Skaneateles

The Onondaga County Executive's Office announced Friday that a 5 mph speed limit and no wake zone order on Skaneateles Lake will remain in place through Labor Day Weekend. The order began Aug. 24 due ... more

This Thursday, former President of the United States, Bill Clinton will be speaking in Skaneateles. He'll be headlining a fundraiser for Terry McAuliffe, a man from Syracuse looking to serve as Virginia's governor for a ... more

Due to the resignation of a school board member, the Skaneateles Central School District Board of Education is now looking for a replacement. The board may replace someone who terminates their position before their term ... more

A public information meeting became tense in the town of Skaneateles when discussing the law legalizing recreational marijuana use. Thirty residents were in attendance and listened as attorney Michael Balestra of Hancock Estabrook went over ... more

A forum will be held regarding the return to school by the Skaneateles Central School District next week. The district asks that residents submit their questions ahead of time. The event will be from 6 ... more

The Finger Lakes Land Trust (FLLT) today announced it has formally opened a new one-mile hiking trail connecting its High Vista Nature Preserve to its Hinchcliff Family Preserve near the south end of Skaneateles Lake ... more

A pilot program has been launched for harmful algal bloom detection on Skaneateles Lake. Senator John Mannion secured the $100,000 in funding for the program according to Syracuse mayor Ben Walsh. By combating the blooms ... more

The Olympics has only recently added sailing as one of their competitive sports, but Skaneateles Sailing Club has offered racing and sailing events since 1976. The history behind sailing in Skaneateles runs deep, with the ... more

As concern for the Delta variant grows amid spikes in cases, the Skaneateles Festival updated their safety guidelines asking that unvaccinated people do not attend and everyone present wears masks. Festival organizers released a statement, ... more

Zack Ford of Skaneateles ran for Mayor in March and lost to trustee Mary Sennett. Now he lives in Hollywood writing screenplays. His current project is a horror movie called "Watcher" and follows the story ... more

The Onondaga County Health Department said that Clift Park Beach in the Village of Skaneateles will be closed for swimming until further notice due to high levels of E. coli bacteria. Swimming will not be ... more

Skaneateles’ Curbstone Festival and sidewalk sales will be happening this weekend from July 15 until July 17. The event welcomes families to highlight local businesses and will happen along Genesee, Jordan, and Fennell streets from ... more

A man who was convicted of kidnapping and raping two women in the 1980s has been released from state prison. In 2019, Christopher Block was all over the news for cutting off his ankle monitor ... more

Rev. Michael Hill has been welcomed by First Presbyterian Church of Skaneateles as their new pastor. Hill is from North Bend, Nebraska, where he was a pastor for six years, a member of the Homestead ... more

Travel and Leisure have compiled a list for travelers looking for places to go with low population density and accessible outdoors. The list is for some of the best small towns in New York with ... more

One person suffered minor injuries after a vintage plane crashed while taking off from the Skaneateles Aerodome on Monday. It happened a little before 2 p.m., according to first responders, who were called to the ... more

Firefighters battled flames in Skaneateles on Sunday after an abandoned building was reported burning. No injuries were reported, according to first responders. The cause of the fire remains under investigation. The structure was described as ... more

The Skaneateles Central School District is going to have to work a little harder to terminate its football coach. A judge granted Joe Sindoni, who was ousted as head football coach earlier, an injunction. The ... more

New York State Police say two people are facing dozens of charges after stealing items from 10 different vehicles in Skaneateles, DeWitt, Pompey and Marcellus. Peter S. Dagostino Jr., 35, of Syracuse, and a 15-year-old ... more

Skaneateles Superintendent Eric Knuth called the increase in COVID-19 cases a concern in a letter to parents and community this week. In it, he noted that the district would switch to fully-remote learning effective Friday ... more

In a bid to protect its public drinking water from algal bloom toxins, the City of Syracuse is seeking a state permit to apply an aquatic pesticide to the northern end of Skaneateles Lake. The ... more