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Paro and Ryan deadlocked Democrat Ryan holds slim lead; automatic recount underway By Russ Tarby Contributing Writer
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Local musicians earn all-state honors
Eleven Liverpool Central School District students, pictured above, recently were selected to perform at the New York State School Music Association (NYSSMA) Junior High Area All-State Festival. Pictured, from left, are Liverpool Middle eighth-grader Judah Covell, Liverpool High School freshman Alyssa Taggart, LHS freshman Madison Lapp, Soule Road Middle eighth-grader Vivian Bearup, LHS freshman Lauren Fader, SRM eighth-grader Curtis Wright, LMS eighth-grader Linh Nguyen, LHS freshman Josh Culligan, LHS freshman Luke Granbois, LMS eightgrader Dean Scott and LHS freshman Ethan Parry-Benedict. From North Syracuse Junior High School students Joseph Cannella, Mark Morris, Mirah Cook and Katlyn Chrisley, pictured at right, were selected. Area All-State was held on Nov. 1-2 at Homer Senior High School and NSJH Band Director Jen MacDerment said all four students had an excellent performance with the concert band. “We are very proud of these four ninth grade talented musicians and their selection into this prestigious annual event,” MacDerment said.
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Liverpool homeowners warned not to cut down village-owned trees
Ever since he won reelection as Salina town supervisor last year, Republican Nick Paro has set his sights on the 50th District’s State Senate seat. Since incumbent Democrat Sen. John Mannion relinquished the seat in order to run for Congress, Paro faced off against Geddes County Legislator Christoper Ryan, 52, a Democrat and a union leader. So the 33-year-old supervisor spent 12 months fundraising and campaigning. Now there will be up to another month of waiting. On Election Night, after Ryan drew 77,732 votes (50.14 percent) to Paros’ 77,184 (49.79 percent), the Onondaga County legislator led by 548 votes, according to unofficial election results. While Ryan claimed victory Election Night at a party at Harvey’s Garden in downtown Syracuse, Paro declined to concede defeat. “The margin separating us from our opponent lies well within the 0.5 percent margin necessitating an automatic recount,” Paro said.
He also expressed his “utmost trust” that every ballot will be counted. Paro spent Election Night with his supporters at Pump Pizza, in Mattydale. “I want to thank every resident of our senate district who came out to vote,” Paro said. “Your voice is important and deserves to be heard. No vote will be left uncounted, and your choice for state senator will be sworn into office in January.” On Nov. 7, WAER radio reported that some 6,300 absentee ballots in Onondaga County will play a key role in determining the outcome in the 50th Senate District. Approximately 3,300 absentee ballots have already been received by the county’s board of elections, with another 3,000 still expected. Affidavit ballots will also be counted after they are canvassed. On Election Night, more than 159,000 voters turned out in the district which includes the towns of Clay, Cicero, Camillus, Manlius, DeWitt, Geddes and Salina in Onondaga County and the cities of Fulton and Oswego in Oswego County. Paro’s campaign team is preparing for a recount that could take “days and weeks to come.” A final vote total may not be available until December.
By Russ Tarby Contributing Writer
The village of Liverpool owns and maintains some 1,800 trees here. Over the past several years, however, at least three village residents have chopped down some of those trees because they mistakenly believed the trees were on their personal property. As a result those homeowners faced fines and some made efforts to replace the downed timber. For residents who live on streets that have sidewalks, village trees can easily be identified as those growing between the sidewalk and the road, with some exceptions. On streets where no sidewalks exist, it’s more difficult to identify where the village property-line lay. “That happened earlier this year over on Iroquios Lane,” reported Village Codes Officer Bill Reagan. “Not realizing that they were village-owned trees, the resident removed two full-size honeylocust trees as part of a major landscaping project on his front lawn.” The homeowner was fined $1,500, but he appealed to the village board of trustees which agreed to his compromise: in lieu of paying the fine, he would plant five new trees there, three tulip poplars and two maples. Last year, Reagan recalled, he’d fined a Birch Street resident $2,500 after three village trees had been taken down. That fine was reduced by $1,500 after the homeowner promised to plant three new trees there. A similar situation arose recently on Sargent Lane, which has no sidewalks. Reagan maintains a visually impressive computer database which lists and depicts the exact locations of the village’s 1,800 trees.
The photo is the first Board of Trustees of the village of North Syracuse. Center is Ernest F. Conway, President, surrounded by trustees, J. C. King, Alfred C. Fergerson, Merton L. Woodard, M. H. Lee. (The title Mayor was adopted in 1929 with Mayor C. A. Dockstader.)
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Honeylocust tree logs after a village tree was taken down recently along Iroquois Lane.
“If anyone has concerns about trees in their front yard, before you decide to do anything please talk to the village first,” Reagan advised. Residents can contact the village clerk’s office at 315457-3441.
North Syracuse about to turn 100 years old
The village of North Syracuse is about to turn 100 years old. That is when the village was incorporated. The village was called Podunk, then Centerville and changed to its present name in 1880. It became an incorporated village in
1925. Podunk was like the name implied, a small little settlement on what was then just an old Native trail. That became the corduroy road. Then the Salt Road opened running Centennial l Page 2
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Sectional Titles: L’pool swimmers and runners are at the top of Section III.
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Celebrating 50th: The Clay Historical Society looks back on 50 years of history.
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