Come Join Us!
We’re having a Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony at Woods Road Park on Saturday, December 5th, at 5:30 p.m.
There will be a free horse drawn sleigh ride from 6:30 to 8:00 p.m.
Santa Claus is waiting to see you!
Also, there will be free refreshments, hot cocoa, drinks, eggnog, and candy.
A special thank you goes out to the Village Board, Skippys, the Tyrol Club, Geddes Bank, Solvay Highway and Electric Departments, and the Solvay Police Department.
Local Government Consolidation and Dissolution: Myth Vs Reality and How to Lead on the Issue
Thursday October 22nd, 2009
6:00-8:00 pm
East Syracuse-Minoa High School Auditorium
6400 Fremont Road, East Syracuse
In these difficult times, consolidation and even dissolution of local governments have been identified by many in state government and the media as the panacea for all of New York’s ills. Unfortunately, the essential value of municipal government has been disregarded in what has often been an attempt to distract the public from the real causes of New York’s high property taxes, such as unfunded state mandates.
Please click here to read the full cover letter.
Registration Form for this Special Forum.
Special trash pick up will be done on Friday ONLY during November 1st to April 1st.
Please call 468-1606 for a pick up. Trash must be put out no earlier than 4:00 pm the night before your pick up.
Thursday & Friday 4-11pm
Saturday 1-11:30pm
**Ride all Rides from 1:00 – 4:00 for $12.00**
Advance tickets are available at the Village Hall – 1100 Woods Road
THURSDAY (AUGUST 6TH)
Kiddie Parade 6:00 p.m. – Library to Woods Rd Field
2 FOR 1 KIDDIE RIDE specials – Thursday evening 6:30 – 9:30
LIVE MUSIC: 7:00 pm – 11:00 pm – (Best Dressed Penguins)
FRIDAY (AUGUST 7th)
LIVE MUSIC: 7:00 pm – 11:00 pm – (Fab Cats Band)
SATURDAY (AUGUST 8TH)
Village parade – 4:00 p.m.
It starts at 500 Block of Charles Ave to Woods Road to the Field
LIVE MUSIC: 7:00 pm – 11:00 pm – (Gary Dunes Band)
More Food Stands, New Rides, Craft Show, and Events all three days.
“HUGE FIREWORKS DISPLAY“ Thursday, Friday & Finale Saturday
Approximately Thurs. – 9:00 Fri. – 10:00 Sat. – 11:00
Web site has real-time Crime Blog, plus you can pick favorite police patch.
Solvay Police Website - http://www.solvaypd.com
The Solvay Police Department has a new interactive Web site that it will use to fight crime – and pick a new patch for the police uniform.
The Web site – http:// solvaypd.com – features an anonymous crime tip form that residents can use to send tips to the Criminal Investigation Unit. Officers will be able to manage their own Web site pages and post information immediately to a real-time crime blog.
Visitors who want to vote for the uniform patch should click on “Take Our Patch Poll” on the home page. The three finalists were designed by students from Steve Devendorf’s technology classes at Solvay High School.
Last fall, police asked the students to design a new patch. The three finalists are more detailed than the current patch, which is black and lined in yellow, with “Solvay Police” and the New York state Excelsior symbol.
The new Web site and patch project are the department’s latest steps in using new technologies to upgrade its service. The department has also started using surveillance cameras and license plate-reading cameras.
In other village news
Village officials on May 27 unveiled a new hybrid bucket truck, which will be used by the electric department to work on overhead lines.
The $203,000 truck, made by Navistar International Corp., has both an electric motor and a diesel engine. The combination provides better mileage on the road than straight diesel, but that’s only part of the benefit.
The truck’s hydraulic system operates the 60-foot aerial bucket for up to 90 minutes using just the electric motor and batteries, eliminating not only diesel emissions but the noise of an idling truck engine. Running the diesel engine for five minutes recharges the batteries for another 90 minutes.
The vehicle is expected to use as much as 80 percent less fuel than a standard bucket truck, officials said.