Village board members divvy up duties

When the Liverpool Village Board of Trustees conducted its annual organizational meeting on July 10, newly elected Mayor Stacey Finney designated the individual responsibilities of the trustees.

Each of the four trustees were assigned to act as the board’s liaison to certain departments.

Melissa Cassidy will focus on finance, codes, the planning board and zoning board of appeals. Rachel Ciotti will act as liaison to personnel and the health insurance and retirement programs.

Matt Devendorf will oversee the justice court, police and the Gleason Center. And Michael LaMontagne, who is deputy mayor, will liaison with the department of public works and serve as the village’s MS4 representative, overseeing our stormwater systems.

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If wet weather on Monday, July 31 cancels the appearance of Nashville singer-songwriter Mark Stuart here at Johnson Park, the 21st century troubadour is also scheduled to perform at 7 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 3, at Jamesville Community Church, 6300 E. Seneca Turnpike, in Jamesville.

Knowlton’s 50th Picnic Aug. 6 WCNY Classic FM presents Bill Knowlton’s 50th Anniversary Bluegrass Ramble Picnic from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Sunday, Aug. 6, at Dwyer Memorial Park on Little York Lake in Preble. Admission is free. n ew deputies welcomed le Moyne alum now an AllStar Le Moyne College head

Knowlton, who lives in Liverpool, is known as “Mr. Bluegrass of Central New York.” He hosted the first allbluegrass radio show in New York City in 1960. Knowlton arrived in Syracuse as a U.S. Air Force public affairs officer. In 1997, he was named “Broadcast Personality of the Year” by the International Bluegrass Music Association.

Knowlton’s “Bluegrass Ramble” radio program airs Sundays from 9 p.m. to midnight on WCNY-FM 91.3. He’s been producing the show here for a half-century.

On July 14, the Onondaga County Sheriff’s Office welcomed 16 new deputies to help keep our communities safe. This was Sheriff Toby Shelley’s first graduating class for his administration.

Among the new deputies were a couple local fellows. Luke DiPirro from Cicero who graduated from the Sheriff’s Police Division and Michael Wentling-Raymie of North Syracuse who graduated from the Sheriff’s Custody Division.

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Billing questions: alyssa dearborn, ext. 305, adearborn@eaglenewsonline.com baseball coach Scott Cassidy, who lives in Liverpool, had to be beaming as he watched the 2023 Major League Baseball All-Star game on TV on July 11. One of the National League’s relief pitchers was 25-year-old Josiah Gray of the Washington Nationals, who –seven years ago – had excelled as a closer for Le Moyne College. l ast word “I’m known for having the world’s worst collection of pants. For many years I had a quilter who made them, such as plaids that would stand up by themselves if I took the batteries out. I will continue to dazzle in my sartorial style.”

When he pitched here, Gray did so under the direction of Cassidy, who had also been a pretty effective righthanded reliever in the big leagues. At Le Moyne, Gray surely learned some tricks of the trade from Cassidy, who’d spent five years as a majorleague hurler.

At the 2023 All-Star game in Seattle on July 11, Gray threw one perfect inning by retiring three American League hitters, one on a flyout, one on a groundout and one by a strikeout.

Gray’s National League club won the game by a score of 3 to 2. It was the first victory for the Senior Circuit since 2012.

– “Bluegrass Ramble” host Bill Knowlton

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