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Clay to host Summer Concert Series, fireworks By Anna Edwards The Town of Clay will hold its annual Independence Day fireworks display on June 25. It has also set dates for nine concerts throughout the summer to be held at Clay Park Central. The fireworks display will be held in the former Great Northern Mall parking lot this year. The fireworks are always held on the last Tuesday in June so the community can kick off summer festivities. “With all the other firework displays centered around the week after, we believe it allows us to get a jump start into the summer season, as well as provide tribute and opportunity for accessibility to our display,” said James Muscatello, the commissioner of recreation
for the Town of Clay. The Syracuse Food Truck Association will be on site so that attendees can purchase food before the fireworks display. The Gold Dust Gypsies, a Fleetwood Mac Cover Band, will be performing that night at Clay Park Central from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. “Community members have the opportunity to listen to free live music, enjoy local food trucks and enjoy a fantastic firework display as we kick off the summer,” Muscatello said. The summer concert series also happens annually, with concerts held on Tuesday nights. Concerts will begin on June 18 and end on Aug. 13. Concerts are held at Clay Park Central. Performances last from 6:30 p.m. until 8:30 p.m. in
June and July and 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. in August. Performances will be by Ponytail James Band, Gold Dust Gypsies, Mood Swing, The Strangers, Letizia and the Z Band, Jess Novak Band, Faded Vinyl, Soul Mine and Tom Gilbo. This concert series has been taking place for over 20 years. These events allow the town to come together as a community. “Our annual fireworks display and summer concert series provide us, as a town, with an opportunity to bring family, friends and community members of all ages together to create memories that we hope will stick with them for years to come,” Muscatello said. Admission is free for both the fireworks display and the summer concert series.
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The Town of Clay will hold a fireworks display June 25 and a series of summer concerts.
Meeting held for NY Forward in Brewerton Police focus on By Anna Edwards
The program is led by a local planning committee comprised of residents of the towns of both Cicero and Hastings. It includes business owners, property owners and community members who will help the state understand what the people of Brewerton want in their community. The committee is co-chaired by Mike Aregano, the town supervisor of Cicero, Tony Bush, the town supervisor of Hastings, and Nora Bush of CenterState CEO, a Central New York business leadership and economic development organization. The committee will review projects from now until October and eventually recommend a list of meaningful projects for the state to choose from. In order to learn more
The New York Forward Program hosted its first revitalization meeting for Brewerton on Monday. The NY Forward Program initiative is currently in the planning process and is looking for projects through which it will spend $4.5 million to improve Brewerton. The New York Forward program is a state funding program started in the last few years that works to revitalize towns across the state. It is currently focusing on smaller localities, such as the Hamlet of Brewerton. Phil Schaeffing, the project manager for the team working on the Brewerton NY Forward project, said that the money is “meant to improve life here for residents, business owners and for people who are coming through as boaters or fishermen.”
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drivers of nonregistered vehicles By Russ Tarby Contributing writer
Anna Edwards
A meeting was recently held to gather input for Brewerton Revitalization as part of NY forward.
Jazz Festival opening night spotlights area artists Singers Tish Oney, Marissa Mulder will perform as will brassman Joe Magnarelli By Russ Tarby Contributing Writer
Seattle’s smooth soprano saxophonist, Kenny G returns to the National Grid Syracuse International Jazz Festival to headline the 38th annual fest here at 9:25 p.m. Friday, June 28, at Clinton Square. Several more top-notch performers will be showcased on the main stage Thursday, Friday and Saturday, June 27, 28 and 29, including The Mavericks, the Gunhild Carling Big Band, classic jazz vocalist Catherine Russell, The O’Jays, Canadian crooner Gino Vannelli and the Freda Payne Big Band. Now billed as the Syracuse International Jazz Fest and still overseen by founder and artistic director Frank Malfitano, the free festival returns to both downtown and Syracuse University for its 38th year this June. Admission is free.
Kick-off Wednesday, June 26
Jazz Fest kicks off on Wednesday, June 26, with locally bred musicians such as vocalist Tish Oney, cabaret singer Marissa Mulder and trumpeter Joe Magnarelli, playing in bars and restaurants throughout Syracuse. Here are seven recommended performances that night, listed chronologically.
These seven shows could be particularly attractive to fans of straightahead jazz and standards. Vocalist Colleen Prossner and Friends will celebrate the Great American Songbook from 5 to 7 p.m. that evening at the Lounge at the Courtyard Marriott, 300 W. Fayette St. Percussionist extraordinaire Jimmy Johns will wail on the vibraphone from 5 to 7 p.m. at the Gilded Club, 415 S. Clinton St. Julie & Rick’s Jazz Asylum will perform a wide variety of styles from 6 to 8 p.m. at Evergreen, 125 E. Water St. The Ageless Jazz Band from Ithaca will perform swing standards from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Salt City Market Patio, 484 S. Salina St. Syracuse native trumpeter Joe Magnarelli performs a mainstream set with his wife, organist Akiko Tsuruga from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Tasting Room at Epicuse, 334 S. Salina St. Vocalist, author and professor Tish Oney pays tribute to “Sassy” Sarah Vaughan from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Gilded Club, 415 S. Clinton St. Tish will be accompanied by guitarist Steve Brown and saxophonist Joe Riposo. Cabaret star Marissa Mulder returns to her hometown of Syracuse to entertain from 8 to 10 p.m. at Prime Steakhouse, 101 E. Water St.
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Pictured is Syracuse native Joe Magnarelli.
Vocalist and author Tish Oney is a native of Central New York.
Throughout the month of May the Liverpool Police Department issued more than a dozen traffic tickets for misdemeanor offenses of “driving with a suspended or revoked registration.” Over the years, the LPD has earned a reputation for its steadfast enforcement of the state’s vehicle and traffic laws. Most months, officers make approximately 200 traffic stops resulting in scores of tickets written and several arrests. Driving with a suspended or revoked registration is a misdemeanor. Those who are convicted of such will have a permanent criminal record. A first offense can result in a sentence of up to 30 days in jail. A second offense within 18 months can lead to up to 90 days in jail or 180 days for a third offense. A motorist can be fined between $50 and $100 for driving on a suspended registration. A second conviction in 18 months raises the fine to up to $200, or $500 for a third conviction. In addition to the fine, drivers must pay a mandatory state surcharge of $93. The 15 tickets issued here in May were written after an officer tracked the vehicles in question via a high-tech license-plate reader, according to LPD Sgt. David Sturtz. Most of the offenders were collared by new Officer Joe Ottaviano. “Using the plate reader, Joe usually can write several of those tickets each shift,” Sturtz said. For instance, two non-registered vehicles were cited May 6, four on May 8 and three on May 10. Two more such tickets were issued on May 27 and again on May 30.
LPD still understaffed
According to a May 20 memo to village trustees from LPD Chief Jerry Unger, the department is still “critically understaffed at this time but making attempts to fill positions.” Officer Roberto Lamas is expected to graduate from the CNY Regional Police Academy on Aug. 9. Unger also plans to seek potential hires via civil service. The LPD presently has a total of seven officers, five full-time and two part-time. As recently as five years ago, in 2019, the department had 16 total officers, four full-time and 12 part-time.
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