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Your weekly news and community updates from the Town of Webster

To receive this newsletter via email, please visit:

ci.webster.ny.us/585/Town-Newsletter

August 16, 2021

Saturday, August 21st

At North Ponds Park

EVENT SCHEDULE:

5:30 - 10:00 p.m. - Food Trucks / Music

8:30 p.m. - Design your Lantern

9:00 - 10:00 p.m. - Lantern Launch

For tickets: waterlanternfestival.com

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Community News:

Webster resident Mike Shtengrat has become a local

celebrity around town, for selling his jars of honey.

Last week Mike was in a car accident, and we are very

happy to hear he is doing well and already back

selling honey!

Mike and his family are longtime Webster residents,

having immigrated from Ukraine in 1999. Making

honey started as a retirement hobby for Mike about

10 years ago and true to form, even an accident could

not keep him from his beekeeping the next day.

You can find Mike selling honey on the roadside, both

in Webster and Penfield. He can be found most days

at a table with an umbrella for shade, in all kinds of

weather. To find Mike’s daily locations for sales,

check out the Honeyman Facebook Page. Photo Courtesy Honeyman Facebook Page

All of Webster wishes you a speedy recovery Mike!

Friends of Webster Trails:

Thank you to Bud, Craig, Linda,

Tom, Fred, Denise, Ron, the

youth mountain biking group

and parents, and everyone else

who volunteered to move and

place gravel and remove rock

and cut roots from the trails at

the Bird Sanctuary Trail and

the Chiyoda Trail.

We appreciate all of the hard

work these volunteers do to

keep Webster’s trails in great

condition for all of our

community to enjoy!

webstertrails.org

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Parks & Recreation: To register for programs: ci.webster.ny.us/104/Parks-Recreation

Coming Soon: Family Mud Run! Saturday, September 18th Tickets: ci.webster.ny.us/104/Parks-Recreation Family friendly, Non-competitive, untimed event for those ages 5+! $5 per person includes giveaways and a 1/2-mile muddy wet run! Register FOR program #301202 & select time slot from 10 a.m. – 12 p.m.

Finish the run, get hosed off, tour our parks barn & GRAB SOME FOOD!

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Webster Health and Education Network

A Drug Free Community Coalition

2021 Community Assessment:

WHEN:DFCC conducted a survey of Webster adults and a series of confidential focus

groups with Webster students to better understand the perceptions, attitudes and

experiences of these groups with respect to the use/abuse of alcohol, tobacco, vaping

products, and prescription drugs by youth under the age of 21. The findings will be used to

inform the WHEN:DFCC effort to educate the community/students and promote healthy

life choices by youth. Link to Survey Results

For more

information:

whendfcc.org

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Sensory Inclusive Designation

The Webster Public Library has partnered with KultureCity to make the library sensory inclusive! Sensory bags, equipped with noise canceling headphones, fidget tools, verbal cue cards, and weighted lap pads will also be available to all guests who may feel overwhelmed by the environment. These individuals will also be able to use a dedicated sensory area with a sensory station for those who may need a quieter and more secure environment. We are glad for the chance to make the library a more welcoming and inclusive place for all our community!

Used Book Donations

The Friends of the Webster Public Library regret that we will not be accepting book donations temporarily. We will begin accepting donations later in the fall of this year following our Fall Indoor Book Sale. We are compelled to make this decision because we simply have no more room to store books. Thanks to the very generous book donations we have received from the community over the past several months, we have more books than space allows.

Also, thanks to those generous donations we will have many wonderful books to offer at our sale in October!

If you have books to donate in the meantime, please check with other area libraries or drop the books at the Savers or Goodwill donation centers. We apologize for any inconvenience and thank for your past generosity and your understanding of our temporary storage situation.

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Whether you are seeking friendship, exercise, educational programs, or recreational and leisure activities

the Webster Senior Center is one place that is committed to providing these opportunities for residents of

the Town of Webster.

Location: 1350 Chiyoda Drive

Register for all programs online at: webtrac.ci.webster.ny.us or call 872-7103 x 7105

Senior Center website: ci.webster.ny.us/449/Senior-Center

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Tuesday, August 17th – Planning Board Meeting at 7:00 p.m.

Thursday, August 19th – Town Board Meeting at 7:30 p.m.

Tuesday, August 24th – Zoning Board Meeting at 7:00 p.m.

Planning Board Meeting Agenda Highlights:

833 LAKE ROAD TELECOMMUNICATIONS TOWER: Located at 833 Lake Road - PRELIMINARY / FINAL SITE PLAN APPROVAL (PUBLIC HEARING) of a proposed 125’ tall

telecommunications tower. ABERDEEN ESTATES SUBDIVISION: Located on east side of Salt Road.

- PRELIMINARY/FINAL SUBDIVISION AND SITE PLAN APPROVAL (PUBLIC HEARING) for Section I of a 79-lot single family residential subdivision on 69.5-acres.

Town Board Meeting Agenda Highlights:

- Recognition of the life and works of Professor Wolodymyr “Mirko” Pylyshenko.

- Resolution to provide a review and referral to the Planning Board for an office park and (2) hotels to be located on Publisher’s Parkway, per Town Code 225-19.1 H (1)

Board Meetings are now streaming LIVE on our Facebook page:

facebook.com/TownOfWebsterNY

See below for how to participate in all Town Board Meetings:

To View Board Meeting Agendas, Results, and Minutes:

ci.webster.ny.us/323/View-Board-Agendas-Minutes

To view Planning, Zoning & Town Board project documents and send comments:

ci.webster.ny.us/550/Property-Under-Review

To submit comments or questions for any Board Meeting:

Board Meeting Online Comment Form LINK

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Upcoming Events:

Concert: Jimmie Highsmith Jr.

Critically acclaimed, Grammy Nominated and award-winning

Saxophonist Jimmie Highsmith Jr., has shared the stage with and

opened for multiple Grammy Award winners, including Najee, Alicia

Keys, Víctor and Joseph Wooten, Chris Botti, Grover Washington Jr.,

and Wynton Marsalis just to name a few.

In the last ten years he has recorded 10 top selling smooth jazz CD’s

that have sold thousands worldwide with his 6th CD "The Anthology of

Sound" receiving a Grammy Nomination.

August 20th, from 7:00 - 9:00 p.m.

Webster Village Gazebo Park - 27 North Ave

Village Wine Walk

It’s back!!! New places to visit, new wines to taste and a lot of fun. Glass Pick Up will be at Finn’s

Automotive at 45 East Main St in the Village of Webster starting at 3:30 p.m.

Proper ID is required so please do not try to pick up anyone else’s glass. Please adhere to safety rules in

each establishment.

August 21st, from 4:00 - 6:00 p.m.

Main Street in the Village

To purchase tickets:

Ticket LINK

For more information on the Webster Business Improvement District’s Events:

websterbid.com/events

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Webster Trail Classic September 4th, 2021

The Webster Trail Classic will take place in three neighboring parks in Webster. The race will start and end near the Valley View Shelter in Webster Park.

Race Start 8am (10mi)

Race Start 9am (3.5mi)

We need volunteers! Email volunteer@trailsroc.org if you can help us! Registration closes a week before the race, and there is no

day-of registration.

CLICK TO REGISTER

For more information: trailsroc.org/wtc

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St. Rita Church 1008 Maple Dr.

For more information: facebook.com/stritafiesta