POMPEY, N.Y. In 1978, Bob Manikheim and his wife, Joyce, were living in a development in Fayetteville.

It seemed like the houses were just two feet apart, he joked. We wanted more space.

He found it.

He bought two acres of property out on Cazenovia Road in Pompey and then, through what Manikheim calls happenstance, he acquired eight more contiguous lots around it for a grand total of 60 acres.

He called the land there rough and bad and likened it to a swamp with many dead trees.

But he was more than up to the task, joking that the work allowed to relieve stress on the weekends.

It took a long time to coral all the water and open it up, he said.

He dug several crystal-clear ponds, built a gazebo, and planted hundreds of new spruce trees.

His family gathered around him, occupying three homes on his property. He called it his family compound.

But things change.

In 2008, and some family moving on, he wanted to build a new home there. One that was quiet and private and took advantage of the beautiful countryside.

His new three-bedroom, three-bathroom house is at the end of a 2,000-foot driveway.

It is not really a driveway, he joked. It is a street!

Manikheim modestly says the home was meant to be functional and to look pretty good.

The home was built to be open and easy to move around in. He says he and his wife can live easily on just the ground floor.

The floor plan is open, and the home has high ceilings and many windows.

We went overboard with windows, he said, adding that there was no sense to do all this work outdoors and not enjoy it.

The kitchen is a special favorite for him.

He enjoys having breakfast in the dining area and looking out at the wildlife, like deer, raccoon, foxes and every bird you can think of.

Everyday someone new walks by, he said.

The kitchen, great room, with its many windows and beautiful gas fireplace, and master bedroom all have access to the deck which runs the entire length of the front of the house.

The property is an outdoors lovers paradise.

It feels like you are in the country there, Manikheim said. You think you are someplace else when you visit.

Hiking, snowshoeing, skiing, and ATV riding are all possible there.

The swimmers pond has been stocked with bass, has its own private beach, and is grated for both young and more experienced swimmers. A pond house with a bathroom, sink and refrigerator is where his children had parties while growing up.

A wildlife pond is stocked with minnows, which attract birds like blue heron and are used to feed the bass in the other pond.

After all these years there, he feels the property is too much for someone his age.

Manikheim says it is bittersweet to leave the property after all the work he has done there.

Anyone moving in will have the knowledge of knowing we did things right.

He and his wife plan to remain in the area and help their children with the new breweries they are opening, Seneca Street Brewery and Erie Canal Brewing Company.

(NOTE: Manikheim is selling the home and the entire 39 acres for one price but is willing to sell the house and just 13 acres for a lower price.)

For more information about this property, please contact realtors Sophia Sorrentino Benjamin, of Weichert Realtors of the Bollinger Group, or Allen Olmsted, of Canaan Realty. Their information is below.

THE DETAILS

Address: 8417 Cazenovia Road, Manlius, N.Y. 13104

Price: $1,100,000 (This price is for the house and all 39 acres. The owners will sell the house and 13 acres the home is on for $965,000. The mortgage figure is for 39-acre option.)

Size: 4,723 square feet

Acreage: 39 acres

Monthly Mortgage: $3,714 (based on this weeks national average rate of 3.01 percent, according to Freddie Mac, for a 30-year fixed-rate mortgage with a 20 percent down payment. Fees and points not included.)

Taxes: $21,447 (Based on assessed value of $529,400)

Built: 2008

School District: Fayetteville-Manlius

Kitchen: The kitchen is really big and really open. It features plenty natural all hickory cabinets, oak flooring and granite counter and splashboard. It has a large island, two ovens, a six-burner stove with griddle and a large refrigerator. Bob and Joyce Manikheim enjoy breakfast in the dining area surrounded by windows which looks out onto the gazebo and gardens. They watch the wildlife from there.

Living areas: The home was built to be open and functional. Visitors arrive in the large front foyer which has built-in display shelves, recessed and decorative lighting and two large closets. The living room has high cathedral ceilings and a large stone fireplace with gas logs. The large floor-to-ceiling windows let in tons of natural light and has views of the Mickey Mouse pond and waterfall. There is a den/office which could be made into a fourth bedroom. A downstairs living area has a second stone gas fireplace and built-in bookshelves. It is mainly used as a Television room. It has radiant heated floors. There is a convenient laundry room.

Master bedroom: The master bedroom has all oak flooring and recessed lighting. It has a huge walk-in closet with built-in shelves and center island dresser. It has many windows and access to the deck. There three bedrooms in the house.

Master bathroom: The master bath has two sinks and granite counters. There is a small hair and makeup studio for Joyce. The tile floor has radiant heat in it. The very large shower unit has extra jets. The two other full bathrooms have bathtubs.

Outdoors: The home is located on 39 acres of property set well off the road. Visitors arrive at a 2,000-foot driveway. Manikheim has done over 38 years of landscaping there, including grooming trails, opening fields, planting spruce trees, and digging several ponds. There are hiking and cross-country ski trails. The Swimming Pond is stocked with bass and has its own beach. It was grated for young and old swimmers. It is about 13 feet deep at its deepest point. The children would have parties there with a cute pond house there with air-conditioning, refrigerator, microwave, and bathroom. The area is private and has security lighting. The property also includes two metal pole barns and a three-bay attached garage. A breezeway to the garage is heated and has air-conditioning.

Location: The owner likes to say that the property is like a trip to the country but centrally located. It is two miles from the village of Manlius, four miles to Fayetteville and 13 to Syracuse. Owner says he is a half-mile away from bank, shopping, food, and Urgent Care.

Agent: Sophia Sorrentino Benjamin

Weichert Realtors, The Bollinger Group

Address: 7137 East Genesee Street, Fayetteville, N.Y. 13066

Phone: (315) 657-4466

Email: sophia@thebollingergroup.net

Agent: Allen Olmsted

Canaan Realty

Address: 8645 East Seneca Turnpike, Manlius, N.Y. 13104

Phone: (315) 682-4500

Email: Allen@nyland.forsale

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A new holiday experience is coming to Redding.

The Garden of Lights opens the day after Thanksgiving at Turtle Bay's McConnell Botanical Gardens with the promise of a million colorful lights strung from shrubs and trees, glimmering in the night.

"It's a walking experience where you go through each section. You look at the lights and enjoy them, and slowly move as a group," said Seth McGaha, spokesman for Turtle Bay Exploration Park.

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"It's thrilling for kids and adults alike to walk through and see all the animations and the music. It's a really great experience," McGaha said.

An employee night Thursday offered a peek of what the public will be able to see from Nov. 27 to Dec. 27.

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Visitors will entera holiday village where food and campfires are situatedbefore they take aone-way path that meanders through 10 acres of festive lights.

The highlights are a Candy Cane Causeway with a scent of peppermint in the air and nearly 200 feet of light tunnels. There's also an illuminated gazebo with a bench where people were taking holiday photos duringThursday's rehearsal.

The Garden of Lights at Turtle Bays McConnell Arboretum debuts Nov. 27, the Friday after Thanksgiving. For tickets, go to Reddinggardenoflights.org. Redding Record Searchlight

McGaha said masks are required when people enter but are optional the rest of the way in the garden for household groups, who are also asked to socially distance.

The Garden of Lights is locatedon the north side of the Sundial Bridge at 844 Sundial Bridge Drive.

For out-of-towners, the nearby Sheraton Redding Hotel is offering overnight packages.

McGaha recommends guests buy tickets online at Redding Garden of Lightsto receive a $5 discount. Children up to 5 years old are free and there's various prices for adults with discounts for Turtle Bay members.

Two people walk through an illuminated tunnel in the Garden of Lights at Turtle Bay's McConnell Botanical Gardens during employee night on Thursday, Nov. 19, 2020.(Photo: Mike Chapman/Record Searchlight)

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Santa Claus won't make it to Garden City Center in Cranston this year because of COVID-19, but the shopping center says his elveswill visit, and the halls will be decked.

The realities of the pandemic and the need for social distancing are forcing all of us to do things differently this year, and yet we know that shoppers look forward to Garden City Centers festive holiday traditions and we want to keep as much of that as possible this year, saidJoe Koechel, general manager.

In Santa's absence, the shopping center's tradition of holiday strolls will continue. The strolls will feature carolers in Victorian-era clothing, hot chocolate and a brass holiday band playing traditional and modern holiday songs.

Santa will also send some of his elves to walk around during the strollshanding out the occasional "surprise"for children and adults, too.

The strolls will befrom 5 to 7 p.m. Nov. 28, December 5 and December 12.

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For families looking to take Christmas photos, the shopping center saysthe Verde Garden Shop, a seasonal pop-up, has designed a display at the gazebo that features trees andwreathes where families can take holiday photographs.

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NAUGATUCK For the third time in five months, police charged a 66-year-old registered sex offender with masturbating in public.

Police arrested Francis Scott Keen, of 18 Barnum Court, Naugatuck, at about 7 p.m. Tuesday after they say he was masturbating downtown in public.

Deputy Police Chief C. Colin McAllister said a woman, who was driving past Salem School with a child in the car, told police she saw Keen exposing and fondling himself near the playscape at Salem Elementary School on Meadow Street.

When officers arrived, McAllister said, they spotted Keen with his pants unbuckled on a bench on the Green, which is across the street from the school. Keen tried to walk away when he saw the officers, McAllister said.

Officers found Keen with a bottle of baby oil, police said.

Police charged Keen with public indecency, second-degree breach of peace and loitering in or about school. Police held Keen on a $25,000 bond, which was doubled when he appeared in Waterbury Superior Court on Wednesday. He did not post bond and is scheduled to appear in court again on Dec. 9.

This is the third time in the past five months Naugatuck police charged Keen, a registered sex offender, with public indecency.

On June 19, police arrested Keen after they say he was masturbating in the gazebo on the Green in the afternoon.

On Aug. 21, officers charged Keen after police say they found him with his pants and belt undone sitting on a rock on the side of Fairview Avenue. Police said Keen had several bottles of lubricant in his possession.

These cases are still pending in Superior Court, according to online judicial records.

Keen, a registered sex offender, has a history of public indecency.

In 1998, he was convicted of risk of injury to a child after he appeared to masturbate with his hands down his pants in front of two children, 14 and 15, according to the Connecticut Sex Offender Registry.

In 2010, Keen was convicted of risk of injury to a child after approaching boys in a public area and masturbating while making sexual comments, records show.

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Once in Volgograd, I walked to the Mamayev Kurgan, the dominant hill overlooking the city, where I visited the Second World War mausoleum. Further down the river, I stopped by Tsagan Aman, the only kalmyk town located on the Volga. After visiting the Buddhist temple, locals took me to a restaurant, where I drank traditional milk tea, and berk, meat dumplings with yak butter.

During my last days of paddling, I was getting closer to the city of Astrakhan. Here, far away from any nearby reservoirs, the river regains its independence, its ardour, and draws voluptuous meanders as it curls around innumerable islands dusted with fine sand. I saw fishermen, wild horses, and white-tailed eagles flying above. By mid-November, I reached Astrakhan, and followed the river delta. On one of my final stops, a group of local fishermen invited me to a delicious lunch of ukha, fish soup. On 15 November, 82 days after starting the trip, and 3,690 km later, I reached Vyzhka. Here, at the southernmost point of the delta, by the shores of the Caspian sea, my journey came to an end.

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If you plan to be in the area on Saturday morning, expect to hear the roar of vintage war planes passing through Charlotte County.

The Welcome Home Vietnam Vets 2020 event will take place starting with a parade at 9 a.m. on Saturday at Port Charlotte Beach Park.

This is the first parade of its kind held in Port Charlotte to honor veterans, organizers say. There will be more than 600 participants including three high school marching bands, military vehicles, ROTC units and a grand marshal.

"It's going to be incredible," said Steve Lineberry, spokesperson for Welcome Home Vets 2020. "Retired Sergeant First Class Melvin Morris will be honored as the grand marshal. He was a special forces soldier in Vietnam and he received the Congressional Medal of Honor at the White House in 2018."

The parade route will continue on Harbor Boulevard, proceed to Edgewater Drive, turning left (west) on Edgewater Drive to the William R. Gaines, Jr. Veterans Memorial Park. The eastbound side of Edgewater will be blocked off, so attendees may park on Edgewater Drive and sit in the median. If you plan to watch, organizers say, bring a lawn chair and arrive early.

"We will be handing out 2,000 flags to parade watchers to show support for the veterans,"Lineberry said.

The parade will include veterans along with dignitaries, marchers, Vietnam-era military vehicles on the ground and Huey helicopters overhead.

After the parade, a full day of activities is planned at the Charlotte Sports Park located at2300 El Jobean Road.

A Walk of Honor will be staged near home plate inside the stadium.

"People who would like to honor a loved one who has served created banners that include the name, rank, photo and time served," said parade organizerSam Taylor. "This event is for vets of the Vietnam era because very few of them were thanked for their service upon returning home."

Guests can view replicas of vintage submarines and other items that soldiers used during combat.

Huey helicopters are expected to fly over the Charlotte Sports Park at about 1 p.m. At 2 p.m., the warbird pilots will circle over the park. Helicopter rides will be available for $65 per person.

Gates open at 11 a.m. and general admission seats are $20. The event is free to all veterans.

Live entertainment will feature a concert by Lee Greenwood, as well as performances by Mike Riley & The Boogiemen, Bandana, Marcella Brown and more.

Today at noon at the gazebo at Veterans Park in Punta Gorda, there will be a brief program and a wreath-laying ceremony with special guest Vietnam Medal of Honor recipient Melvin Morris. Taps will be played and there will be a 21-gun salute. Everyone is welcome.

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Stunning one-of-a-kind 3200 sq ft Westend home w/separate finished 1800 sq ft building for home business or extra family dwelling. Home is all renovated complete w/a Chef's kitchen & top of the line appliances including gas Bertazzoni Range, 2 Refrigerator Drawers, & full size wine fridge. Upstairs has 2 lg bdrms, 2 renovated bathrooms, & living room w/fireplace. Master bedroom has private attached deck. A 3 season sunroom upstairs overlooking the gardens. Downstairs adds 3 lg bdrms, w/new carpet, 1.5 baths, media room, laundry, & work out space. Park your toys & cars in the 4 car heated garage. The b/y has a gazebo, 3-tier pond w/waterfall, & fire pit. The 1800 sq ft. finished building is a rare find. Completely finished with 1200 sq ft of space down, 600 sq ft of office/storage up, & a bathroom. NEW VINYL WINDOWS, ROOFS, HOME FURNACE, AC'S, & a private park-like yard.

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1301 W. Seminary Avenue, Lutherville, MD 21093

Hot House: A 1902 house for a 2020 lifestyle. Bell Gate is a delightful house set back off of a long driveway with three bedrooms and three bathrooms, mature trees and gardens, a pool and a pool house. Asking price: $1.15 million.

What: If you want solitude, space and privacy, but dont want to be too far away from the Jones Falls Expressway or I-695, this board-and-batten farmhouse complete with period details, modern amenities, and a pool on two acres might just be what youve been seeking. This warm, comfortable house is set back on wooded property, with plenty of open space. The house itself, made of board and batten, has a rambling first floor including a new kitchen, with a breakfast area and butlers pantry; living room with fireplace, built-in bookcases, beamed ceiling and parquet floor; dining room with French doors; and a great room with a fireplace. There is also an addition that could be used as an office space or a ground-floor bedroom. It also includes an en suite bathroom.

The second floor includes the main bedroom and a recently updated luxury bathroom, as well as two additional bedrooms, and a bathroom, laundry room and storage space.The grounds of Bell Gate feature gardens with a wide variety of mature trees and flowering plants, along with a pool, pool-house and a gazebo. There is also a two-car garage along the driveway.

Where: Although the address is on busy West Seminary Avenue, the house is not visible from the road and the driveway is tucked away, just west of Tally Ho Road. Blink and you will miss it. It is very near the city via 83 and 695, and its convenient to restaurants, shopping, and more with Green Spring Station a little over a mile away.

Final Appraisal: A property like this one does not come on the market very often. It has a lot of assets that make it special, not the least of which is its location. Not to mention the good size of the house and the lovely gardens. The listing is here.

CORRECTION: This story has been corrected to more accurately describe how to get to the house. The previous version indicated that it could be reached via Trelawny Court. It is not. It is accessed via Seminary Road.

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Do you have the COVID-19 blues? Feeling a little blah, bored, restless, hopeless? Then be good to yourself and get a little eco therapy, only choose a new place. Change that routine. Get out and walk and explore right in town. Take along some binoculars and a camera.

I was feeling really in need of a change, so we headed out to the Arboretum, a place I hadnt visited for a while. We entered near the gazebo at the west end and headed for the creek. Within five minutes my spirits were lifted. The late afternoon sun was shining on three Chinese pistache trees in brilliant red fall color reflected in the pond.

I observed a western bluebird perched on a sign and suddenly a flock of birds, including many western bluebirds flew past me. And in the widened portion of the pond were two handsome wood ducks. The Arboretum has an online plant sale going on now. Want to attract more birds to your yard? Theyll have the plants.

Take your binoculars and head out to the North Ponds. Ed Whisler and Joshua Greenfield did a bird survey around the two ponds and spotted 45 species last Saturday. Their finds included two hooded mergansers, common gallinule, killdeer, greater yellow legs, 10 Northern flickers, 25 bushtits, and eight ruby-crowned kinglets. Listen for the flicker with its loud kleeeyer call easy to identify or a wik-wik-wik.

Fall migration is bringing new birds into our backyards and open spaces daily.

New birds returning to winter in Davis make my day. My bird feeders are right outside my kitchen sink so even kitchen cleaning is brightened by new species in my yard. This year, dark-eyed juncos are plentiful. White-crowned sparrows have returned and how I love their pleasant sounds. Some people think it sounds like sitli-sitli-te-te-te-te-te-te-zrrrr. Im delighted by the red-breasted nuthatch that crawl down the tree trunk, hurriedly grab a seed from the column feeder and they are off again. They were new to my yard last year and Im glad they are back. And we hear their nasal anh-anh-anh-anh.

Last week we did a getaway at Lake Solano and launched our kayaks. Theres a free place to launch them on Putah Creek Road, right across from a parking area before you get to the park. Someone even put a carpet down to help you slide your kayak down a little slope.

We ended up repeatedly scaring up a flock of at least 100 buffleheads. They are a small, compact duck with a large head. The adult males are black and white with white on the back of the head. The non-breeding ducks have a distinctive oval white patch on the head.

We saw great blue herons, egrets, mallards, Canada geese, cormorants, red-winged blackbirds and more. But just being on the water, with beautiful reflections, felt like another world. Saw a number of people on stand-up paddleboards.

The North Davis Ditch (North Davis Conveyance Channel) offers three places to walk along 1.25 miles between Sycamore Lane and F Street. Walk down in the ditch for one perspective, up along the west side of the ditch along the farmers fields with a peek at the birds on the Whitcomb Pond, or walk on the paved walk along the ditch. Volunteers regularly work in the ditch, removing weeds and improving habitat.

Then you can head out to the Yolo Basin though you might want to wait until after Thanksgiving and on into December. New bridges have replaced culverts that were too small. Because of the construction, there was about 100 acres less mudflat flooded in August so fewer shorebirds than usual. Winter ducks will begin arriving soon and there will be more flooding.

Since Veterans Day, U.S. veterans and Gold Star families have free lifetime access to all national parks, wildlife refuges and other federal public lands.

So, I hope that is an incentive for many of you to go out and enjoy nature.

Brant Jorgenson reports the sighting of a bald eagle in the redwood tree behind 615 Marina Circle, south side of Marina Circle. We seem to be getting more and more reports of bald eagles, usually in North Davis. Theyve made such a recovery once we stopped using the pesticide DDT. Forty years ago they were in danger of extinction. Well, theres something we got right. We can indeed change our ways.

Jean Jackman is a Davis resident. Her column is on the third Wednesday of each month. Got a story, question, correction? Contact her [emailprotected]

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No indoor dining, no theater, no workout at the gym and a return to tighter restrictions on how many people can be inside a business or church. Those are some of the statewide restrictions that took effect late Monday to try to curb the fast rise of the COVID-19 pandemic across Washington.

Anacortes restaurants that adapted last March to Phase 1 restrictions will have to step back the advances they made, but this time the weather is getting colder and wetter.

With indoor seating prohibited and winter weather arriving, we are put in a position to fail, Joseph Lopez said, who owns the Union Tavern.

The tavern will maximize its outdoor space by providing heaters and awnings to shelter customers from the rain and cold and will rely heavily on to-go orders.

It is a challenge for all businesses, especially the service industry, which seems to be the hardest hit, Lopez said. Still, we must be positive.

ATown Bistro will have to reduce hours, owner Tim Moffitt said.

He has invested over $4,000 in setting up a wooden gazebo for their parklet including heaters and seating, for a comfortable outdoor area.

Hopefully we see a payoff, or at least break even, Moffitt said. Besides offering their whole menu as takeout, the bistro will have half-off bottles of wine and cocktails to go.

Barbara Atterberry, co-owner of Bobs Chowder, heard the governors advisement Thanksgiving gatherings last week, but was totally caught off guard, by the new restrictions, she said.

The restaurant is going back to its Phase 1 setup, with tables removed and a designated entrance, exit and waiting area. Shes also has to lay off seven staff members.

Theyre like family; were pretty broken about that, Atterbery said, noting the added difficulty with the upcoming holidays.

If we all band together and protect one another, we will all be through this sooner rather than later, she said.

Meanwhile, Austin Lash of the new Paris Restaurant said they have halted last phases of construction inside the restaurant and are now focusing on building their outdoor seating, including a gazebo.

He is currently exploring options like selling wholesale meals to groceries and utilizing delivery services, possibly even adding an in-house delivery driver.

Were doing the best we can, Lash said.

The new measures, which include 25% capacity restrictions inside most businesses, will remain in effect until at least Dec. 14, according to Gov. Jay Inslees order.

In announcing the restrictions, Inslee also noted several measures to help businesses and residents ride out the economic impacts of the restrictions, among them $50 million in grants and loans for businesses, a continued moratorium on evictions, and plans to provide nutrition assistance for families.

He also assured Washingtonians that the dollars are there to cover unemployment benefits.

The Fidalgo Pool and Fitness Center will have to close its fitness center, but the pool will remain open with limited swimmers and social distancing measures.

We are following the directive of the county health department to the letter, pool Executive Director Mitch Everton said. Classes will be offered online.

John Archibald, owner of Johnny Picassos, said the new measures did not surprise him, and the shop will focus now on to-go drinks and promoting take-home pottery kits.

Mayor Laurie Gere said the city is exploring ways to expand financial assistance to local businesses while also asking residents to do their part.

I am asking that we all commit to purchasing once a week from a local restaurant for a takeout meal, she said.

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