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Today is Recyclables Collection Day.
Garbage Collection is on Friday.
It's 57 degrees at 5:30 a.m.
The TWCNY Weather Forecast:
"Warm Thursday; Hot & Humid Friday.
Tonight will be mainly clear, cool and comfortable with lows in the 50s to near 60 degrees.
Thursday will be very warm and bit more humid with a blend of sun and clouds. Highs will be in the low and mid 80s.
Friday will be hot and very humid with a mix of sun and clouds. Highs on Friday will be in the 80s to near 90 degrees. The threat for showers and thunderstorms will return to the forecast until Friday night into Saturday, which is when our next cold front should work in. This will result in temperatures dropping into the low and mid 70s this weekend.
High pressure should dominate from Sunday into the early part of next week with plenty of sunshine and highs in the 70s."
"Warm Thursday; Hot & Humid Friday.
Tonight will be mainly clear, cool and comfortable with lows in the 50s to near 60 degrees.
Thursday will be very warm and bit more humid with a blend of sun and clouds. Highs will be in the low and mid 80s.
Friday will be hot and very humid with a mix of sun and clouds. Highs on Friday will be in the 80s to near 90 degrees. The threat for showers and thunderstorms will return to the forecast until Friday night into Saturday, which is when our next cold front should work in. This will result in temperatures dropping into the low and mid 70s this weekend.
High pressure should dominate from Sunday into the early part of next week with plenty of sunshine and highs in the 70s."
Wednesday afternoon.
Bathing beauties at the Brouillette Road beach.
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IN THE NEWS
Front Page Headlines from
THE WATERVILLE TIMES
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IN THE NEWS
Front Page Headlines from
THE WATERVILLE TIMES
"Letter to the Community"
"And They’re Off"
"Pre-K Expands For Full Day"
"Building a Better Ice Cream"
"New Vet At Paris Hill"
"Wheel Days Sept. 26-28"
"Primary Is Tuesday"
To read more, please click HERE.
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IN THE MAIL
From "Rusty" Frederick, this beautiful photograph of a Tiger Swallowtail.
(Click to enlarge.)
Thank you, Rusty!
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With thanks to Jeff Reynolds:
Members of the Waterville Garden Club explore fungi with
Sharon Yager from MidYork Mycological Society.
Members of the Waterville Garden Club explore fungi with
Sharon Yager from MidYork Mycological Society.
The Society meets at Utica College and they're on call to identify specimens 337-4431 or 339-3515.
How important is it to be really, really sure exactly what mushrooms you've found before you decide to take them home and sautée them for dinner?
VERY!
©PsB for "Edible Wild Mushrooms of N. America"
Fischer and Bessette.
How important is it to be really, really sure exactly what mushrooms you've found before you decide to take them home and sautée them for dinner?
VERY!
Fischer and Bessette.
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From Steve and Karen Cleary,
Presenting the All-new
"Half-way to Patty's Day"
T-shirt for Cruise-in!
Front
Back
The shirts are $8 each and are available at Belfield Insurance.
The sizes avaliable are: xxx-lg, xx-lg, xl, lg, medium, small.
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.... and, from Jody Barnes, this announcement:
.... and, from Jody Barnes, this announcement:
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HAPPENING TODAY
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Soccer Kick-off Tournament at 5:00
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Friday 5:30 - 7:00
MPS Welcome Back Ice Cream Social
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Saturday from 9:00 - noon
Music Booster CAR WASH
at WCS.
Soccer Kick-off Tournament Continues
1:00 - 7:30 p.m.
Swing Choir Auditions
1:00 - 3:00 p.m.
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WCS SPORTS
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At the Library Today
Stop at the library between
2:30-4:30 & 6:00 -7:00 pm
for a free
ICE CREAM SUNDAE
to celebrate the first day of school!
"Kids of all ages can stop into the library after school to make a sundae! We'll have ice cream and all sorts of different toppings."
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Friday 1 pm Matinee: Ken Burns: The Address
"THE ADDRESS, a 90-minute feature length documentary by Ken Burns, aired on PBS in the spring of 2014. The film tells the story of a tiny school in Putney Vermont, the Greenwood School, where each year the students are encouraged to practice, memorize, and recite the Gettysburg Address. In its exploration of the Greenwood School, the film also unlocks the history, context and importance of President Lincoln’s most powerful address." PBS.
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Starting this Saturday
THE LIBRARY WILL BE OPEN
from 10 am - 2 pm, again!
THE LIBRARY WILL BE OPEN
from 10 am - 2 pm, again!
Stop in, relax a little,
and get some good reads for the weekend.
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FOR THE RECORD
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A brief excerpt from
"Schools in the Village of Waterville"by Norman R. Cowen, Sangerfield Historian, 1949"Some time between 1787 and 1789, the first school was built in the (Huddle), christened Waterville in the fall of 1808. My source of information states that the first school was across from the Hotel. Other schools later were, The Old Academy on White Street, A school on Madison Street and many other buildings were used for classes.
At a meeting held in conformity to an act of the legislature, Isaac Terry Jr. was chosen moderator, Josiah Bacon, clerk, Ruben Tower and John Williams, trustees. At a second meeting, October 21 1813, with William Osborne as chairman, it was voted to build a school house. The wood to be furnished by levying a tax upon the taxable inhabitants of this district, and that a tax of seventy-five be levied to furnish wood and a stove. November 22, it was voted to look up a "scite" for the new school house. January 7, 1814, it was voted that the "scite" for the new school house be on the southeast part of the (triangle) green or common near the house of Jacob Bunce. That the house be built after a model exhibited at this meeting by Jothan Tower viz: length 51 ft, width 26 ft, with convenient porch, that the school house be built of brick and stone with a cupaloe for a bell.
The year of 1819 was a year of agreements and disagreements. October 8 it was voted to allow all denominations the use of the school house for religious service. October 25 it was voted to allow no denominations to hold meetings. In 1820 it was wisely decided to let the trustees manage the school as they thought proper. In 1821, Amos Osborne was moderator and Aaron Stafford, clerk. April 10, 1835, there was a broadening of opinion which repealed a former vote and give all religious denominations a right to hold meetings in the school house.
Henry Tower, moderator, Elihu Newberry, clerk
In 1849 the use of well water was $3, in 1858 $5, in 1866 $10, the water bill for 1913 was $120.
On May 15, 1871, it was unanimously voted to raise by tax $17,000 to build on the site of the old school a new building after the plan of the new school house on Corn Hill, Utica."
The Stafford Avenue School Building was built in 1930.
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" School days, school days
Dear old Golden Rule days
'Reading and 'riting and 'rithmetic
Taught to the tune of the hick'ry stick
You were my queen in calico
I was your bashful, barefoot beau
And you wrote on my slate, "I Love You, Joe"
When we were a couple o' kids. "
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Have a great weekend, everyone!
and get some good reads for the weekend.
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FOR THE RECORD
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A brief excerpt from
"Schools in the Village of Waterville"by Norman R. Cowen, Sangerfield Historian, 1949"Some time between 1787 and 1789, the first school was built in the (Huddle), christened Waterville in the fall of 1808. My source of information states that the first school was across from the Hotel. Other schools later were, The Old Academy on White Street, A school on Madison Street and many other buildings were used for classes.
At a meeting held in conformity to an act of the legislature, Isaac Terry Jr. was chosen moderator, Josiah Bacon, clerk, Ruben Tower and John Williams, trustees. At a second meeting, October 21 1813, with William Osborne as chairman, it was voted to build a school house. The wood to be furnished by levying a tax upon the taxable inhabitants of this district, and that a tax of seventy-five be levied to furnish wood and a stove. November 22, it was voted to look up a "scite" for the new school house. January 7, 1814, it was voted that the "scite" for the new school house be on the southeast part of the (triangle) green or common near the house of Jacob Bunce. That the house be built after a model exhibited at this meeting by Jothan Tower viz: length 51 ft, width 26 ft, with convenient porch, that the school house be built of brick and stone with a cupaloe for a bell.
The year of 1819 was a year of agreements and disagreements. October 8 it was voted to allow all denominations the use of the school house for religious service. October 25 it was voted to allow no denominations to hold meetings. In 1820 it was wisely decided to let the trustees manage the school as they thought proper. In 1821, Amos Osborne was moderator and Aaron Stafford, clerk. April 10, 1835, there was a broadening of opinion which repealed a former vote and give all religious denominations a right to hold meetings in the school house.
Henry Tower, moderator, Elihu Newberry, clerk
In 1849 the use of well water was $3, in 1858 $5, in 1866 $10, the water bill for 1913 was $120.
On May 15, 1871, it was unanimously voted to raise by tax $17,000 to build on the site of the old school a new building after the plan of the new school house on Corn Hill, Utica."
The Stafford Avenue School Building was built in 1930.
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" School days, school days
Dear old Golden Rule days
'Reading and 'riting and 'rithmetic
Taught to the tune of the hick'ry stick
You were my queen in calico
I was your bashful, barefoot beau
And you wrote on my slate, "I Love You, Joe"
When we were a couple o' kids. "
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Have a great weekend, everyone!
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