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passes celebrating graduates Referendum Village election will move from June to November in 2025 By Russ Tarby Contributing Writer
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Liverpool High School Class of 2024 received their diplomas during commencement ceremonies held on Thursday evening, June 20, at the New York StateFairgrounds Expo Center. Jill coleman
On Tuesday, June 18 village voters chose to switch the annual village election from mid-June to earlyNovember. The referendum had 209 voters approving the move while 137 opposed it, according to unofficial results released by the Onondaga County Board of Elections on election night. At its April 15 meeting, the Village of Liverpool Board of Trustees – Mayor Stacy Finney and trustees Melissa Cassidy, Rachel Ciotti and Matt Devendorf – voted 3 to 1 to put a referendum on this year’s village election ballot in which voters could choose the annual election date. Devendorf voted against it. As a result of the referendum’s passage last week, next year’s village election will be aligned with the general election scheduled on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November. Finney is expected to run for reelection in 2025, along with trustees Cassidy and Ciotti. Those three Democrats were first elected to office in the 2023 village election. This year, two Republican trustees – Matt Devendorf and Michael LaMontagne – ran unopposed for reelection. So did Village Justice Anthony LaValle, also a Republican. The board of elections said LaValle tallied 102 votes, while Devendorf drew 203 and LaMontagne 197. Nine write-in votes were cast for judge, and 88 write-in votes were cast for trustee. The nearby villages of Baldwinsville and Fayetteville recently chose to switch their election dates from the spring to the fall. So now seven of the county’s 15 villages have decided to conduct elections in November. Baldwinsville, Fayetteville and Liverpool join four other villages which have moved their elections to November, Solvay, East Syracuse, Tully and Elbridge.
Memorial trees, benches for sale at cemetery
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The Cicero-North Syracuse High School Class of 2024 were celebrated during commencement exercises the evening of Friday, June 21, at the New York State Fair Expo Center.
By Russ Tarby Contributing Writer
Clay Historical Association to hold open house By Anna Edwards
The Clay Historical Association will be hosting its “Old Home Days” on Sunday, July 21, from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. at the Clay Historical Park. The event will include demonstrations, displays, tours and exhibits of artifacts. Members of the Golden Fleece Spinners’ Guild will demonstrate how to hand-spin wool to make yarn in the log cabin. Visitors can use drop spindles to try spinning on their own. There will be a John Deere- Reliance Buggy on display on the park grounds. The buggies were manufactured from 1899 until 1923. Melanie Smith-Siau will be making bread and churning butter in the visitor center. The Cigarville Railroad Station, log cabin, visitor center and Sellen-Weller Clay l Page 15
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At its June 17 meeting, the Village of Liverpool Board of Trustees – Mayor Stacy Finney and trustees Rachel Ciotti, Matt Devendorf and Michael LaMontagne – approved a new set of rules regulating use of its historic cemetery. The trustees also approved the Village Cemetery Committee’s recommendation to offer memorial trees and granite park benches for sale. Trustee Melissa Cassidy was absent from the June 17 meeting. The list of rules address issues such as unsightly decorations, dogs, heavy trucks, all-terrain vehicles and thorny plants prohibited. The Village Cemetery Committee chaired by Dr. Michael Romano suggested the village offer residents the opportunity to purchase special memorials, either a memorial tree for $750 or a memorial granite bench for $1,500. “Help revitalize and beautify the cemetery with the memory of your loved one,” says a Cemetery Committee flyer. The purchase of a tree for $750 covers the cost of the tree along with global positioning system coordinates and a plaque displayed at the village hall. For $1,500 supporters could buy a granite bench placed in the cemetery along with a plaque displayed at village hall. Four such benches have already been bought from Southland Agway of Bethel, Conn. The proceeds from the memorial sales would all go to the village’s cemetery fund. For information, call the village clerk’s office at 315-457-3441. Cemetery l Page 2
The Clay Historical Society will host Olde Home Days July 21.
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