It's Garbage Day!
13 degrees.
The sky is clear and stars bright.
13 degrees.
The sky is clear and stars bright.
From WKTV: (Today) should start dry with a mix of sun and clouds. As a weak trough of low pressure pushes to the east a brief shower of rain or snow is possible by the end of the day. Temperatures will be a few degrees warmer with highs in the upper 30s. A few rain or snow showers could continue into tomorrow night.
On Friday, a storm system will move through the area, bringing a period of steady rain, possibly mixed with wet snowflakes north and east of Utica. Rain amounts will generally be under a half inch, so a repeat of this past weekend's flooding is not likely.
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On Tuesday I remarked that the snow was nearly gone: well, a few inches fell yesterday, and I didn't hear anyone cheering, although the folks up in Barnes Corners may have done just that!
I have E-mail from Rebecca Maggio, Heart Run and Walk Team Captain of American Legion Post #92, who writes:
"I am so proud of our team and everyone
who donated and helped out with fundraisers!!!"
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"I am so proud of our team and everyone
who donated and helped out with fundraisers!!!"
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On Tuesday I remarked that the snow was nearly gone: well, a few inches fell yesterday, and I didn't hear anyone cheering, although the folks up in Barnes Corners may have done just that!
A year ago today it looked like this on Babbott Avenue ........
and this on Putnam Street!**********
I spent most of yesterday doing battle with a stubborn printer - I finally won! - but I did not get out and around to take any new pictures.
(Click)The long building with the tall smokestack was built by Amos Osborn in the early 1800s and used first as a distillery and, later, a brewery.
The building in the lower lefthand corner is a gristmill called "The Red Mill" and the white building is, of course, Mrs. Leigh's summer home. At the time that the picture was taken it was (according to earlier historians) the cooperage - the building in which casks or barrels for whiskey and beer were made and then stored.
The barrels were said to have been rolled from the stone building to the cooperage through a tunnel that ran beneath the roadway!
Can anyone tell me when the distillery was taken down?
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Just beyond the distillery you can pick out the house where the Crowe family lives now. The blue building was cut in half, part currently the residence of Patrick Mangan and the other the home of Mr. and Mrs. Tom McNamara.
Across the road, the building with the tall smokestack - a foundry - is long gone, but four homes, including those of the Treens, Younes and Ms. Keyes, can be seen. You can also see that “Big Creek” took a different path, back then!
In the far distance (where Agway used to be) is the Hop Extract Works - built in 1873 or 74. Back then, the highway ran behind the factory and along the side of the hill.
Across the road, the building with the tall smokestack - a foundry - is long gone, but four homes, including those of the Treens, Younes and Ms. Keyes, can be seen. You can also see that “Big Creek” took a different path, back then!
In the far distance (where Agway used to be) is the Hop Extract Works - built in 1873 or 74. Back then, the highway ran behind the factory and along the side of the hill.
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Back to the Present ....... TODAY!
Opening Reception
5:00 p.m. at the Waterville Public Library.
Exhibition of photographs by Emily Plourde
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Dress Rehearsal
"Thoroughly Modern Millie"
(at 7:30, I believe)
"Thoroughly Modern Millie"
(at 7:30, I believe)
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NEXT WEEK
Village Elections on Tuesday.
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Village Elections on Tuesday.
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Have a great day, everyone!
