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Hockey’s holidays on ice
Pomodoro is taken from the Italian By Ellen Leahy In my report on the two Skaneateles gift shops, Pomodoro and Pomodoro Too, the story behind the store’s name was incorrect. Original owner Betty Congel said that the word Pomodoro was not taken from a French word, but an Italian word meaning apple of gold, of which the tomato was called. “The main stay of the Italian diet is the tomato, the staff of life, therefore, they thought of it as being gold. Pomo d’oro (apple of gold),” Congel said. She also said that selling a story is like giving a child away, so she was very fortunate in finding a buyer such as the late Karen Foltz to carry on the values of the store and, in addition, the heart warming, smart contributions she gave to all in her orbit. Thanks Betty!
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GEARED UP: Lakers hockey team posed for a picture after the Glens Falls Tourney.
Lakers win Glens Falls Hockey Tourney By Phil Blackwell For its work during the holiday break, the Skaneateles boys’ ice hockey team went to the eastern part of the state the Grandstanders Tournament at the Glens Falls Recreation Center - and returned home with a very satisfying first-place finish. In Wednesday’s opening round, the Lakers, no. 4 in the state Division II rankings, faced no. 2-ranked Queensbury, from Section II, and did just
enough to put together a 2-1 victory over the Spartans. All the required offense came in the first period, where Mike Benson and Tom Jones scored for Skaneateles. Jake Cooney, Scott Longtin and Mitchell Jones each got credit for assists. The Lakers would spend the rest of the game hanging on. Queensbury did not get on the board until the third period, and Trevor Diamond kept them from catching up, stopping 24 of the 25 shots he faced. With this huge win behind them, the Lakers moved on to face Glens Falls, the tournament hosts, on Thursday afternoon in the championship game. See Hockey, page 7
Our towns tackled tax woes
Only Skaneateles and Spafford step up to reduce residents’ rates By Ellen Leahy
It was reported on Dec. 22 that Onondaga County towns and villages were bracing for taxpayers’ anger. The numbers comparing 2010 to 2011 demonstrated that most of the villages had lowered their taxes, but the towns hadn’t responded with budget savings at the same rate as the villages. Out of 19 towns the only two that reduced their tax bills were Spafford
(7.7 percent) and Skaneateles (5 percent). Skaneateles Town Budget officer, Bridgett Winkleman said that when Skaneateles town residents opened their tax bills just after Christmas, the only number that went up was from the county. Ironic, as the county had taken a large portion of tax dollars away from the towns and villages while also reporting it would be reducing its budget.
“The county took in more revenue,” she said, “but didn’t reduce their expenses enough.” How the town of Skaneateles proceeds At the beginning of each year, and especially with new representatives, Winkleman has a series of strategy meetings with elected official in regard to budget numbers and goals. SeeTown taxes, page 5
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