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District to submit bus purchase proposition Library to host ‘The Great Gatsby’ musical tribute, ‘Artists in Rome’ lecture
School Budget Community Library to host ‘The Great Gatsby’ musical tribute Dialogue Night set for March 25
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The Modernistics Trio will perform “The Twenties Roar Again - Celebrating the Centennial of The Great Gatsby” in the Cazenovia Public Library (CPL) Community Room on April 3 at 6 p.m. On April 9 at 6:15 p.m., Cazenovia resident and art enthusiast Paolo Amadio will return to CPL to present on High Renaissance artist Michelangelo and his work on the Sistine Chapel. BY KATE HILL STAFF WRITER
By kate hill Staff writer
On March 17, the Cazenovia Central School District Board of Education (CCSD BOE) authorized the district to submit a 2025-26 bus purchase proposition for voter approval at the May 20, 2025, annual budget vote and BOE election. Voters will be asked whether the BOE should be authorized to “purchase and finance four student transportation vehicles, including necessary furnishings, fixtures and equipment and all other costs incidental thereto, and expend a total sum not to exceed $658,158.” Qualified voters may obtain applications for an absentee ballot or an early voting ballot from the district clerk’s office. Voters can also apply for military ballots by requesting an application from the district clerk by calling 315-655-1317 or emailingeayres@caz.cnyric. org. During his facilities committee report, BOE member Ron Luteran informed the board that he and his committee co-chair, CCSD Director of Facilities Eric Benedict, had a conversation about the state of the district bus garage.
“The bus garage really needs some work,” he said. “The roof is leaking pretty good. We talked about the fact that even if we were going to build a [new] bus garage tomorrow, we still need that facility. [Eric] is looking into it, and I’m sure we will be having some conversations with [Assistant Superintendent for Business/School Business Official Thomas] Finnerty about how we are going to pay for it, but we do have to address a few things up there. . . . The bus garage is something that might need a little emergency intervention.”
School Budget Community Dialogue Night
CCSD will hold a School Budget Community Dialogue Night on Tuesday, March 25, at 6 p.m. in the high school’s Buckley Gym. The district will provide a comprehensive overview of the current budgetary landscape, including a detailed presentation outlining its financial position and the processes involved. The event will cover existing challenges and potential avenues for growth. Community priorities will be central to the discussion. The public will be encourBOE l Page 10
Village approves Byrne Dairy application
In April, the Cazenovia Public Library (CPL) will celebrate the arts by hosting a live 1920s-inspired musical performance and a lecture on High Renaissance art. In honor of the 100th anniversary of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s iconic jazz age novel “The Great Gatsby,” The Modernistics Trio will perform “The Twenties Roar Again - Celebrating the Centennial of The Great Gatsby” on April 3 at 6 p.m. in the Betsy Kennedy Community Room. Ted Powers will sing, tap dance, and play the guitar, banjo, and harmonica; Peter H. Bloom will play the flute; and Dave Zox will be on the double bass. The three musicians, who each have impressive credentials, have played together for decades. The musical tribute will feature swinging songs, tap-dance numbers, and jazz instrumentals by Cole Porter, Duke Ellington, Irving Berlin, George Gershwin, and other master tunesmiths of the 1920s. Audience favorites include “Blue Skies,” “Stairway to Paradise,” “Let’s Misbehave,” “It Had to Be You,” and Ellington’s “Black and Tan Fantasy.” “[‘The Great Gatsby’’] depicts the changing social norms of the
By kate Hill Staff Writer
On March 10, the Village of Cazenovia Planning Board approved an application for site plan, special use permit, and architectural approval for a new Byrne Dairy convenience store by a vote of four in favor and one opposed. Sonbyrne Sales, Inc., the convenience store division of Byrne Dairy, applied to the planning board to allow for the construction of a commercial grocery and food convenience store with motor vehicle fueling facilities at 2349 Nelson St. (Rt. 20). The plan calls for a 4,232-square-foot retail food store, four fuel pump stations with a covered canopy, 35 parking spaces, and associated landscaping, signage, lighting, stormwater management facilities, and connections to existing utilities and Route 20. The Byrne Dairy will be built on the northerly side of Nelson Street, immediately adjacent to and east of a small mixed-use office building. The project site — which is two lots removed from the existing McDonald’s and three lots removed from the existing Town and County Plaza shopping center — is zoned as Village Edge North (VEN). Within the VEN Zoning District, a convenience store with fuel sales is a permitted use upon the issuance of a special use permit. “A public hearing was duly scheduled, noticed, Village l Page 8
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