Ithaca journal11/6/2023 ![]() ![]() The State Department of Health posted signs several weeks ago warning visitors to wipe their feet and wash their hands after leaving the gorge because of the health hazards of lead exposure, and to be particularly cautious about bringing children into an area that until very recently was considered one of the city's jewels. The city, which acquired the land earlier this year from Cornell University for $1, has come under fire from some residents who say the property was inadequately investigated. The federal Environmental Protection Agency, which tested the soil last month, is considering adding Fall Creek Gorge to the national Superfund Priority List, which could lead to emergency removal of the topsoil. Much of the shot ended up - perhaps through gravity, erosion or deliberate dumping - in a beautiful city-owned gorge adjacent to the factory, where tourists and residents come to admire the 150-foot waterfall at Fall Creek and to fish and picnic, and where generations of students from nearby Ithaca High School have climbed in search of escape from their teachers and responsibilities. But the lead birdshot that its employees blasted out into the world over the decades is still, in a strange way, in motion. The factory is gone now, boarded up since the mid-1980's. But here, he might have pictured lead - millions upon millions of tiny lead shotgun pellets, each about one-sixteenth of an inch in diameter, all fired into the air over the course of 100 years of manufacturing and testing firearms at a place called the Ithaca Gun Company. Online condolences may be made to Matthew’s family at pictured an arrow shot into the air as the perfect metaphor for life's mysteries and the unknowable implications of our actions. Funeral arrangements have been entrusted to Bangs Funeral Home. Graveside services will be held on Saturday, Decemat 11:00 am at Lake View Cemetery, E. A memorial service will follow at 6:00 pm at the funeral home. Family will receive friends on Friday, Decemfrom 4:00 pm to 6:00 pm at Bangs Funeral Home, 209 W. He was always on the go, keeping busy with various projects, hobbies, and passions, some of which included coaching his sons in lacrosse, golfing, boating, snowmobiling, dirt track racing and participating in demolition derby’s. Matthew was well known amongst his peers, family, and friends for his generosity and his friendly, energetic, and talkative spirit. Throughout his career he created many friendships within the department and the community. He later returned to Ithaca and began his career as a Police Office with the Ithaca Police Department beginning April 4,1997 and thereafter serving the Ithaca community for nearly 20 years. After college he spent many years working in Tampa and other parts of Florida. Matthew then continued his education at Ithaca College and played lacrosse there as well. He then went on to SUNY Farmingdale where he received his Associates Degree in Criminal Justice and was a member of the lacrosse team. Matthew graduated from Ithaca High School in 1983. Matthew is also survived by his Uncle Paul (Nancy) Pagliaro, Uncle Amadeo (Patricia) Pagliaro and Aunt Doris (late Phillip) Soyring, as well as many other nieces, nephews, and cousins whom he cared very deeply for. Pagliaro (and family) Symphonie Pagliaro, Mikaela Pagliaro and Giovanni Pagliaro, his sister Sonraeanna Carubia (and family) goddaughter Victoria Pagliaro-Katz and godson Alessandro Carubia. He is also survived by his siblings, Mark D. He was born on Jin Ithaca, NY to his parents, the late Walter and Carol (Soyring) Pagliaro. Matthew Lee Pagliaro, 57, of Ithaca, NY passed Monday, November 21, 2022, in Ocala, FL. ![]()
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