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54Freedom moves into 5 Ledyard Ave., restores structure

As the Cazenovia-based national financial planning firm 54Freedom continues to increase its workforce and improve its headquarters at 5 Ledyard Ave., everyone involved shares a common bond: their zipcode.

Skaneateles Garden Club plans spring schedule

“What’s Blooming” will be this year’s Skaneateles Garden Club’s tour on June 15 and 16, 2012. Save the date for a tour of seven beautiful gardens in Skaneateles.

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Unique holiday sales event coming to town

Home Again for the Holidays will set up on Genesee Street, saved from last-minute cancellation

Christmas has come early for a number of businesses in Skaneateles — and for residents too — thanks to a generous gift by a local downtown building owner.

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Holiday trees ripe for the picking at CCP sale

Cazenovia Community Preschool’s “Cut Your Own Christmas Tree” sale is a great way to start the holiday season.

Floral Notes: Dreaming of a ‘greens’ Christmas

From the Cazenovia Garden Club

This time of year, the Cazenovia Garden Club members are gathering greens for all of our projects. We need to fill village store front window boxes for the holidays and assemble centerpieces and baskets for the sale, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 3, in the Community Room at the Cazenovia Public Library.

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Lorenzo prepares to host holiday gatherings

For more than three decades, the festive tradition of “Christmas at Lorenzo” has been delighting visitors of all ages to the 1807 estate and home of Cazenovia’s founder, John Lincklaen.

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Caz College fashion club donates tree to Everson

Students design “Shoe Tree” for city festival

Cazenovia College’s Fashion Connection Club says, “We Wish Shoe a Merry Christmas,” with a small holiday tree decorated with hand-made shoe ornaments.

Lorenzo Mansion readied for Christmas Preview Party

Historic Site will kick-off holiday season on Dec. 1

Over the past three decades, thousands of patrons have enjoyed the sights, sounds and wonders of the holidays at Lorenzo. And as in years past, hundreds of hours of preparation and decorating have been invested in the 2011 celebration of “Christmas at Lorenzo.”

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Skaneateles Garden Club recognized by library

The circle of purple chrysanthemums that have adorned the front Genesee Street walk of the Skaneateles Library for the past five years now encircle a rock and plaque recently installed to honor the members of the Skaneateles Garden Club for the work they do “lovingly” tending the library gardens and flower boxes.

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CACDA to offer workshops on Farmland Protection Plans

Farmers, farmland owners, business operators and residents are invited to attend public workshops at 7 p.m. on Monday, Nov. 14 at the Nelson Town Hall (for Towns of Nelson and Cazenovia) and Tuesday, Nov. 15 at the Lincoln Town Hall.

Skaneateles Garden Club news

The Skaneateles Garden Club has been an active club in the Skaneateles community since 1931 but the action isn’t always visible.

Floral Notes: Putting the garden to bed

Before long the snow will fly, and once again, the vow is made to finish garden chores before I need to wear ski hat and insulated gloves, beyond the sun hats and gardening gloves of now.

Make a quick $30 with free fridge pick-up program

A new refrigerator-recycling program offers residents are paid $30 for each fridge or freezer scheduled for free pick-up.

35th Annual Fine Arts & Crafts Fest is this weekend

artists and craftspeople when it host its 35th annual Fine Arts & Crafts Festival from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 22, and from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 23, at the Manlius Village Centre.

CNY is proud apple country

Apples have a rich history in New York. The first known apple tree in New York State was planted by Governor Peter Stuyvesant in 1647.

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