Monday

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It's Garbage Day!

59.5 degrees and dry.

From WKTV: "The clouds and showers of the weekend have now moved out to sea. An area of low pressure will park itself out across the Atlantic, and for once we'll be on the dry side of things. Expect a mix of sunshine and clouds today with highs in the upper 70s to near 80. It will be a bit breezy at times, with winds from the north between 12-18mph, with gusts over 25mph at times. Quiet weather continues tonight, with partly cloudy skies and lows in the upper 50s.

Continued sunshine tomorrow, with highs near 80. As a storm tracks north through the Great Plains, the jet stream will shift north, ushering warm weather into the Northeast. Highs in Wednesday will climb into the mid 80s, with noticeably higher levels of humidity. Ditto that for Thursday, with the chance for showers and thunderstorms as a cold front moves through.

Generally pleasant from Friday and beyond, with the threat of some pop up showers and thunderstorms into the weekend."

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Anyone who was in town over the weekend was busy - either at the Library or giving blood at the Municipal Hall or at St. Bernard's Rummage/Bake Sale and Car Wash (moved, due to weather) or playing in the WCS Foundation Golf Tournament ......... and everyone was WET. It rained and rained. (At least there was no lightning!)

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Some of the hop bines at the Library are doing very well and, according to Pete Kane, "hops like the rain!"

On a gray day, what brighter place than the Library Garden!

New life for the "old" library!

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LOOKING AHEAD

TUESDAY

Waterville Public Library,
Strawberry Desserts,
5:30 p.m.
Sign up: 841-4651
$5 for local
strawberries



Cans & Clams
5-8 pm
or until Sold Out
CJ Fulmer Post #92

FRIDAY

The Oldtimers’ Story Swap Continues

next Friday morning at 10:15
at the Waterville Public Library

So far, there have been about forty participants who have told some wonderful tales and touched on TOPICS that have included:

“skinny dipping” in the Tower/Tyler Reservoir
News Year’s Day parties at the Battles’ home on Stafford
the night of the Candee Block Fire
why is there a lady’s bonnet in the vault at Dick Woodman’s office?
where was the steam plant on Mill Street?
the Gas Plant on Babbott Avenue
The “Home for Homeless Ladies”
riding a “double rip” from Livingston Hill all the way to the Buell Ave. dump
sledders’ means of getting back up hill
1940’s laws prohibiting married women from teaching and more
picking hops
the “clay pits” and brick works

and LEGENDARY PEOPLE, including:

Wm. Cary Sanger, Jr. and his “ideosyncrasies”
Dr. Battles and his horse-drawn office; Dr. McConnell
Bobby Lawson and his firearms
Jimmy Etchingham’s famous smoking chimneys
Johnny Silvadore’s secret still on Hooker Street
Hilda Barton’s youthful experiences
Truman Jones and his bicycle
the reclusive Kate Candee and her Brunswick “take-out”
Mrs. Battles and her car
Anna Cleveland James, actress, owner of “Illahee”

QUESTIONS REMAIN RE:

Edward Barton and Barton Family Money
The fire at “The Corner Store”
The “Borden” fire
Ruben Tower and "the tower"
Gerald Coggeshall

.............. and much, much more!

Please join us! Coffee and donuts are ready at 10:00

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LOOKING BACK

Three years ago on Sanger Avenue ..............



...... and Main Street.

This was taken about two years ago. If you slow down as you pass Edie Eastman's home on Route 315 you can still see a few poppies growing in the rye!

FOR THE RECORD

WIMBLEDON!
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Have a Great Day, Everyone!