Friday

This is a special message from Mark!

"to Waterville resident, blog reader and my Mom, Charlotte Masca. Everyone should have a Mom like I have."

He also has a special post for Mom up on his blog with a poem and some pictures!

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Good Friday Morning.

It's 34 degrees, overcast, and smells Springy.

• Today: Mostly cloudy with rain showers, especially south of route 20. Mild. High in the mid to upper 40s.

• Tonight: Rain, possibly mixing with a bit of freezing rain or snow north and east, especially late. Low in the low 30s.
• Saturday: Cloudy with a few passing flurries. High: 43, Low: 28
• Sunday: Morning snow showers, followed by decreasing clouds and sunshine. Chance of a few squalls later in the afternoon. High: 34, Low: 15
• Monday: Mostly Sunny. High: 37, Low: 20

FISH FRY at the Legion!

Did you hear them last night? Noisy travelers!

I found several flocks of Canada Geese resting in fields near Madison, yesterday.

The sap buckets are out on Austin Road!

There was still some snow left along Skyline Drive on West Hill ......

..... but it was melting fast at Hanover.

Although icicles hung on branches above Oriskany Creek, I slowed down to make sure that the Fishermen's Bench was still in place, ready for April 1.

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I stopped at the Waterville Public Library just as WCS senior Emily Plourde was putting a final touch to her display of photographs. (and I was VERY impressed!)

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The Marshall Historical Society's March Newsletter is
now available in PDF format, HERE.

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There are new decorations on Jim and Nancy Morgan's Stafford Avenue door .......

........... and I noticed that Joan Albert's "deer" are now wearing shamrock accessories!

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It's a golf tournament, played with special memories of Doug Hughes.

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Jeffrey M. Von Matt, Sr.

My deepest sympathy to his family.

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A Correction: Bob Treen, 'tho considerably younger than I, has lived here longer and knows much more about the history of the buildings shown in yesterday's 1870s picture of Mill Street and "Whiskey Hollow." He said that the "blue house" - which I had erroneously said was now the two residences of Mr. Mangan and the McNamaras - had actually been divided into the McNamara home and the one next north, formerly owned by Mrs. Briggs. Both he and JoAnn also believed that Mr. Mangan's home had been built much more recently by the late Mr. Altmeier. Bob added that the house across the road, where Debbie Wrobel lives, was actually a "Sears & Roebuck House" that had come by train, as a kit, and been assembled on the spot! JoAnn's Grandfather Beha had had a part in its construction.

This is the sort of "history" that fascinates many Watervillians and which the Historical Society could be making a study of while there are still people like the Treens around to provide accurate information.

As long as we're talking about Mill Street - Buell Avenue - are there any other blog-readers who can add more about the buildings along that road? The dam and sluiceways, alone, would make a large topic to tap into.

Have a good weekend, everyone!