Years Ago in History

By CinDy Bell toBey

35 years ago –Feb. 17, 1988

Plans for renovating and expanding portions of the Town and Country Plaza will be considered by the Cazenovia Village Planning Board, Tuesday Feb. 23. The hearing on the site development plan will begin at 7 p.m. at the Cazenovia Municipal Building.

The preliminary plans were presented to the village planners at their Jan. 11 meeting. They have since been approved by the county planning agency.

Gordon Schutzendorf, owner and manager of the plaza, informally discussed the plans for the shopping plaza on the east edge of the village with the Cazenovia Board of Trustees Jan. 4.

The major tenant in the remodeled portion is expected to be P and C Food Markets.

P and C is looking to move from its present location on Albany Street in the center of the village.

25 years ago –Feb. 18, 1998

An office for their production company isn’t the only thing Larry Goodsight and Mark Hermann are bringing to Cazenovia.

The two are teaming up to produce a Broadway revue at the Cazenovia College Theater this June.

Hermann said the working title for the production is “A Broadway Cabaret.”

The production will be two acts and cover famous tunes from Broadway.

Act one will concern itself with the years between 1920 and 1979, he said, while the second act will cover from 1980 to the present. Years Ago l Page 5

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Goodsight said the cast will number either four or five, split between men and women. He said the cast will be announced within the next two weeks and consist of Broadway actors.

The director and musicians will also be brought in from the Big Apple.

But Cazenovians won’t be left out.

He said local residents will be used in staging and set design.

15 Years Ago – Feb. 13, 2008

Key Bank has announced plans to sell its property at 87 Albany St in Cazenovia and relocate its current branch to lease a recently constructed facility.

The bank will share the parking lot with Harris Cleaners and the property will be named Key Bank Plaza.

“They are what we felt was a good tenant,” said Fred Harris, landlord. According to Michael S. McMahon, senior vice president for Key Bank’s Retail Banking division in Central New York, the new facility reflects Key’s commitment to and investment in –the financial well being of Cazenovia and its citizens.

“We were extremely pleased to announce our plans to the village board,” said McMahon.

“Several residents in attendance were very complimentary about the project and they were excited that Key Bank was sincere in re-investing into the village.”

5 Years Ago – Feb. 14, 2018

Athletes from four Central New York counties came to Cazenovia last Saturday, Feb. 3, for the third annual Special Olympics Central New York Snowshoe Invitational.

Teams from Madison, Onondaga, Oneida and Tompkins Counties met at Cazenovia American Legion Post 88 to test their snowshoeing prowess.

The athletes competed in 25-, 50-, 100- and 200-meter snowshoe races and a 4x100 meter relay. Thirty-one competitors braved temperatures in the teens and winds gusting to 20 miles per hour in a morning of exciting races.

Medals were presented to the snowshoe athletes by members of the American Legion Post 88 while all participants and volunteers enjoyed a post-competition luncheon.