Johnathan Croyle

5 days ago | syracuse.com | Johnathan Croyle

Retirement did not suit John Dooling. He retired in 2006, after 37 years at Crouse Hinds, then began a second career as a volunteer and public servant, adding to his already lengthy service as a local youth coach. John “Jack” Dooling, of East Syracuse, passed away on Monday, May 5. He was 81 years old. According to his obituary, he was born in Syracuse on Feb. 3, 1944, the son of David and Eleanor (Murphy) Dooling. Jack was a graduate of Blessed Sacrament and St. John the Evangelist High School.

5 days ago | syracuse.com | Johnathan Croyle

PENNELLVILLE, NY – Eric Stevens calls his five-bedroom ranch at 545 County Route 54, near Pennellville, over just over line in Oswego County, a “nice escape.”It is one that he and his wife, Sara, often have found refuge in. They both work as nurses at Syracuse hospitals, they met while both were employed at St. Joseph’s, and are raising an active two-year old.

6 days ago | syracuse.com | Johnathan Croyle

“At some point, I felt like I had to live,” Le Moyne College English Professor Patrick J. Keane said in 1994, discussing his time-consuming passion of being a scholar of Irish poet and novelist James Joyce. “At some point, I felt like I should go out and have a bite to eat.”Keane told The Post-Standard that he never considered himself a Joyce scholar, even though he had published a book with a few chapters about the Irish author.

1 week ago | syracuse.com | Johnathan Croyle

In his obituary, Anthony V. Napolitano was remembered by his family as someone who could be counted on “for the long haul.”He lived to be 98 years old, married to his wife, Peg, for 66 years, and served the City of Syracuse as a police officer for 37 years before he retired in 1988. He was a genuine Syracuse hero who was credited with saving multiple lives in 1964 on a terrible day on a city sidewalk.

1 week ago | syracuse.com | Johnathan Croyle

Almost 50 years later, Joseph A. McCarthy did not know why he was turned down by J.C. Penney after interviewing for a position in the late 1940s. According to a 1994 interview in the Herald American, his brother convinced him to interview with the store, leaving Brooklyn and his pursuit of a career in law enforcement. He went to a small town in Connecticut for the interview and was turned down. Persistent, McCarthy tried again, this time at the store’s Massachusetts office.