your email inbox weekday mornings. Weather High: 60. Low: 41. Showers, a little warmer. See the 5-day forecast. Photo of the day Halloween at Golisano: Some of the kids at Golisano Children’s Hospital know far too much about spooky and scary. So on Halloween, for more than 25 years, the staff at Upstate University Hospital have dressed up as witches and Grinches and turned nurses stations into goodie stations to ensure their younger patients don’t miss out on Halloween. Patients and their families dress up too, and take part in a Halloween parade. Check out photos from the event. (Shuyang (Sky) Zhuang photo) The latest Her mother and Oswego County workers left her in squalor. A state trooper refused to walk away: A disabled woman was found near death in a sweltering shed after multiple calls to adult protective services went unanswered. State Police Sgt. Aaron Eastwood fought bureaucracy to save Danielle Killmore, 46, who was living in deplorable conditions with no running water, rodent infestations, and severe neglect by her mother. What’s trending He started as a prep cook. Now, he’s planning Dinosaur Bar-B-Que’s future: Mike Nugent remembers his first night working at Dinosaur Bar-B-Que. He was an 18-year-old prep cook, an entry level post in the kitchen. “It was a busy Saturday night and I had no training, no experience,” he said. “But it was a rush, really cool. I was hooked.” That was 25 years ago at the Dinosaur location in Rochester. Today, Nugent, 43, is CEO of the Dinosaur Bar-B-Que business, its five (soon to be six) locations and growing retail sauce sales. “It’s a big responsibility,” he said. “Dinosaur is name that means something in terms of barbecue and the restaurant business." 100,000 people in CNY could be losing grocery money. Here are easy ways to help: In Central New York, 100,000 people depend on food stamps to fill their refrigerators and pantries. In Onondaga County, alone, the program funds $22 million in groceries every month; the majority of the recipients are families with children, disabled people and the elderly. With the government shutdown putting the funding in jeopardy, here are ways that you can help. Onondaga County scrambling to find 6,000 at-risk of losing food stamps Was ‘The Addams Family’ house really inspired by a Syracuse building? Oh snap! Was the house from “The Addams Family” really inspired by a building in Syracuse, N.Y.? A CNY house has long been rumored to be the basis for the Gothic mansion where Gomez, Morticia, Pugsley and Wednesday Addams lived in the 1960s TV show. The 1873 building certainly qualifies as kooky, spooky and altogether ooky. Syracuse school board owes voters an explanation for $250K contracts (Editorial): Commissioners on the Syracuse City School District Board of Education must stop hiding and explain to the public why they want to pay $250,000 for consulting services from two retired district executives. The seven members of the board are elected by the voters. Their policy of refusing to publicly explain their work continues to be an embarrassment. Editorial cartoons: SNAP cuts, White House ballroom, NBA gambling scandal Looking ahead Upstate NY winter forecast: A ‘healthy snow season’ is on the horizon: The upcoming winter should mark a return to normal for Upstate New York, with heavy lake effect snows and nor’easters combining to bring delight to snowmobilers and skiers. Snow totals should be similar to last year’s, which was only slightly below normal after five years of much-below normal snowfall. Meet the 8 candidates vying for 4 seats on the State Supreme Court: Eight people are running for four open judge seats for the top trial court in Central and Northern New York. Four Republican Party and four Democratic Party candidates are vying to become State Supreme Court Justices for the state’s 5th Judicial District. Here’s a look at who is running. Sports West Genny wins: Members of the West Genesee girls soccer team celebrate their win over East Syracuse Minoa in the Section III Class AA final Saturday night at SUNY-Cortland. Story, photos. (Scott Schild photo) North Carolina, college football’s punchline this season, turns Syracuse offense into bad joke: The Syracuse football team tried two different quarterbacks, but completed just four passes as the Orange allowed North Carolina to earn its first Power-Four win of the season, a 27-10 offensive horror show that sent much of the Orange crowd home with 13 minutes remaining in the game. Syracuse benched turnover-prone LSU transfer Rickie Collins in favor of ineffective walk-on true freshman Joe Filardi and then freshman Luke Carney (and then Filardi again). The two true freshman quarterbacks combined to throw for just 39 yards. Bill Belichick on SU’s QB swap: ‘Can’t change a whole offense in 6 days’ Axe: Why is Fran Brown playing a QB he doesn’t trust to throw the ball? SU goes another week with no answer at QB: ‘It’s been a rough couple weeks’ Box score Yankees manager spotted at SU game, dining at local restaurant MORE SPORTS Josh Allen nearly perfect as Bills beat Chiefs; Buffalo injury could hurt, though Marcellus routs Phoenix for 3rd straight girls soccer section crown New Hartford girls soccer eyes big prize, extends Section III dynasty Bishop Ludden-Grimes boys soccer overcomes ‘unknown’ to clinch title West Genesee football flips the script to beat Proctor in AA quarters Westhill boys soccer sprints past Skaneateles in Class B final Central NY high school results, news, scores In brief Gov. Hochul meets with families of Upstate hospital workers detained by ICE Syracuse native helps families ‘rise’ from gun violence (Trailblazers and Trendsetters) See latest data on cancer rates in NY: 1 Central NY county is No. 3 statewide CNY district suspends 2 students for BB gun brought to school as costume prop Syracuse cemetery walks: 5 gorgeous graveyards where you can pace in peace See the countries where New York gets the most imports Today’s obituaries To view today’s obituaries, please click here. Your news. Your way.
