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■ CANTON — Hacketts department store is celebrating its grand opening throughout March. Company officials closed the store's University Plaza outlet in July, reopening in November in Midtown Shopping Plaza.

■ ALEXANDRIA BAY — The Thousand Islands Land Trust will host a "Signs of Spring" nature walk 10 a.m. March 14 on the Macsherry Trail at the Crooked Creek Preserve, north of Alexandria Bay. The walk will be lead by naturalist Peter O'Shea. For more information, contact TILT at 686-5345.

■ HENDERSON — The Town Council will hold a special meeting at 3:30 p.m. Wednesday at the Henderson Town Office, 12105 Town Barn Road, to meet with counsel from Hancock and Estabrook LLP to discuss the litigation of the Article 78 proceedings it is filing against the town of Hounsfield.