Baltimore Woods Nature Center announced the return of its Annual Native Plant Sale this spring. This year’s event will take place on Friday, May 17 from 4 to 7:30 p.m. and on Saturday, May 18 from 9 to 2 p.m. at the nature center at 4007 Bishop Hill Road in Marcellus. The family-friendly fundraising event presented by Watson Farms LLC will have picnic plates available for purchase and a raffle featuring items from a variety of local businesses. Kambuyu Marimba will also be performing live music in the pavilion on Friday evening at 6 p.m. Adding native plants to your landscape helps impact the ..read more

On Saturday, May 4, the Skaneateles Brewery hosted their very first Cask for a Cause! It’s a unique fundraising opportunity for local organizations. Laker Limo was honored to be the first to be selected.  A few weeks before, members of the Laker Limo Development Committee selected a flavor and participated in preparing the beer. It was named by the Laker Limo team, Smooth Rider Grapefruit Ale. During the event, all the proceeds from the cask were generously donated to Laker Limo, along with the use of their space. Eric Allyn performed, and the Herlihy Smokehouse & Grill food tru ..read more

George Randall, a lifelong resident of Skaneateles, passed away on May 6, 2024. Born in 1933 to Ethan and Jane Randall, George graduated from Skaneateles High School class of 1951, and continued his education at Syracuse University where he met his future wife. George attended Upstate Medical School followed by an OB/GYN residency and eventually a fellowship in GYN Oncology at M.D. Anderson in Houston. George served honorably in the USAF for 21 years before returning to Skaneateles where he continued to practice OB/GYN Oncology for 18 years. He enjoyed fishing, gardening, fixing things a ..read more

CENTRAL NEW YORK – A long win streak, another school record broken, another regular season ended undefeated – all in less than a week for the Cazenovia girls track and field team. The Lakers appear to be reaching a higher gear as as the regular season draws to a close, earning second place at the May 3 East Syracuse-Minoa Invitational and following up Wednesday with a dominating 135-6 victory over Hannibal to capture the league title. Cazenovia’s win over the Warriors capped their regular season at 6-0 and extended their dual meet win streak to 32 contests, with the last loss occurring in 201 ..read more

Mary Louise Scott, 77, of Skaneateles, passed away at home surrounded by her family on May 7, 2024, following a courageous three-year battle with ovarian cancer. She was born Mary Louise DeLilli on May 18, 1946, in Gloversville, N.Y., to Commie and Connie DeLilli. She was blessed to grow up with her brother, Nicholas DeLilli (Gail) and enjoyed the Italian American family upbringing that cultivated lifelong relationships with numerous aunts, uncles and cousins. Mary graduated from Gloversville High School in 1964 and then attended college at SUNY Brockport, where she graduated with a degree in ..read more

ONONDAGA COUNTY – Less than a week after a strong showing at its own invitational meet, the East Syracuse Minoa track and field teams earned the upper hand in its rivalry with Jamesville-DeWitt. In head-to-head meets Wednesday afternoon, the girls Spartans beat the Red Rams 77-64 and the ESM boys pulled out a 74-67 victory over J-D. Akuot Kuany was a difference-maker for the girls Spartans, winning four individual events that started where she went 15.3 seconds to beat out the Rams’ Victoria Payne (15.5) in a quick 100-meter hurdles. With a long jump of 16 feet 6 inches, Kuany beat Elliayna De ..read more

CENTRAL NEW YORK – As it had done all spring, the Cazenovia boys tennis team had turned back all possible challenges to its place atop the Onondaga High School League Liberty American division. Yet a perfect regular season hung on the result of Wednesday’s match against Christian Brothers Academy, with the Lakers sitting at 11-0 and the Brothers at 9-0. Cazenovia would take it, 4-1, and it began in singles, where Traian Cherciu, mixing in big serves with strong baseline play, put away Chanu Yang 6-1, 6-1. Garrett Lounsbury, again in second singles, had one of his best matches of the season ag ..read more

CENTRAL NEW YORK – Even with all of the runs it has put up, the Chittenango softball team might never accomplish what its neighbors from Cazenovia did in Tuesday’s game against Phoenix. Trailing by double digits early, the Lakers made it all the way back and, somehow, ended up with a comfortable winning margin as it defeated the Firebirds 21-14. Any thought of victory seemed ridiculous when Phoenix erupted for eight runs in the top of the first inning. By the end of the top of the third, Cazenovia found itself in a 13-1 hole. But the comeback began immediately, a two-run third inning followed ..read more

Libby Rubenstein, 86, died with her family by her side in the comfort of her home on Monday, May 6, 2024. Born on Aug. 27 in Corning, N.Y., to Morton and Ethel Rosenbloom, she had been a resident of Syracuse since 1962. Libby was a graduate of Buffalo University. After she and Arnie were married in 1961 they lived in Germany for a year before returning to Syracuse. She taught French and English at Liverpool High School. She was also fluent in German. Once her children Phil and Mara were born she stopped teaching and became a full time mom. She returned to the family business, United Radio, onc ..read more

Beverly B. Sell, 94, former resident of Thompson Road, Cazenovia, for 50 years, passed away peacefully on April 19, 2024. She was born on April 30, 1929, in Syracuse as Beverly Ann Bogardus, the daughter of T. Elmer and Dorothy Fellows Bogardus. Beverly dedicated several years of her life working at Clark Real Estate and Longley Jones Real Estate before retiring in 1994. She was predeceased by her husband Robert J. Sell. She is survived by her daughters, Deborah Sell-Thomas of Constableville, N.Y., and Wendy Sell of Poughkeepsie, N.Y. A future graveside service is planned in Fayetteville for ..read more