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Skaneateles, New York Vol. 11 No. 2 

Happy Thanksgiving

This issue will be archived soon to make room for our upcoming Christmas Issue. 

Welcome to the Veterans Day Issue of The Borodino Bullett Online Newsletter. We are STILL The Unofficial and irreverent voice for an area of Central New York that almost no one knows exists.

To honor the lives of the innocent citizens who were killed in the attack on our country, we proudly fly the American flag. See "Flags at Feskos"

FIRE FIRES UP IN BORODINO

Volunteer fire fighters respond to a fire late last night on Nunnery Road, in Borodino. [More...]

VETERANS MEMORIAL: PROGRESS REPORT

Pictures taken of volunteers working on a rainy Monday, November 5th, 2001 [Inside...]

REPUBLICAN UPDATE
Jeff Ireland of Spafford is running unopposed for the position of Town Councilman. Read our pre-Election Day interview with Jeff Ireland for the Bullett.

"RESIDENT OF THE WEEK": CASEY BROWN
Meet Casey Brown, a hard-working 13-year old resident who has learned the value of caring for her horse and being a good neighbor. More inside...

VIRTUAL VILLAGE
Directory of phone numbers, addresses, and websites where available, for the Town of Spafford as well as links to Onondaga County and New York State websites.

Tim's Pumpkin Patch on Rose Hill Road in Marcellus

VACANCY ON ASSESSMENT REVIEW BOARD
The Town of Spafford has a vacancy on the "Grievance Board." Any resident interested in this 5 year term of office should submit their resume or letter of interest to the Spafford Town Clerk, 1984 Rt. 174, Skaneateles, NY 13152.

SPAFFORD FIRE DISTRICT SEEKING BIDS
Bids will be accepted until November 21, 2001 for the purchase of diesel fuel and gasoline for the Borodino and Spafford Fire Departments for the 2001-2002 year. Please mail bids to: Rita Marcheterre, 2142 Willowdale Road., Skaneateles, NY 13152.  -- Or fax to -- 315-673-9835.

WHAT'S IN STORE: NEW ISSUE COMING
Borodino Busters, Prevent Terrorist Attack Classes by Joe.

GERARD'S FIRE HOUSE REPORT: VOLUNTEERS NEEDED

 

 

Gerard Marcheterre has been a volunteer member of the Borodino Fire Dept. since April 1997. [More inside...] 

THE PIRNIE REPORT: LETTER TO SPAFFORD TOWN BOARD
Inspired by local events and last week's article in the Post-Standard's Neighbors West. What would Thanksgiving be without Dr. Pirnie's Poignant Posturing? Read on, Pilgrims...

BB INBOX:  MESSAGE FROM BOEING
The terrorist attacks on our nation have unified us as never before, as illustrated in this wonderful  PowerPoint presentation.   To view you must have Power Point on your computer.

FROM THE INBOX
Sent in by readers of the Bullett:  Leonid Meteor showers, a reader sends us this external website for more information.

"New! Special Forces Unit to be Formed".  And,   "Afghanistan After The War."

"Technology For Country Folks," sent to us by Mike.

WHERE THE HECK IS BORODINO?NYS, Onondaga County
Nestled between Lakes Otisco and Skaneateles, that's where! Maps.

INTERVIEW WITH LIZ VINZANT KELLY
They grow up in Borodino, and move away. But they still visit! As Spafford changes slowly from a farming community to a residential community, we take a look at a woman who grew up here in Borodino, Liz Vinzant Kelly, who now lives in Gallup, New Mexico. She sends us pix!

"THE WALL" IS GONE
Gone, but not forgot. See the new view from my window. (Yes, there's music, too.) To see my Wall Collection from the past year, go to the Archives.

ADELPHIA CABLE UPDATE:
Date: Fri, 2 Nov 2001 
From: Ken Lieberman 

NYSEG has given permission to Alltel and Nextel to start telephone wire relocations on NYSEG poles. Both of these phone companies have already been paid for their work by Adelphia. The telephone wire relocations should start in about one week. NYSEG has a few poles to replace in this process. Also, the fiber optic interface box concrete pad construction should start next week as well.
Read more in last month's NewsStand.

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Page last updated November 23, 2001

JOE'S CARTOONS
See Joe Read. See Joe's cartoons. The "Borodino Below Standard", by Joe Vecc

Re: Steve Bailey attacked by youths when he refuses to buy them cigarettes.

READER'S PAGE
"Message from Ted Nugent", sent by Dave from Navarino.

"An Open Letter to America", by Chad King, age 21
'The terrorist attacks on our country has made every individual more aware. Our country is supposed to be so strong and so secure, yet look what happened on September 11th. It was a wake up call ..[More inside...]  

"A Poem to Osama bin Laden", by 13 year-old Nicole Hunt
'bin Laden, oh, bin Laden how sweet you are. You kill thousands of people and you think that's who you are. Well the U.S. has some news for you...' [Read more inside.]

PRINTABLE AMERICAN FLAGS
The graphic below will print perfectly on a standard 8.5" x 11" piece of printer paper.
Download these files to your hard drive or floppy to print your own flag. americanflag.pdf (129 kb) or americanflag.gif (49 kb)

THE WORLD OUTSIDE BORODINO

JOHN PODHORETZ FROM THE NY POST SAYS "SURE" TO REPRINT IN THE BULLETT

Of course, I promised we'd use his picture, too. This is a GREAT column from October 8th, 2001, "Osama bin Laden Comes Clean".

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