Sheryl Nathans

SYRACUSE — Fifty years ago this September, “colorful channel 9” signed on the air for the very first time, from studios located at ShoppingTown Mall in DeWitt.  To mark the occasion, the ABC affiliate is selling tickets for a “50th Anniversary Celebration” planned for next month at the SRC Arena in Syracuse.

A memorial service to remember Syracuse television and radio journalist Sheryl Nathans is being held on Wednesday, May 1 at Hendricks Chapel on the Syracuse University campus.

Former Syracuse television news anchor and investigative reporter Sheryl Nathans died yesterday in a Pennsylvania hospice.   Nathans, 55, who was diagnosed with incurable cancer two months ago, chose to “go quietly into the night” instead of fighting the disease with conventional treatments.

Veteran Syracuse broadcaster Sheryl Nathans announced this week that she has incurable lung cancer and has moved into a Pennsylvania hospice to “go as gently into the night as I can.”