lAkEr lOCkEr OPEns Village gives updates on antisemitic incidents

By kAtE Hill Staff Writer

During the May 1 Village of Cazenovia Board of Trustees meeting, Mayor Kurt Wheeler and Chief of Police Michael Hayes provided information regarding the ongoing New York State Police investigation into the recent wave of antisemitic incidents within Cazenovia and several other Madison and Onondaga county communities.

On the night of Friday, April 21, Nazi and white supremacist recruitment propaganda with antisemitic and racist messages and symbols were distributed onto about 75 properties within the Village of Cazenovia.

The messages, which were distributed in plastic bags with cat litter, were taken from the website of a far-right, Neo-Nazi, white supremacist organization based in the US.

According to Hayes, similar recruitment propaganda was discovered on properties in Chittenango, Canastota, Fenner, Nelson and Tully.

High School debuts free thrift store

By kAtE Hill

Staff Writer

On April 20, Cazenovia High School (CHS) debuted its new student thrift store, the Laker Locker, with a small ribbon-cutting ceremony. Located in room 260 on the high school’s second floor, the “thrift store” does not operate as a store in the traditional sense, as all items, includ-

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On April 20, Cazenovia High school opened laker locker, a new free thrift store for students.