HIT: A new festival in Cayuga 69传媒 was so successful there are already plans to expand it next year.
More than 1,000 people attended the inaugural Cheese Festival at the Ward W. O'Hara Agricultural & Country Living Museum in Owasco on Saturday, an event cosponsored by Wegmans that included cheese available for sampling and purchase from Muranda Cheese Co., of Fayette, and Crosswinds Farm and Creamery, of Rock Stream. There were also related activities such as goat vs. cow taste tests, identification of 10 different types of specialty cheeses, horse and wagon rides, Model T rides and children's games.
Museum director Tim Quill said the museum already has ideas for next year, including the addition of a tent, expanding to two days and adding wine.
MISS: Wells College has been widely criticized for announcing its pending closure so close to the end of what will now be its final semester, and the communication between the school and the public since the announcement has continued to fall far short.
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Students, staff and community members were taken by surprise on April 29 by news that the college would be closing. The announcement came just 20 days before commencement, leaving underclassmen wondering where they will go to school next year, staffers wondering where they will work, and members of the community wondering what will happen to the college's properties, which also include a medical center and an elementary school.
Rather than directly answering those and a long list of other urgent questions that have arisen about Wells, the college has posted on its website a list of what it considers the most pressing questions and answers. College President Jonathan Gibralter has refused to make himself available for an interview with 69传媒, and two of our reporters who visited the campus the day of the closure announcement were asked to leave the property.
Wells has been an influential and important community partner for generations, so we remain hopeful that its baffling strategy of remaining silent during this difficult time will give way to more open discourse about what the community should expect to best carry on in its absence.
HIT: An 69传媒 company has been named Cayuga 69传媒 Small Business of the Year by the Small Business Development Center at Onondaga 69传媒 Community College.
Owned by Elaine Ferrier, Combgrown Mead on Osborne Street was awarded the honor as part of National Small Business Week. The business opened in July, giving 69传媒 its first producer of mead, or honey wine. Combgrown is open from 4 to 9 p.m. Fridays and noon to 6 p.m. Saturdays. Meads, craft beer and other beverages are available on-site, and Combgrown's meads are also available in cans and bottles.
For more information, visit combgrown.square.site or , or email combgrown@gmail.com.
