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Flash Mob Friday Night! Want To Join In?
August 17, 2011 According to syracuse.com you can be a part of the craziness. In honor of the Syracuse Museum of Science & Technology's coming robotic dinosaur exhibit, dancers from the Syracuse City Ballet will dance to “Walk the Dinosaur” by Was (Not Was). Want to join?
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Win a Pair of Tickets to the Fashion Show “In The Pink”
August 5, 2011
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The Game Show At Turning Stone with Host Mark Richards
August 1, 2011 It sure was a busy weekend for me, but there was one event that I just have to tell you about. Last night I hosted the Game Show at Turning Stone in the Events Center and one lucky contestant walked off the stage with $10, 00o ! We handed out over $25,000 in cash and prizes.
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Stick Stock Rock and Blues Festival to Benefit Children’s Miracle Network
July 28, 2011 Help support the Children's Miracle Network hospital at Faxton St. Luke's Healthcare by attending the Stickstock music festival on Saturday, July 30, 2011
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Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals Radiothon – Give Now
July 27, 2011 Our Children's Miracle Networks Hospitals radiothon will be live from St Luke's Hospital on Thursday and Friday, but you don't have to wait to call in to become a Miracle Maker, you may do it now online
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Drums Along the Mohawk is Back in Rome
July 27, 2011 Doug Pensinger/Getty Images
Looking for some family entertainment? How about Drums Along the Mohawk? This annual show is returning August 4 to Rome Free Academy Stadium. An evening of drum and bugle competition starts at 7pm.
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The Great American Irish Festival is This Weekend in Frankfort
July 27, 2011 The Great American Irish Festival begins this Friday at 5pm in Frankfort at the Herkimer County Fairgrounds. I don’t know about you, but I will be there all weekend! There is so much to see and do from listening to the variety of acts on the 3 stages to letting the kids play in the Wee Folks Area. There’s a bagpipe competition along with Irish
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How To Survive The Great NY State Fair – Mark’s Top 5 [AUDIO]
July 26, 2011 The New York State Fairgrounds hosts hundreds of events throughout the fair, drawing nearly one million people to an incredible variety of attractions. Check their online events calendar regularly to make sure you don't miss anything.
The Director of The Fair Dan O'Hara stopped in this morning to provide us with a top five list of survival tips. Feel free to read the list and listen to the interview as Dan and I expand on it.
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The Italian-American Festival In Utica Is Growing
July 18, 2011 My father who lives in Florida, is visiting us this week. We have Italian heritage in our family so I just had to take him to the festival yesterday. If you missed it, you missed out on some great food. Italian sausage sandwiches with peppers, pasta fagioli, Sicilian rice balls and my son Dylan's favorite, dipped fresh dough or the pizza fritte — fried dough sprinkled with sugar.
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The 34th Utica Boilermaker Is In The Books
July 10, 2011 And again, Ridouane Harroufi from Morocco is a 2nd time winner of the Utica Boilermaker 15K road race. He also won in 2009.
15K is about 9.3 miles of running but as I noted live on Lite 98.7 just before the cannon blast, the path to the starting area adds just enough distance to total 9.87 miles. (okay I just made that up).
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The New York State Fair Announces The Remaining Grandstand Acts
June 29, 2011 On Wednesday, the New York State Fair announced the remaining three acts in the 2011 Grandstand concert series, Ne-Yo and Cee Lo Green, Selena Gomez and 3 Doors Down. Tickets for the three shows will go on sale at 10 a.m. on Saturday, July 9.
"The 2011 Grandstand concert series has really come together and it offers something for everyone - rock, pop, hip hop and country music," said Dan O'Hara, New York State Fair director who checked in with Mark Richards during the Lite 98.7 morning show.