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Honoring a pioneer Historic marker recognizes one of Cazenovia’s original settlers BY KATE HILL STAFF WRITER On July 25, the New Woodstock Regional Historical Society (NWRHS) unveiled a historic marker at 4463 Syracuse Road (Rt. 92) in the Town of Cazenovia. Awarded through the William G. Pomeroy Foundation’s New York State Historic Marker Grant Program, the sign recognizes Philemon Tuttle, one of the pioneers who arrived in the area in 1793 with Cazenovia’s founder, John Lincklaen. Tuttle and six other men cleared a road from Chittenango to Owahgena — the Native American name for Cazenovia Lake — for Lincklaen’s party and supply wagons. Tuttle subsequently purchased property at the site of the new historic marker, farmed the land, and ran an early tavern on the newly completed Marker l Page 12
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No injuries reported in fire in Burton Street Elementary parking lot BY KATE HILL STAFF WRITER
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Last week, the New Woodstock Regional Historical Society unveiled a new historic marker at 4463 Syracuse Road, Cazenovia, that recognizes Philemon Tuttle, one of the pioneers who arrived in the area in 1793 with Cazenovia’s founder, John Lincklaen.
On the morning of Wednesday, July 23, Cazenovia Central School District (CCSD) announced that a fire occurred at Burton Street Elementary School. In a message to the district community, Superintendent Christopher DiFulvio stated that a 911 call made around 9:11 a.m. reported a contractor’s truck smoking in the school’s back parking lot. The Cazenovia Fire Department arrived on the scene quickly and extinguished the fire. “You might have heard explosions and seen a lot of smoke in the area,” DiFulvio said in the message. “These were caused by propane tanks in the back of the truck, which ignited because of a welder. We want to sincerely thank the Cazen-
ovia Fire Department for their quick and safe handling of the situation.” According to CCSD Director of Facilities Eric Benedict, the truck was owned by a contractor working on a roof project at Burton Street. “They were the ones who were hired to install steel decking for the roof,” Benedict said. “[Luckily], the truck was parked at the end of the gravel parking lot, and there was no damage or injuries.” For more information on CCSD, visit cazenoviacsd.com. Anyone not directly affiliated with CCSD can sign up for the ParentSquare Community Group to receive newsletters and other information. Sign up at parentsquare. com/community_ signups/94dc9c19-0570 -4ecd-bd7a-868cb499bc46/new.
Cazenovia Community Yard Sale for Charity returns Aug. 9-13 BY KATE HILL STAFF WRITER
Erieville resident Kevin Kennedy and Cazenovian Thomas Green are preparing to present the third annual Cazenovia Community Yard Sale for Charity. The event will be held Aug. 9-13, from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., on the south side of US Rt. 20, just east of the Village of Cazenovia and across from Caz Car Wash. Donations of good, clean, usable items will be collected at the sale site on Friday, Aug. 8, from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Clothing, mattresses, large exercise equipment, and children’s car seats will not be accepted. Proceeds from the sale of the donated items will go to local and international charities. “We ‘sell’ the items [for] whatever amount the purchaser feels in their heart they should give, with a few valuable items having a suggested purchase price placed on them,” said Green. “. . . Kevin and I, and our dedicated group of volunteers, toss around ideas and settle on the charities during the sale. We always support Scouting America Troop 18, as they help us with the tents that are used. [We also] always support Holy Cross Hospital in Milot, Haiti, as Haiti is the poorest nation in the Western Hemisphere, and we personally know that this hospital is very judicious with the contributions we send. After that, we pick some Cazenovia-based organizations since the sale is by and for the Cazenovia community.” According to the organizers, the community sale was inspired by St. James Catholic Church’s Annual Haiti
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The third annual Cazenovia Community Yard Sale for Charity will be held Aug. 9-13, from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., on the south side of US Rt. 20, just east of the Village of Cazenovia. Yard Sale, which supported the church’s twin parish in Haiti, St. Ives, as well as Haiti’s St. Joseph’s school. “Kevin and I noted the success of the St. James Haiti Yard Sale over its 13-year run,” said Green. “After it stopped, we decided that the benefits it brought to our community should continue, and we organized the current Cazenovia Community Yard Sale for Charity beginning in 2023.” As a result of the first two sales, the organizers have been able to contribute
nearly $12,000 to organizations such as the Caz Cares food pantry and clothing closet, Community Resources for Independent Seniors, Cazenovia Garden Club, Troop 18, and Holy Cross Hospital in Haiti. “All of us volunteering at the sale notice that it has a triple effect,” said Green. “We notice that people who are trying to downsize did not want to toss away good items but had no other way to get rid of them; this sale gives them a way to downsize and feel good about
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it. We notice that many people who utilize the services available at Caz Cares ask about furniture, hardware, toys, and electronics, but cannot afford them new. [At] the sale, they can get these items for very little and fulfill a need that they have. Finally, we are able to give the proceeds of this sale to worthy organizations in the Cazenovia community, which further helps the less fortunate. For these reasons, we all feel good about putting in the long hours to do the sale.”
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