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101 Spot News - "Snow Summit Syracuse"

Well over one hundred Syracuse residents turned out yesterday evening at Doctor Weeks School for a “Snow Safety Summit” aimed at finding a long-term solution to keeping sidewalks clear of snow.  W-A-E-R’s Scott Willis reports the Walsh Administration hopes to turn the feedback into legislation.

  101 Spot News - Parkland School Shooting Insopires Local High School Students to Organize March Against All Gun Violence

The students organizing a Syracuse march to protest recent school shootings are trying to make sure their message includes ending all local gun violence.  The young people behind Saturday’s ‘March for our Lives’ also plan to keep their activism going long after it’s over.

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WAER's Chris Bolt reports students from Christian Brothers Academy school in Syracuse could not stay silent after the Parkland School Shooting in Florida. So they are organizing a march against violence there ... and here.

103 News Feature -- A Ride Sharing Solution to Fight Poverty

For many of us, getting in the car and going to work is something we take for granted.  But for others struggling to get by, that trip to work can be a barrier between a decent paying job that could lift them out of poverty.    WAER’s Scott Willis takes a look at one solution that seems to be working for a handful of residents.

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"A Ride Sharing Solution to Fight Poverty"

104 Human Interest Feature -- "Undefeated" (Tim Green Story)

Last month, Syracuse football legend Tim Green announced he has ALS, or Lou Gehrig’s Disease. ALS is a terminal illness, there is no known cure and only a handful of medical options available for patients. But as I found, Green has done the remarkable, turning a death sentence into, of all things, an opportunity.

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"Undefeated" (Tim Green Story)

104 - Human Interest Feature - Hunger Cause to Benefit from Tom Chapin, Chapin Sisters' Music 

When Tom Chapin does a benefit concert in Syracuse later this week to help Food Bank of Central New York, it turns out he's carrying on a decades-long tradition for him and his family.  The concert will benefit Food Bank of Central New York ... and allow Chapin to share the stage with his daughters, who are buildng their own musical legacy.

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WAER's Chris Bolt reports on Tom Chapin and his daughters, The Chapin Sisters, who play a benefit for hunger in Syracuse, carrying on a family tradition of helping feed the disadvantaged around the world.

Chris Bolt, Ed.D. has proudly been covering the Central New York community and mentoring students for more than 30 years. His career in public media started as a student volunteer, then as a reporter/producer. He has been the news director for WAER since 1995. Dedicated to keeping local news coverage alive, Chris also has a passion for education, having trained, mentored and provided a platform for growth to more than a thousand students. Career highlights include having work appear on NPR, CBS, ABC and other news networks, winning numerous local and state journalism awards.