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By kate hill Staff writer Earlier this year, Cazenovia Girl Scouts in the Girl Scouts of NYPENN Pathways council partnered with the Cazenovia Public Library & Museum (CPL) and the Farmstead 1868 lavender farm to bring a special Winter Fest service project to fruition. The pre-K through 10th grade Scouts filled teddy bears with rice and dried lavender at CPL for inclusion in the Comfort l Page 3 Local Girl Scouts created lavender-scented teddy bears for the library’s storybook stroll that were later donated to the Madison County Sheriff’s Office and the Madison County Child Advocacy Center.
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On Saturday, April 19, the Cazenovia Lions Club presented its annual Easter Egg Hunt in Lakeland Park. The community event featured hand-colored eggs, lots of prizes, and free refreshments for participants.
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As part of Cazenovia Winter Fest 2025, local Girl Scouts created lavender-scented teddy bears for the library’s storybook stroll that were later donated to the Madison County Sheriff’s Office and the Madison County Child Advocacy Center. Pictured: Scouts, their leaders, and representatives of the Madison County Sheriff’s Office and CPL.
Museum educator to present program on Erie Canal’s bicentennial at Caz Library By kate hill Staff writer
The Cazenovia Public Library & Museum will welcome educator Derrick Pratt to the Community Room on Monday, May 5, at 6 p.m. to deliver a presentation celebrating the bicentennial of the Erie Canal. Built between 1817 and 1825, the original Erie Canal traversed 363 miles from Albany on the Hudson River to Buffalo on Lake Erie. According to the Erie Canalway National Heritage Corridor, it was the longest artificial waterway and the greatest public works project in North America. Pratt is the director of education & public programming at Syracuse’s Erie Canal Museum, where he has worked for over five years. His lecture, “Bicen-
BOE approves proposed expenditure budget, vote to be held on May 20 By kate hill Staff writer
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Derrick Pratt, director of education & public programming at the Erie Canal Museum, will present “Bicentennial Basics of the Erie Canal” at the Cazenovia Public Library & Museum on Monday, May 5, at 6 p.m. tennial Basics of the Erie Canal,” will provide a crash course on “Clinton’s Ditch,” covering why the Erie Canal was built, how it was constructed, what happened with it once it was
built, and where it is now. “The presentation will feature a PowerPoint and last about 45 minutes to an hour with Q&A at the end,” said Pratt. “The talk Canal l Page 2
On April 21, the Cazenovia Central School District Board of Education (CCSD BOE) adopted a proposed expenditure budget of $40,446,980 for the 2025-26 school year. The proposal represents a $2,019,758 increase over the 2024-25 budget. A budget hearing is scheduled for Monday, May 12, at 6:30 p.m. in the high school auditorium. The purpose is for members of the public to ask questions and receive information about the proposed budget. The annual budget vote and BOE election will be held on Tuesday, May 20, from 7 a.m. to 9 p.m., in
the middle school auxiliary gym. Voters will also be asked whether the CCSD BOE shall be authorized to purchase and finance three 65-passenger replacement school buses and one 20passenger replacement bus at a total cost not to exceed $658,158. According to Superintendent Christopher DiFulvio, the district plans to purchase three diesel buses and one gas bus. Additionally, the ballot will include a proposition authorizing the district to levy a tax of $525,486 for the Cazenovia Public Library and $197,894 for the New Woodstock Free Library. “As always, we are a conduit to collect tax dol-
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lars for the public libraries and their budgets,” said Assistant Superintendent/ School Business Official Thomas Finnerty.
Budget discussion
Before the board voted on the 2025-26 proposed budget, Finnerty delivered a budget presentation and explained that the board was obligated to vote on the spending proposal that evening to ensure all New York State deadlines are met. “Nothing really has changed significantly since the last time we spoke,” he said. “The numbers are the same; there has been some movement within the budget.” Finnerty remarked that the state had not yet settled BOE l Page 10
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