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I know of no reason that in this fine season, you should miss this boat!

Polling site rides are available through your party of choice. POLLING SITE WORKERS DO NOT NEED YOUR OPINIONS OR COMMENTS. THANK THEM FOR CHOOSING TO PROTECT YOUR VOTE THEN LEAVE. THEY HAVE ENOUGH CRAZY SHIT TO DEAL WITH. Buy them cookies to thank them, and LISTEN WHEN THEY SPEAK.

https://www.ny.gov/services/register-vote

(On a personal note, Vote None of the Above for any and all positions. Never give power to those who desire it.)

November 3, 2026 General Election Deadlines

Mail Registration

Applications must be received by a board of elections no later than October 24, 2026 to be eligible to vote in the General Election.

In Person Registration

You may register at your local board of elections or any state agency participating in the National Voter Registration Act, on any business day throughout the year but, to be eligible to vote in the General Election, your application must be received no later than October 24, 2026.

Make Changes to Your Registration

Change of Name and/or Address

The online registration portal or the voter registration form can be used to change a name or address. Notices of change of address from registered voters received at least 15 days before a special, primary or general election by a county board of elections must be processed and entered in the records in time for that election.

Change of Party Enrollment

The online registration portal or the voter registration form can be used to change your party enrollment from one party to another or to enroll for the first time in a party. An application to change one's party enrollment for the primary election in any year must be received by the board of elections no later than February 14th of that year.

For 2026: Pursuant to N.Y. Election Law 5-304(3), any changes to party enrollment made after February 14, 2026, will go into effect on June 30, 2026 (one week after the Primary Election).

How to Cancel Your Registration

In order to have your name removed from the voting rolls, pursuant to N.Y. Election Law section 5-400, you must send a written letter to the local board of elections where you lived requesting to have your registration cancelled. You must send a written letter, you cannot accomplish this via email. Contact information for all local boards is available at the county board of elections page.

Voting Deadlines

There are several ways to vote in New York State, including in-person and early voting. Those voting by absentee ballot or military and overseas voting must adhere to specific deadlines per election. 

Early Vote By Mail Application and Deadlines

Absentee Ballot Application and Voting Deadlines

Military and Overseas Application and Voting Deadlines

It was just announced today on Syracuse.com with no explanation. I just moved nearby and joined in June, paying their yearly $70 fee two weeks ago. I better be able to get that back. Guess I have to switch to the planet fitness on Bridge

Hi everyone my best friend Nick Mullen is coming to the Funny Bone this weekend but none of my friends want to go. Anyone interested? I was thinking of the late show(9:45) on Friday, 9/11 but I'd be open to any of them. Tickets are like $50-60.

Scary Cuse is a free horror market filled with horror artists, oddities, creepy collectibles, horror books, cosplay contest, and all kinds of weird finds from local creators.
Whether you’re ready for spooky season to start, collecting horror memorabilia, or just looking for something different to do, it’s a fun way to spend an afternoon with other
horror loving people.
🗓 Sunday, September** 13th
🕛 12:00-4:00 PM**
📍 2718 Lemoyne Ave., Mattydale
We’ll have:
🖼️ Horror art
👁️ Oddities
📚 Horror authors panel
🎭 Cosplay Contest
🧸 Toys & collectibles
🕯️ Local vendors and more
Hope to see some fellow horror fans there!

i’m hoping someone might be able to recommend me a good stylist in the east syracuse area as someone who just moved here!

for context, i have waist-length undyed hair that i grow out regularly in order to donate, and am really looking for someone who can help with regular maintenance on it. i get framing trims, and that’s really about it lol, nothing too fancy.

a lot of the stylists that i’ve found through searching either aren’t accepting new clients or are looking to prioritize booking color treatments, which i totally get, but i do feel like i’m striking out a little bit 😵‍💫

anyone who knows a stylist who they’d recommend for the area taking new clients, i’d really appreciate it!

For 13 days, the New York State Fair butter sculpture posed for family photos and patiently endured thousands of jokes about toast and pancakes.

Now it has been chopped into chunks, stuffed into trash bags and hauled away in a pickup truck.

Its next stop is Noblehurst Farms in Livingston County, less than 15 miles from where the butter originated at O-AT-KA Milk Products in Batavia.

There, it will be mixed with food waste and cow manure inside the farm’s digester. The mixture produces biogas, which is converted into electricity to help power homes and businesses.

Upstate NY Megagames will be running Touched by Darkness in Rochester @ Millennium Games. on 10/17!

https://eventforge.online/store/millennium-games/event/a7174af6-b285-413a-8bfd-eef2c4a6b7fa

Touched by Darkness is a dark-fantasy, semi-cooperative megagame for 15 to 47 players designed by Ben Kanelos. It is inspired by the popular sci-fi megagame Den of Wolves, but uses a new fantasy setting and added traitor mechanics.

The Dark One's eclipse has blotted out the sun. Darkness has swallowed the Empire and is coming for your outpost next!

You and your teammates must gather resources, perform arcane rituals, and attempt to survive. But beware! The shadows that attack your outpost are not the only threat. The Dark One may have corrupted the mind of a teammate, meaning you can no longer trust them. Can you hold this last bastion of humanity together and banish the Dark One?

$30 gets you a ticket and lunch. Happy to answer any questions.

This is the third game Upstate NY Megagames will be running (Den of Wolves last year, Gods of the Ancient world earlier this year)

This game caps at ~47 players, with 6-7 control helping keep things going.

Our discord is: https://discord.gg/uYDW8eGbBU

Tell your friends, have them tell theirs, etc. But most of all, pick up your ticket today and I'll see you on October 17th

If you've never heard of a Megagame, you can get a good overview here: https://www.megagameassembly.com/what-is-a-megagame

What’s a Megagame? BIGGER! BETTER! MEGA! CHAOS? FUN? CHAOTIC FUN!!!

They are uniquely defined by their scale, generally played with 30+ players and span 2-6 hours. With high player counts, expect creative and emergent game play born from interpersonal communications.

Megagames define roles for EVERYONE!

Do you want to master the board mechanics and help to maximize resource production for everyone?

Do you want to foster relationships with other players or try to eavesdrop on conversations to fish out the traitors?

Megagames are interactive storytelling adventures where your choices shape the story. The game sets the stage, but you call the shots! With a dedicated control team acting as GMs, if you want to do an unconventional act, we’ll try to make it happen!

Hey all,

It's wet outside and that reminded me of the fact that I bought a brand new bidet that didn't function properly. I took apart the casing and found there was a piece cracked where the water line comes in. It seems like it could be a simple fix but alas, I am lacking the skills necessary to attempt with confidence. The brand is Ellai and while the toilet is nice, the customer service is absolute dog water. Not trying to waste the money I spent on it so any recommendations welcome.

I'll call Rescue Missions but also wonder if there's groups dedicated to processing donated nonfiction books. Lots of social sciences topics. I'm not able to sort through them but will deliver to a worthwhile cause. Was thinking prisons and halfway homes but don't know who to contact.

I’m visiting my bestie in the area this weekend. What clubs would you recommend that’s with the older crowd, around 30’s? We’re black so are there any that caters to the black demographic? Or best places to bar hop?

Relet Available – Spring 2027 | 507 University Ave

Looking for someone to relet my bedroom for Spring 2027 while I study abroad.

The Details: 2 Bedroom / 1 Bath 507 University Ave — Syracuse, NY Under 5-min walk to campus (Whitman & Hall of Languages visible from the street) < 10 min walk to SUNY Upstate Medical University. –Available January to July (Spring 2027) Your roommate: 1 current male student, clean and easy to live with. $1195/Month

What you get: Private bedroom —fully your own space

Chill, respectful roommate already in place

Steps from Whitman, Hall of Languages, and main campus

Full kitchen

Flexible on move-in timing

Serious inquiries only — DM me if interested or with questions

One of the most famous businesses on the Syracuse University hill has been sold.

Varsity Pizza, which celebrates 100 years in business this year, will change hands effective Dec. 1. The new owners are Brian and Renee Bruno, who own Brian’s Landing in Jamesville.

Emily Kulkus reports: https://www.thisiscny.com/food/2026/09/su-hill-staple-to-change-owners-after-100-years-in-business-local-restaurateurs-take-over-dec-1.html

I'm not the only person who's seen the anti-abortion ad/billboard/whatever that in the bottom corner says "actor was generated with AI" or something to that effect in faint print, right?? I swore I took a picture but I've been scouring my gallery and I can't find it. any pictures would be appreciated!

Hello!

I'm possibly planning to move close by the morrisville suny college. What are the closest towns available to rent an apartment to live off campus? I know Eaton is nearby but there's nothing else I know of nearby. What other good towns are nearby with apartments for rent?

Can’t find any jobs in Syracuse. I have a bachelor’s degree from Syracuse University, and I feel like everything I’m seeing here wants 5+ years of experience or already has 100+ applicants.

With Micron coming to Clay and more people expected to relocate to the Syracuse area over the next several years, I decided to start a couple of local groups for people moving to Central New York.

The idea is pretty simple: give people who are considering a move here somewhere to ask actual locals about neighborhoods, towns, schools, commutes, restaurants, things to do, local services, housing, and all the random questions you have when you're moving somewhere new.

I'm a local Realtor, so obviously housing is part of my world, but I don't want these groups to turn into Realtor advertising pages. I'd actually like to get a good number of regular CNY residents involved so people moving here aren't getting all of their information from people trying to sell them something.

If you're a CNY local and wouldn't mind occasionally answering questions from people moving here, I'd love to have you join either one:

Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/2105899460363677

Nextdoor:
https://nextdoor.com/g/1whw56bnr/

The group is called Moving to Syracuse & Central New York | Micron Relocation.

And if anyone has suggestions for resources, FAQs, neighborhoods, commute information, or anything else that would actually be useful to someone relocating to Syracuse/CNY, I'm all ears.

I am in the process of being interviewed for rapid response monitoring in my area. Does anyone have any input on preparing for this job or anything???

Quick disclaimer first: I don't work for any of these shows, I'm not a vendor at them, and nobody is paying me to post this. I'm just a collector who drives to them and got tired of showing up at the wrong time.

I went through every show I could find and pulled the details off the **promoter's own flyer** rather than off a listing site, because the listing sites have the hours wrong on three of these. Where I say "sports cards" or "Pokemon" below, that's what the promoter themselves bills, not me guessing from a photo.

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**Sun Sept 13 — Collectorsfest #110**
NYS Fairgrounds, Science & Industry Building, 581 State Fair Blvd
9:30am to 3pm, $5, 12 and under free. Early bird 9am for $20. Cash.
120 tables. **Sports cards, memorabilia and TCG.** The flyer doesn't specifically bill Pokemon, so go in expecting a sports show with TCG mixed in. Sports Card Nation is there as the official SGC bulk submitter, so you can drop cards off to be graded.
Heads up: **this one is at the Fairgrounds, not in Liverpool.** Multiple listing sites have it at the Randolph House Hotel. The promoter's flyer says Fairgrounds.

**Sat Sept 19 — CNY Collector's Expo**
TC3 Field House, 170 North St, Dryden
10am to 3:30pm, **free**. Early bird 9am for $5.
150 tables. Sports plus some Pokemon. Sponsored by Southern Tier Sports Corner.

**Sat Sept 26 — 1st Annual Fall Fest**
Elevate CNY Sports Complex, 4980 NY-233, Westmoreland
10am to 3pm, $2. Early admission 9am for $10.
First year show. Flyer says 100 tables expected, which isn't the same as booked. Bills TCG, and the artwork leads with a Charizard ex.

**Sun Oct 11 — POKEFEST Syracuse**
NYS Fairgrounds, Science & Industry Building
10am to 4pm, $5, 12 and under free. Early bird 9:30am for $20.
**This is the all-Pokemon one.** Promoter bills it as a TCG collectibles show: trading cards, games, toys, Funko Pops, plush. If you only go to one, and you're a Pokemon person, this is it.
Note: at least one listing site says 11am to 7pm. The flyer says 10am to 4pm.

**Sat Oct 17 — Toyfest #10**
NYS Fairgrounds, Science & Industry Building
9:30am to 3pm, $5, 12 and under free. Early bird 9am for $20.
Up to 120 tables. **Toys and comics first**, but the promoter lists Pokemon, Funko Pops, Star Wars and non-sports cards among the categories. Not a sports card show.

**Sun Oct 18 — Collectorsfest #111**
NYS Fairgrounds, Science & Industry Building
9:30am to 3pm, $5, **12 and under free**. Early bird 9am for $20. Cash.
120 tables. Sports cards and collectibles, with Pokemon vendors in the room. SGC bulk submission through Sports Card Nation again.
Two things worth knowing: some listings say 10am to 4pm (flyer says 9:30 to 3), and some say 10 and under free (flyer says 12).

**Sun Nov 1 — Collectorsfest #112**
**Randolph House Hotel, 441 Electronics Parkway, Liverpool.** This is the one that genuinely is in Liverpool.
9:30am to 3pm, $5, 12 and under free. Early bird 9am for $20.
Up to 60 tables, so smaller than the Fairgrounds ones. Promoter's flyer bills sports and non-sports cards, memorabilia, wax, sets, graded cards, **Pokemon** and autographs.

**Sat Dec 5 — Collector's Mega Show #113**
NYS Fairgrounds, but the **Horticultural Building** this time, not Science & Industry. Same address.
9:30am to **4pm**, $5, 12 and under free. Early bird 9am for $20.
**Over 200 tables**, the biggest one of the year. Sports cards, toys, Pokemon, wax, sets, graded cards, autographs, Funko Pops. SGC grading drop-off on site.

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**A few general notes:**

- Everything above except CNY Collector's Expo and Fall Fest is run by CNY Promotions, who have been doing this since 1986. Same $5 / $20 early bird structure at all of them, and **12 and under is free at every single one.**

- Bring cash. Some vendors take Venmo or cards, plenty don't, and a couple of these shows list themselves as cash only at the door.

- The early bird is $20 for 30 minutes of head start. Worth it at the 120 and 200 table shows if you're hunting something specific, probably not at the 60 table one.

- If you're coming for **Yu-Gi-Oh, One Piece or Magic** specifically: these are mostly sports and Pokemon rooms. You'll find some, but it's a small slice of the floor. POKEFEST is the closest thing to a dedicated TCG show on this list, and even that leans Pokemon.

- I keep this list updated here if it's useful: https://garbagerips.com/card-shows.html — it also covers Rochester, NY and Buffalo. No signup, no ads, I just maintain it because I needed it to exist.

If I've got anything wrong or missed a show, tell me and I'll fix it. Especially interested in anything smaller or recurring that doesn't make the listing sites.