Star Review digital edition - June 28, 2023

DOT plans more safety measures for parkway bridge

By DaviD Tyler

The New York State Department of Transportation is incorporating several additional warning devices and signs to help prevent trucks from hitting the CSX-owned railroad bridge on Onondaga Lake Parkway.

On Wednesday, state

DOT Commissioner Marie

Therese Dominguez joined Senator John Mannion and state Assembly members Bill Magnarelli and Pam Hunter to announce the new safety measures for the bridge, which has already been hit six times this year by over height vehicles.

“Some of these new measures that we’re undertaking, we believe will make it less likely for trucks and the over height vehicles to get on the parkway,” Dominguez said. “It’s also going to provide additional warnings to help them avoid striking the bridge.”

The measures include:

3 Maintaining the closure of the entry ramp to Onondaga Lake Parkway from Route 81 northbound. The ramp has been closed since April.

3 Reducing the number of lanes on Onondaga Lake Parkway to one in each direction.

3 New signage that says, “No Trucks.”

3 New pavement markings.

3 New LED signs that activate when an over height vehicle is detected.

3 A new traffic signal

on the bridge that activates as a red light when an over height vehicle is detected. Dominguez also implored the trucking industry to upgrade their GPS

systems to commercial grade systems that indicate roads with low clearance hazards.

“NYSDOT can’t do this alone. We need drivers –

especially drivers of over height vehicles – to pay attention.” she said. “Safety is everyone’s responsibility. We all have a role to play.”

“I’m pleased to see that

action is being taken on the Onondaga Lake Parkway bridge,” said Mannion. “It’s clear that we have a problem here, and that problem needs solutions.”

Finney defeats Fadden for Liverpool mayor seat

By ruSS TarBy ConTribuTing WriTer

Democrat Stacy Finney – a middle-school art teacher – will become the 14th mayor of the village of Liverpool on July 3, after defeating Republican Trustee Christina Fadden by a vote of 381 to 299 on Tuesday, June 20.

Finney, 48, is the second Democrat ever to win election as mayor, the third non-Republican ever to hold the office and the second female to do so.

Her fellow Democrats – trustee candidates Melissa Cassidy and Rachel Ciotti – also won their races. Ciotti was the election’s top votegetter with 460, while Cassidy drew 415 votes to outpace the Republicans, incumbent Dennis Hebert who received 265 votes and newcomer Ryan Miller who got 239.

Finney thanked those who voted and said, “I’m honored to have been elected by the citizens of the village of Liverpool, and look forward to working with them over the next two years and beyond.”

Finney and her family, husband Ray Finney, son Nathan

and daughter Amelia, have lived in Liverpool since March 2011.

After hearing the results at the village hall on election night, Fadden met with a small group of disappointed supporters at The Retreat. The only statement Fadden made was to express concern for her backers. Fadden did telephone Finney to congratulate her, she said.

That same night, Finney hosted an informal victory party attended by some 45 supporters in the backyard of her home.

Her initial goal as mayor, she said, “is to get up to speed on the history of current initiatives. There are many exciting things happening in the village, and I hope to build on and expand what our current administration has in the works.”

One of her priorities is to revamp the village website.

“I also want to get more people involved,” Finney said. “Our greatest resource is the people in this gem of a community of ours. We have so much passion, talent, and drive – and my goal is to mobilize people to make the village of Liverpool even better than it

already is.”

At Finney’s victory bash, Mark Spadafore – who chaired the April 28 Democratic Party caucus that nominated Finney, Cassidy and Ciotti – noted that the village should now be marked with a blue banner on maps.

On a more serious note, Spadafore – the Upstate political director for 1199 SEIU – said the three winning Democrats wellrepresent “the new village of Liverpool.”

“Look around,” he said. “The people who live here are chang-

ing, and these candidates are part of that newness.”

In this year’s election there appeared to be more young voters than in past years, he said, and the village’s demographics are becoming more diverse.

Cassidy and Ciotti elected trustees, dems hold a majority on village board

Democrats rachel Ciotti, Stacy Finney and Melissa Cassidy celebrating at their victory party on June 20. at that day’s village election Finney was elected mayor of liverpool while Cassidy and Ciotti were elected as village trustees. Village

Soule road MS hosts academic awards night

More than 90 Soule Road

Middle sixth-, seventh- and eighth-graders recently earned honors during the school’s end of the year Academic Awards. Winning awards were:

Highest Average 1: Kaitlyn

Rosales (6 Orange), Andrew

Mazza (6 Blue), Rachael Maliwacki (7), Emily Huynh (8)

Highest Average 2: Vivian

Bearup (6 Orange), Abigail

Baroody, (6 Blue), Ashley

Watson (7), Kathryn Lebiedzinski (8)

Physical Education Award: Michael Klaehn (6), Brennan Muller (6), Alexandra White (7), Maura Woods (8), Jane Razza (8)

Reading Achievement: Jackson Latta (6 Orange), Danika

Besner (6 Blue), Jenna James (7), Kensley Blaise (8)

Band Directors Award: Viv-

ian Bearup (6 Orange), Abigail

Baroody (6 Blue), Madison

Lapp (7), Cameron Leece (8)

Choral Directors Award:

Molly Woods (6), Dominic

Giamartino (8)

Orchestra Directors Award:

Benjamin Razza (6), Rachael

Maliwacki (7), Olivia Ander-

son (8)

Math

Award: Ryan

Haghighi Fard (6 Orange), Joseph Bund (6 Blue), Sidney

Harrington (7), Peyton Hotaling (7), Alexis Goodfellow (8), Mason Southworth (8), Addison Vadney (8)

Accel Math: Ian Garland (7), Kathryn Lebiedzinski (8)

Clarification

Science Award: Katia Lallier (6 Orange), Abed-Al-Qader Mansour (6 Blue), Ashley Watson (7), Jack DeGennaro (7), Logan Maslyn (8), Jillian Fox (8), Justine Douglas (8)

Living Environment Award: Emily Huynh (8), Marilyn Andrejko (8), Anthony Dennis (8)

Social Studies Award:

Audriana Patankar (6 Orange), Benjamin Razza (6 Blue), Ashley Watson (7), Kara Baroody (8), Nicholas Sousou (8)

ELA Award: Morgan Latham (6 Orange), Chelsea St Amour (6 Blue), Rachel Maliwacki (7), Ashley Watson (7), Cooper Kohanski (8), Isa-

bella Goncalves (8)

Warrior Award: Ashton Shaw (6 Orange), Neha

Adusumilli (6 Blue), Graciella Owens (7), Ruben Mendez III (7), Elizabeth Morton (8), Gabriella Hamilton (8)

Most Improved Award: Celia Debo (6 Orange), Jordan Dery (6 Blue), Andrew Haynes (7), Andersen Thompson (7), John DePasquale Jr. (8), Ava Musci (8)

Spanish Award: Jacksen Indolfi (7), Alester Hommel (7), Sophia Puccia (8), Eseroghene Uloho (8)

French Award: Rachael Maliwacki (7), Cameron Leece (8)

Perseverance Award: Jamie DePasquale (6), Caira Massey (6), Megan Bogawitch (7), Blake Allen (7), Natalie Cor-

Chestnut Hill students earn honors

rigan (8), Isaiah Fuentes (8)

Family & Consumer Science

Award: Matthew Redhead (6), Katherine Martin (7), Lauren Sacco (8)

Tech Award: Elijah Pirro (6), Ashley Watson (7), Joseph Ciotti (8)

Health Award: Andrew Mazza (6), Laila Burgin (7), Gabriella Hamilton (8)

Excellence in Visual Arts

Award: Bianca Serao (6), Mathew Redhead (6), Kylie Beach (7), Sienna Miller (7), Olivia Dardis (8), Ava Patterson (8)

Triple C Award: Jillian Fox (8), Emily Huynh (8)

Math League: Charlie Checksfield, Patrick Hyland, Logan Maslyn, Joshua Rosales II, Addison Rancier

Presidential Award: Tyler Trent, Abigail Benziger, Amber Misener, Ahmad El Hamayel, Cameron Leece, Sasha Thompson, Charlie Checksfield, Dominic Giamartino, Victoria Gul, Dylan McCoy, Tyler Donohue, Andrew Hall, Eseroghene Uloho, Madelyn Jewett, Corinne Cioci, Tyler Huson, Anthony Dennis, Ava Patterson, Foster Walker, Grady Parrotte, Joshua Rosales II, Patrick Hyland, Marilyn Andrejko, Nicholas Sousou, Maura Woods, Logan Maslyn, Kathryn Lebiedzinski, Emily Huynh

Dombroski Student Recognition: Deymeire Joe

The story Challenger files complaints with Attorney General published in the June 21, 2023 issue of the Star Review could leave readers with the impression that text messages that were part of the complaint made against Salina Supervisor Nick Paro to the state attorney general’s office by candidate Stella Penizotto were written by Paro. The text messages alluded to in the story were from councilor David Carnie.

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More than 70 Chestnut Hill Middle sixth-, seventh- and eighth-graders recently earned honors during the school’s end of the year Academic Awards. Winning awards were:

Principal Award: Kara Edwards, Lilyanna

Mangovski, Jace Ashby

Perseverance Award: Emma Jondle, Hadya

Sakhizada

Physical Education Achievement Award: Michael Pascarella, Isabella DaRin, Charlotte Parr, Jaymen Shea, Leah Brown, Angelo Sabatino

Reading Award: Shannon Hudson, Yalda

Sakhizada

Outstanding Performance in Band Award: Donovan Price

Band Director’s Award: Giovanni CarrollThornton Choral Director’s Award: Ayden Powell, Lilyana Sharkey

Orchestra Director’s Award: Justin Le

Orchestra Excellence Award: Rayna Chen

Spanish Award: Gracie Scholz, Hannah

Mawi French Award: Scarlett Sen, Kailee Lambert

English as a New Language Award: Vatsal Sharma, Saeed Maqsoodi, Amir Samadari, Hadi Azzam

Math Award (7th Grade): Akshit Singh, Lauren Wright

Science Award (7th Grade): Emma Huynh

local teacher accepted into prestigious Supreme Court Summer institute

Michael Crosby, a social studies teacher at Liverpool High School, traveled to Washington, D.C. this June to attend the prestigious Supreme Court Summer Institute. After a highly competitive application process, 60 teachers were selected nationwide to participate this year. The institute, open to teachers in the fields of law-related and civic education, is co-sponsored by Street Law Inc. and the Supreme Court Historical Society.

Michael Crosby

were among the speakers and instructors for the institute. A recent evaluation of the Supreme Court Summer Institute found that, after the program, teachers who attended felt much more confident discussing controversial issues and Supreme Court cases in their classrooms, discussed Supreme Court cases and used interactive teaching strategies more frequently and gained critical knowledge about the U.S. Supreme Court.

The institute offers teachers the opportunity to study recent Supreme Court cases in detail and learn innovative teaching methods for conveying this information to students. Well-known Supreme Court lawyers, reporters, scholars and educators

Upon returning home, teachers will be available to present workshops on teaching about the U.S. Supreme Court, and to meet with media to discuss how the new skills and information will apply in their classrooms.

Summer Reading Kickoff events planned at Salina Library

Celebrate the start of summer and kick off the Summer Reading Program at Salina Library. Join us for Sidewalk Art on Thursday, June 29 at 2:30 pm as we decorate the library parking lot and sidewalks.

Afterward, cool off with ice cream sundaes. Stop in the library to pick up your summer reading goody bag and read your way to great prizes. For children entering grades K-5. Teens entering 6-12 grades can read

and try out library activities for prizes and raffle tickets.

Learn how to make a mini bonsai tree with wire and beads on Wednesday, July 5 at 2:30 pm.

Register for the Summer Reading Program at salinalibrary.org, in person or through the READsquared app. Check out our summer events for all ages on the online events calendar. For more information, call 315-4544524 or email info@salinalibrary.org.

A total of 635 voters cast ballots here June 20. Some 1,700 village residents are registered to vote. The results were announced that evening by Village Deputy Clerk Sandra Callahan.

The Finney-Fadden race took shape after incumbent Mayor Gary White announced in April that he would not seek an eight two-year term. He planned to preside over his final village board meeting on June 26. Finney and the two new trustees will be sworn in on Monday, July 3.

Second-ever Democrat mayor Stacy Finney is the sec-

ond Democrat ever elected mayor of Liverpool. The first, and only other, was Pete Beneke, 90 long years ago, back in 1933.

In 1987, Jon Zappola won the office as an independent write-in candidate, defeating incumbent Republican Jim Moore.

Zappola served one term, then ran again for mayor in 2001, that time as a Democrat. But he came up short, losing to Liverpool’s first-ever female mayor, Republican Marlene Ward.

Republicans have long dominated village government, but now for the first time since 1994, Democrats will hold a majority on the Liverpool Village Board of Trustees, three-to-two.

Couple to wed

The Dearborn family of Liverpool and the Kent family of Syracuse are happy to announce the engagement of Austin Dearborn and Bridget Kent. The couple met at SUNY Oswego and cannot agree about who made the first move. Austin surprised Bridget—and both families—by proposing to her at a family cookout. The couple plans to marry in the summer of 2025. austin Dearborn and Bridget Kent

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Don’t be bored

On our calendars there are often various notations under the dates. Some of these denote federal holidays or religious celebrations. Some of these also draw attention to serious issues such as breast cancer awareness.

But some of these are also fun and lighthearted.

According to nationaldaycalendar. com, July, among many other things, is marked as Anti Boredom Month.

July was selected, according to the founder Alan Caruba, because after July 4th, there’s not much going on and it’s the hotter part of the summer break from school, a time when children on summer vacation often test their parents with chants that they are bored and there is nothing to do.

Caruba, a writer among other endeavors, created the idea in the 1980s as a bit of satire, but also used the idea to shine a light on mental health.

According to nationaldaycalendar. com, when fending off boredom, it’s important to know what the symptoms are and why we get bored. We often associate being bored with having nothing to do, but that’s not always the case. Many times, we have plenty to do or are even doing it, but the task at hand does not stimulate our minds. It may be repetitive or not challenging enough.

When this happens, we can become irritable, tired, or begin to not care about how well we do a task. We may also seek out stimulation to relieve the boredom. Depending on what we seek, it may be good or bad for us. We can form good habits or bad ones.

While Caruba may have initiated the idea as a satire of people complaining about being bored, he raised an interesting point that we can all consider.

When we are bored we can ask ourselves how we contend with that boredom.

It is natural to get bored from time to time, but if we sit and do nothing or use the opportunity to get motivated and do something can make a world of difference in our mood and attitude.

While Caruba created the concept of Anti Boredom Month in the 1980s, before smart phones, in some ways the technology we use to amuse ourselves can also lend itself to our boredom as we scroll endlessly, looking for something new and interesting that will stimulate our minds.

The same could be said for things that came before, television, video games, etc., can engage us, but can also allow our minds to disengage and become bored.

There are a number of ways we can do things more actively.

Engaging in a board game with friends and family, getting up and moving and getting more physical exercise also helps our bodies fight boredom.

Taking on new activities and new knowledge by visiting a museum, learning to cook a new dish or reading a book can help our minds become more engaged.

Exploring your creativity by writing, drawing or playing music can all be good activities.

If you are able to, volunteering is a great way to stave off boredom while giving something back to others.

And of course being social with friends and family can make a world of difference.

With more events this time of year from concerts to summer festivities coming back, we hope there is a lot to do to stay engaged and not be bored.

We are fortunate to have access to a great deal of natural beauty from lakes to hiking trails to parks and other recreational opportunities, so we hope that this summer, whether it is riding a bike, reading a book in the park, going to the beach with friends or going for a hike, or any number of other activities, your summer will not be a boring one.

THe SPeCial DiSHeS

We had a glassfronted cabinet that held the special dishes. I can’t remember if they had a pattern. I do think that there was a faux “gold” ring around the edge of each dish. My mother would caution us to wash them gently, lest we rub the gold ring off. They certainly weren’t Limoges or Wedgwood or Spode. Most likely they were from Sears or Monkey Wards (that is what my brother called Montgomery Wards.) One thing that set them apart was the variety of plates and serving pieces. There were luncheon plates, dessert plates, dinner plates, big platters and medium sized bowls and cups and saucers. All were neatly arranged along with what appeared to be silver salt and pepper shakers in the appropriately-named China cabinet, a display of “special.” The cabinet and its contents proved to be a telling contrast to the chairs in the living room that my dad made out of the wood from packing crates.

We only used the good dishes on Thanksgiving, and that was when we lived in Brooklyn and were surrounded by family. Even though our row house was narrow, it was still able to accommodate the Smithwicks and Toms families on Thanksgiving. Thanksgiving and the dishes on which it was served were an integral part of the rituals of our family. When we moved north, out of the city, we still celebrated Thanksgiving, but without the good dishes. The China cabinet and the dishes were stored somewhere because there wasn’t enough room in that little house on Ogden Road for them.

Then our extended family was represented by my Aunt Lucy who lived in Athens, N.Y., a bit closer to Carmel than Brooklyn. But again, this new house was small. You could get eight people around the table if

History was made here on June 20 as three women Democrats won seats on the village board. All political newcomers, the triumphant trio soundly defeated three Republican candidates, including two incumbents.

More than 600 Liverpudlians turned out to cast ballots, and they voted for Stacy Finney for mayor and Melissa Cassidy and Rachel Ciotti for trustee.

Town of Salina Democratic Chairman Christopher Shepherd was gratified by the result, especially because his party had remained largely inactive in the village for more than two decades. Suddenly, the Dems dominate the traditionally Republican village board.

Now Shepherd’s turning his attention to two offices in the town of Salina. As in Liverpool, his candidates are ladies. Leesa Paul will oppose incumbent Second Ward Republican Matt Cushing, while Haley Downs will run against incumbent First Ward Republican Jason Recor.

Democrats will not run a candidate for supervisor in November. Earlier this year, the Salina Dems failed to gather enough signatures to qualify their candidate for a line on the ballot.

Familiar face at first Journeyman first baseman Luke Voit, a veteran of five major-league teams, is now playing for the Syracuse Mets. Local baseball fans know Voit best from his four seasons with the New York Yankees, 2018-21, during

four of them, once seated, couldn’t move and didn’t mind the intimacy of your neighbor’s elbows. There we used the faux Blue Willow dishes, our everyday dishes that were given away at the local Grand Union. I don’t think we ever had enough glasses that matched unless you counted the juice glasses that once held pimento cheese spread. The “flatware,” your basic knives, dinner forks and spoons, were premiums that my mother and grandmother earned by collecting coupons from General Mills products.

I don’t remember ever having a centerpiece on our tables. The center of the table was for the food and the condiments. Centerpieces came later, after I had gone to college and met people who actually worried about how to set a table correctly and decorate it artistically. In addition to all of my college courses in history and anthropology, I was also studying which dishes and silverware went where on a correctly-set dinner table.

So, today I pondered the excess of dishes and flatware that we have in our house. Let’s start with our China cabinet. I have a set of Depression glass luncheon plates right next to a set of clear glass luncheon plates. They sit on the shelf above the full service for eight of Syracuse China, a gift to my husband from a colleague who had inherited the dishes from his mother-in-law.

Across the dining room, the Hoosier holds eight Syracuse white China restaurant plates and eight Syracuse China restaurant cups and saucers purchased eons ago from the Syracuse China seconds store that used to be on Court Street in Syracuse.

And I am not counting the 20 fine China cups and saucers or the two demitasse sets that also reside in the Hoosier. When was the last

which he slugged 68 home runs and 38 doubles. In 2020, Voit led the majors in four-baggers. On the road this month with the Triple-A Mets in Durham, N.C., Voit blasted two homers in six games.

The 32-year-old native of Wildwood, Mo. was granted a paternity leave last week to join his wife, Victoria Rigman, as she gave birth to their second child.

He’ll likely rejoin his teammates in Syracuse when the Triple-A Mets host the Yankees’ top farm club, the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders, at the redundantly named NBT Bank Stadium, from Wednesday, June 28 through Monday, July 3. Games are scheduled for 6:35 p.m. each evening.

Post-game fireworks ignited by Liverpool’s own Steve Pierce for Pyrotecnico, will light up the sky on Friday, Saturday and Monday nights; milb.com/Syracus e ; 315-474-7833.

v isionary entrepreneur passes

The man who purchased the Lakeview Bowling Center at 715 Old Liverpool Road and turned it into not-for-profit business incubator has died. Bob Herz, 74, passed away May 28. He lived in LaFayette with his wife, Sally Berry.

The 58-year-old building with more than 26,000 square feet and a 2.12-acre lot were up for sale for more than two years after the bowling alley closed in 2019.

In 2021, the property was finally sold to InSourcing, which was Herz’s incubator business.

time that I served anything in demitasse cups?

Finally we come to the dishes that we actually use, service for eight including dinner and luncheon plates, soup bowls and mugs, bought from Grants … remember Grants? They are white with a blue border and, more importantly, they are dishwasher safe, unlike the Syracuse China, the Depression glass and the 12 exquisite Limoges dessert dishes that reside next to the cups and saucers in the Hoosier.

Yesterday I had to resort to paper plates for lunch because our regular luncheon-sized dishes were in the dishwasher. Were there other similarly sized plates available?

Sure, but using them would seem oddly strange. I do believe that they had acquired the status of the “good” dishes.

What would an anthropologist say about the burden of crockery, glassware and flatware that my family culture has created? I suspect there would be a lot to say about things like displaying wealth, conspicuous if not consumption, at least conspicuous display.

The tragic end of our Brooklyn “good dishes” can shed some light on this. When my mom and sister moved to St. Pete, the good dishes were released from wherever they were stored and displayed in another China cabinet in their home. After both passed on, we hired someone to sort through and sell what was left of their belongings. Items were identified with colored stickers. Yellow meant “junk.” The China cabinet and its contents displayed three yellow stickers.

As ever, value has its context.

Ann Ferro is a mother, a grandmother and a retired social studies teacher. While still figuring out what she wants to be when she grows up, she lives in Marcellus with lots of books, a spouse and a large orange cat.

Herz enjoyed a lengthy career in public service where he developed the film tax credit and pioneered initiatives including the NYS Elder Law and the Arts & Cultural Affairs Law. Before becoming an entrepreneur, Herz was a legislative aide for former State Sen. Tarky Lombardi.

Sunface at Stout Beard

One of the most thriving businesses at Insourcing’s facility at the former Lakeview Bowling Alley is the Stout Beard Brewery Company. The suds customers there will rock out to the sounds of Plastic Sunface, a grunge band for modern times, at 6 p.m. Saturday, July 1, at Stout Beard Brewery, 715 Old Liverpool Road.

A punk-style quartet, Plastic Sunface features songwriter Nicholas Andrew Mangus. On Saturday, the foursome will likely play cuts from its recent disc, “All Jokes Aside, We’re Dead Inside.”

Meanwhile, Stout Beard has also been hosting live music on weekday happy hours from 5 to 7 p.m. featuring acts such as Salt City Scratch and the Black Jack Brothers. The live music spices up a scene already rockin’ with intriguing brews like the Edson chocolate peanut butter porter or the Bitterman double IPA; stoutbeardbrewery.com.

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Nearly 300 days elapses between the first practices of one summer and the last celebrations of another, in between which is the life span of a single high school sports season. And while some issues boiled up –going from five to six classes in some sports, nickname controversies, the usual turnover of coaches – for the most part the focus stays where it should, on the athletes and their accomplishments.

Familiarity was a constant theme. Skaneateles, even with a new coach, repeated as state champions in boys soccer. So did Baldwinsville in boys lacrosse, part of a quartet (all the others from Long Island) who matched what they did in 2022.

This was also true at the sectional and regional level, at least when it came to Cicero-North Syracuse football, who turned back CBA’s strong challenge in Class AA but yet again saw its state title dreams dashed in the semifinals by Buffalo Bennett, who went on to win it all.

Further bolstering this point, there was a string of state titles won by very familiar powers, including a clean sweep of all the ice hockey honors.

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The Manufacturers Association: Become a real-Life rosie Program

5:30 p.m.-8:30 p.m. MACNY aims to enhance helping women transition into manufacturing. join a 12 week program that will include on-the-job training through virtual and in-person classes. Contact Yawa Zewon at yzwon@mancy.org or visit www.macny.org/women-in-the-workforce.

SATurDAYS Through AuguST

Schroeppel historical Society open house

10 a.m.-1 p.m. 486 Main St., Phoenix. All interested in the local history of Phoenix and the Town of Schroeppel are invited to visit to check out the building’s renovated interior and the society’s artifacts.

WEDNESDAY, JuNE 28

Baldwinsville Community Band Concert

7 p.m. St. Augustine’s Church. Bring your own seating.

Plank road Quilt guild Picnic

9:30 a.m. Goettel Community Park, Central Square. Sharing of a members potluck with a do-nottouch-the-quilts contest and reveal of the raffle quilt for the quilt show. Bring a place setting, a beverage, chair, and dish to pass.

Letizia and the Z Band Concert

7 p.m. Johnson Park, Liverpool. One of the area’s top dance bands is a part of the 375th annual Liverpool is the Place Summer Concert Series.

ThurSDAY, JuNE 29

Kick off Summer reading with Sidewalk Art

2:30 p.m. Salina Library. Kids entering prek-5 and families are welcome to kick off summer as we decorate the library parking lot and sidewalks. After, cool off with ice cream.

MoNDAY, JuLY 3

Liverpool Community Band Concert

7 p.m. Johnson Park, Liverpool. Local musicians

Mary A. Cooper, 78, of Liverpool, passed away June 14, 2023. Maurer Funeral Home Moyers Corners, Baldwinsville, has arrangements.

Terence J. Santy, 66 of Liverpool, passed away June 14, 2023. Maurer Funeral Home Moyers Corners, Baldwinsville, has arrangements.

Barbara Clingerman, 79 of Auburn, passed away June 13, 2023. The Bush Fu-

Random Thoughts

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For all it had done dominating area largeschool hockey, West Genesee had gone 13 years without a state title, but changed this after surviving a tense sectional final with B’ville as it dominated all three state tournament games, including the last two in Buffalo.

Skaneateles also knew the feeling before, but with Chad Lowe setting a state record for career shutouts, few opponents even got on the board against the Lakers, making the task a lot easier for his teammates.

Clinton’s girls hockey team also won it all, with the extra treat of clinching it in front of many local fans in nearby Utica, carried much of the way through the season by the scoring of Drew Kopek.

Plus there was the boys basketball stars from Westhill. In a year where Liverpool and New Hartford both reached the state final four, Westhill again went to the top in Class B, conquering Glens Falls with a wellbalanced attack led by the quartet of Shawn Mayes, Luke Gilmartin, Omar Robinson and Kam Langdon.

Move to the spring, and Skaneateles girls lacrosse also knew well the path

to glory. With much of its team back from 2022 and Emily Evans back in goal, these Lakers avenged last year’s state final loss to Bronxville with a near-perfect display of team lacrosse – passing, shooting, defending and everything else you need to win.

Individually, few could top two runners who piled up accolades in three different seasons.

B’ville senior Solomon HoldenBetts surprised some by winning the individual state Class A cross country race, but topped it in the spring with state and national championships in the steeplechase plus a hand in the Bees’ winning 4x800 relay side.

Another senior, Kate Putman, brought home state indoor and outdoor titles in her specialty, the 1,500meter run, also lighting it up in cross country on her way to joining a loaded N.C. State squad full of other Upstate New York running greats.

Then there were the landmark accomplishments, whether it was Cortland’s girls basketball team breaking through during a state final four run or B’ville’s softball team finally winning a sectional title and first-ever championships in lacrosse for the Indian River girls and Marcellus boys, the latter of which got all the way to

COMMuNitY CaLeNDaR

are a part of the 375th annual Liverpool is the Place Summer Concert Series.

JuLY 5, 6 & 8

Cradle & Beyond Bucket Sale

10 a.m. 7778 Brewerton Rd., Syracuse.

WEDNESDAY JuLY 5

Jess Novak Band Concert

7 p.m. Johnson Park, Liverpool. One of Syracuse’s best singer-songwriters with her band is a part of the 375th annual Liverpool is the Place Summer Concert Series.

WEDNESDAY, JuLY 12

Plank road Quilt guild

9:30 a.m. Cicero United Methodist Church. After the meeting, demonstrations of Christmas-themed gifts will be offered by members. Visit www.plankroadquiltguild.org.

hump Day Lunch

11 a.m.-1 p.m. Liverpool American Legion, 295 Cypress St. $7 includes meatball sub, pasta salad, chips, dessert, and drink. Call 315-451-9544 to pre-order.

Baldwinsville Public Library Board Meeting

7 p.m. Baldwinsville Public Library. Monthly business meeting of the BPL Board of Trustees. All board meetings are open to the public.

FrIDAY, JuLY 14

Drag Me to Death: A Drag Show Murder Mystery

7:30 p.m. Homer Center for the Arts. Inspired by the 1985 movie Clue, this show will have you dying to know whodunit and why. Drag kings and queens will lip sync, dance, and act to a soundtrack that will have something for everyone.

SATurDAY, JuLY 15

Yard and Craft Sale

9 a.m.-3 p.m. North Syracuse Community Center, 700 South Bay Rd. Shop from a variety of craft items and garage sale goods. Supports the charities of the Columbiettes. To be a vendor, call 315-458-8657.

WEDNESDAY, Aug. 9

Baldwinsville Public Library Board Meeting

7 p.m. Baldwinsville Public Library. Monthly business meeting of the BPL Board of Trustees. All board meetings are open to the public.

SATurDAY, Aug. 19 Community Trash and Treasure Sale

8:30 a.m.-3 p.m. Corner of US-11 and NY-31,

Cicero. Hosted by the Cicero VFD Auxiliary. $20 donation to reserve your 10 sqft spot. Bring your own tables and chairs. Email cathay.barling@ cicerofd.org SEPT. 13-oCT. 1

What the Constitution Means to Me Syracuse Stage. Heidi Schreck’s boundarybreaking show traces the relationship between four generations of women and the founding document that shaped their lives. Hilarious, hopeful and honest, this play exposes baked-in biases and omissions while imagining how American lives will be impacted for generations to come.

WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 13

Baldwinsville Public Library Board Meeting

7 p.m. Baldwinsville Public Library. Monthly business meeting of the BPL Board of Trustees. All board meetings are open to the public.

WEDNESDAY, oCT. 11

Baldwinsville Public Library Board Meeting

7 p.m. Baldwinsville Public Library. Monthly business meeting of the BPL Board of Trustees. All board meetings are open to the public. oCT. 18-NoV. 5

Thunder Knocking on the Door Syracuse Stage. This intoxicating blues musical is filled with humor, affection and extraordinary music. In a small Alabama town, a mysterious guitarplayer arrives at the door of the milti-generation Dupree family, and what starts as a deal with the devil turns into a love story for the ages.

WEDNESDAY, NoV. 8

Baldwinsville Public Library Board Meeting

7 p.m. Baldwinsville Public Library. Monthly business meeting of the BPL Board of Trustees. All board meetings are open to the public. NoV. 24-DEC. 31

A Christmas Carol Syracuse Stage. Featured in a two-ring circus, the Christmas classic shares a light on the power of kindness and love as Ebenezer Scrooge journeys to redemption.

WEDNESDAY, DEC. 13

Baldwinsville Public Library Board Meeting

7 p.m. Baldwinsville Public Library. Monthly business meeting of the BPL Board of Trustees. All board meetings are open to the public.

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neral Home of Elbridge has arrangements.

Thomas A. Dygert, 85, of Jordan, passed away June 17, 2023. The Bush Funeral Home of Elbridge has arrangements.

Shannon M. Lueck, 46, of Tully, passed away June 15, 2023. Fergerson Funeral Home, North Syracuse, has arrangements.

George M. Sheplock, 87, of Leesburg, FL, formerly of Baldwinsville, passed

away June 20, 2023. Maurer Funeral Home Moyers Corners, Baldwinsville, has arrangements.

William D. Truax, Sr., 92, of North Syracuse, passed away June 20, 2023. Maurer Funeral Home Moyers Corners, Baldwinsville, has arrangements.

Norma M. Phillips, 89, of Liverpool, passed away June 22, 2023. The Bush Funeral Home of Elbridge has arrangements.

the state finals. We haven’t forgotten about the coaches, either. Two in particular – Tom Blackford and Jamie Archer – were just named to the Greater Syracuse Sports Hall of Fame’s Class of 2023, Blackford in a year where he got past 600 wins and Archer in a season where the J-D lacrosse team he coached made another run to the state title game.

And after a relatively tame Central New York winter and spring, those Quebec wildfires made the last weekend a crowded one, especially June 9 where state semifinals in lacrosse, softball and baseball all took place on the same day along with many state championships handed out in track and boys tennis.

That pushed back the last games until June 11, when boys lacrosse was decided. As B’ville’s happy Bees made their long way back from Long Island, it was time to rest – but not too much.

Practices for 2023-24 start in less than two months.

Phil Blackwell is sports editor at Eagle News. He can be reached at pblackwell@ eaglenewsonline.com.

JAN. 31-FEB. 18

Clyde’s Syracuse Stage. Lynn Notlage’s dramady tells the story of the formerly incarcerated staff at Clyde’s Truck Stop.Deeply felt and quirky, this play reminds us that sometimes a hero is more than just a sandwich.

MArCh 12-APrIL 7

Agatha Christie’s Murder on the orient Express Syracuse Stage. Wherever famed detective Hercule Poiret goes, murder is never far behind. On the luxurious Orient Express, an avalanche stops the train and Poirot must interrogate passengers, solve the murder, and save the reputation of the train before the killer strikes again.

SEPTEMBEr 12-15

Lancaster, PA Bus Trip

Sponsored by the Cicero United Methodist Church. Trip includes transportation, three breakfasts, three dinners, three shows, Famous Chalk Talk Artist, tour of an ice cream factory, pretzel factory store, driver gratuity, and more. For more information, contact Mary Alice Scheel at 315-699-7181.

oNgoINg EVENTS

ThurSDAYS

Family Storytime

10 a.m. NOPL Cicero, 8686 Knowledge Lane. Join Miss Raena for Thursday morning storytime to enjoy stories, songs, and fun! Registration is required; call 315-699-2032 or visit nopl.org.

Adult Exercise: Chair Yoga

9:15 a.m.-10:15 a.m. and 10:30 a.m.-11:30 a.m. Marcellus Free Library. $25 for 8-week session. Register at 315-673-3269.

read, Sing, Play Story Time

10:30 a.m. Skaneateles Library, 49 E. Genesee St. Can’t sit still? No problem! Join us for stories, songs and movement. For ages 18 months to 4 years.

NoPL English Language Conversation group 4-5 p.m. Zoom. New English learners seeking practice in pronunciation, grammar and vocabulary are welcome to join this virtual meeting. Topics will focus on shopping, talking to a healthcare provider, ordering food and more. Please register by calling 315-699-2032 or visiting nopl.org. An email with a link to the Zoom meeting will be sent out to registrants.

Maurine Maurer, 80, of North Syracuse, passed away June 21, 2023. Maurer Funeral Home Inc., Liverpool, has arrangements.

Aarne E. Oksa, 88, of Albany, formerly of Liverpool, passed away June 19, 2023. Maurer Funeral Home Inc., Liverpool, has arrangements.

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NETWORK SERVICE

Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation d/b/a National Grid

THE FILING OF REVISED RATES TO P.S.C. NO. 220 ELECTRICITY, P.S.C. NO. 214 STREETLIGHTING, and P.S.C. NO. 219 GAS TARIFFS TO COMPLY WITH THE COMMISSION’S ORDER DATED JANUARY 20, 2022 IN P.S.C. CASES 20-E-0380 AND 20-G-0381.

Notice is hereby given that Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation d/b/a National Grid has filed revised rates with the Public Service Commission to comply with the Commission’s order dated January 20, 2022. ese revised rates become effective July 1, 2023.

Electric Rates Service Classification No. 1 – Residential Current Rates Rates Effective July 1, 2023 Basic Service Charge $17.33 $17.33 Distribution Delivery Charge per kWh $0.06744 $0.07104 Service Classification No. 1C – Time of Use Residential Current Rates Rates Effective July 1, 2023 Basic Service Charge $30.62 $30.62 Distribution Delivery Charge per kWh $0.03693 $0.03795 Service Classification No. 2 – Non-Demand Small General Service Current Rates Rates Effective July 1, 2023 Basic Service Charge $21.02 $21.02 Distribution Delivery per kWh $0.07596 $0.08035 Service Classification No. 2 – Demand Small General Service Current Rates Rates Effective July 1, 2023 Basic Service Charge $53.57 $53.57 Distribution Delivery per kW $13.46 $14.01 Service Classification No. 3 – Secondary Large General Service Current Rates Rates Effective July 1, 2023 Basic Service Charge $625.00 $675.00 Distribution Delivery per kW $11.38 $11.66 Service Classification No. 3 – Primary Large General Service Current Rates Rates Effective July 1, 2023 Basic Service Charge $650.00 $700.00 Distribution Delivery per kW $10.30 $10.62 Service Classification No. 3 – Sub Transmission/Transmission Large General Service Current Rates Rates Effective July 1, 2023 Basic Service Charge $1,050.00 $1,150.00 Distribution Delivery per kW $3.15 $3.27 Service Classification No. 3 A– Secondary/Primary Large General Service Current Rates Rates Effective July 1, 2023 Basic Service Charge $2,750.00 $3,000.00 Distribution Delivery per kW $11.42 $11.84 Service Classification No. 3 A – Sub Transmission Large General Service Current Rates Rates Effective July 1, 2023 Basic Service Charge $3,350.00 $3,700.00 Distribution Delivery per kW $3.98 $4.12 Service Classification No. 3 A– Transmission Large General Service Current Rates Rates Effective July 1, 2023 Basic Service Charge $6,900.00 $7,500.00 Distribution Delivery per kW $3.89 $4.20

For more information, visit http://www.nationalgridus.com or the PSC’s website: https://dps.ny.gov/

PURPOSE: P.S.C. NO. 214 Service Classification No. 1 – Private Lighting Current Rates Rates Effective July 1, 2023 Distribution Delivery Charge per kWh $0.09158 $0.09414 Service Classification No. 2/5 – Street Lighting Current Rates Rates Effective July 1, 2023 Distribution Delivery Charge per kWh $0.09158 $0.09414

Service Classification No. 4 – Traffiic Controls Current Rates Rates Effective July 1, 2023 Distribution Delivery Charge per kWh $0.01143 $0.01175 For more information, visit http://www.nationalgridus.com or the PSC’s website: https://dps.ny.gov/ Continued on next page

P.S.C. NO. 214 Service Classification No. 3/6 – Street Lighting Current Rates Rates Effective July 1, 2023 Distribution Delivery Charge per kWh $0.06287 $0.06463 Gas Rates Service Classification No. 1 – Residential Monthly usage Current Rates Rates Effective July 1, 2023 First 3 therms or less $21.40 $21.40 Next 47 therms, per therm $0.59964 $0.64616 Over 50 therms, per therm $0.13003 $0.14012 Service Classification No. 2 – Small General Service Monthly usage Current Rates Rates Effective July 1, 2023 First 3 therms or less $26.00 $26.00 Next 277 therms, per therm $0.37571 $0.39434 Next 4,720 therms, per therm $0.22641 $0.23763 Over 5,000 therms, per therm $0.08077 $0.08480 Service Classification No. 5 – Firm Gas Sales and Transportation Service Monthly usage Current Rates Rates Effective July 1, 2023 First 100 therms or less $684.00 $718.00 Over 100 therms, per therm $0.08601 $0.08930 Service Classification No. 6 – Large Volume Interruptible Delivery Service Monthly usage Current Rates Rates Effective July 1, 2023 First 100 therms or less $581.27 $581.27 Over 100 therms, per therm $0.04398 $0.04732 Service Classification No. 7 – Small Volume Firm Sales and Transportation Service Monthly usage Current Rates Rates Effective July 1, 2023 First 2,100 therms or less $350.00 $350.00 Next 400 therms, per therm $0.38778 $0.43298 Next 1,700 therms, per therm $0.29067 $0.32296 Over 4,200 therms, per therm $0.11869 $0.13129 Service Classification No. 8 – Gas Sales and Transportation Service with Standby Sales Service Monthly usage Current Rates Rates Effective July 1, 2023 First 100 therms or less $1,600.00 $1,650.00 Next 99,900 therms, per therm $0.08845 $0.09270 Next 400,000 therms, per therm $0.08325 $0.08725 Over 500,000 therms, per therm $0.07182 $0.07528 Classification No. 12 – Distributed Generation Service Less than 250,000 therms per year Monthly usage Current Rates Rates Effective July 1, 2023 First 3 therms or less $200.00 $200.00 Over 3 therms, per therm (Apr to Oct) $0.04621 $0.04809 Over 3 therms, per therm (Nov to Mar) $0.06108 $0.06463 Classification No. 12 – Distributed Generation Service Greater than 250,000 but less than 1,000,000 therms per year Monthly usage Current Rates Rates Effective July 1, 2023 First 3 therms or less $500.00 $500.00 Over 3 therms, per therm (Apr to Oct) $0.04348 $0.04606 Over 3 therms, per therm (Nov to Mar) $0.05466 $0.05760

PlaNTiNG TreeS FOr THe FuTure

lition of Structure. Supporting Papers: Petition with supporting affidavit of Brian Eisenberg, Blighted Structures Supervisor and Assistant Director of Code Enforcement for the City of Syracuse, herein referred to as �Eisenberg Affidavit, together with � attached exhibits. Relief

Requested: An Order of Demolition granting the City of Syracuse authority to demolish a certain structure at 607 Park Street, Syracuse, New York; an injunction prohibiting the Respondent from transferring or entering into a contract to transfer any interest held in the property at 607 Park Street or otherwise frustrating the purpose of Order of Demolition until said structure is demolished; a monetary judgment for the costs incurred by the City of Syracuse in demolishing said structure, plus a 15% administrative surcharge pursuant to § 27117 of the Syracuse Property Conservation Code, together with court costs pursuant to § 8201 of the New York Civil Practice Laws and Rules (CPLR), disburse-

To commemorate its first year as a K-2 building, Donlin Drive Elementary students recently planted 15 red oak trees in the school’s front circle. each class had the opportunity to share what they have learned about the parts and life cycle of trees, before having the chance to shovel dirt around a set of five tree sprouts. Each set was marked with a plaque, commemorating that the DDE kindergarten, first grade and second grade classes of 2023 were responsible for planting the red oak trees. DDe Principal Heather Silvia told students that someday they will visit DDe with their families and show them the trees they had a hand in planting. The project was made possible through a partnership between the school, the DDe Parent Teacher Organization, and the liverpool Central School District.

Notice of formation of Fortuna Industries, LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 5/11/23. Office location: Onondaga County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail process to P.O. Box 70, Liverpool, NY 13088

Purpose: any lawful act or activity.

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be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to: 8120 Firenze Lane, Clay, NY 13041

Purpose: any lawful purpose. SR-313071

Notice of Formation of North Eastern Cultivation, LLC, a Domestic Limited Liability Company (LLC). Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 8/10/2022. Office location: County of Onondaga. SSNY is designated as agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to: 5228 Brescia Path, Clay, NY 13041

Purpose: any lawful purpose. SR-312428

Notice of Formation of North Eastern Holding Company, LLC, a Domestic Limited Liability Company (LLC). Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of New Yor k (SSNY) on 8/10/2022 Office location: County of Onondaga. SSNY is designated as agent of LLC upon whom process may be served SSNY shall mail copy of process to: 5228 Brescia Path, Clay, NY 13041

Purpose: any lawful purpose. SR-312430

Notice of Formation of North Eastern Processing, LLC, a Domestic Limited Liability Company