Tuesday- Cooler!

GREEN WASTE DAY!

68.5 degrees at a little after 5:00 A.M.

Well; you can tell it's really over: the only reminders of Field Days' Fun, yesterday afternoon, stood lined up in the hot sun outside the Firemen's Pavilion waiting to be taken away.
The AcccuWeather Forecast does NOT include another heat advisory for today, and - with a shower or two - we should be more comfortable than yesterday.


The digital thermometer in Whiskey Hollow registered 96.6, yesterday afternoon and a lady from New Hartford said that it was nearly 100 degrees, there. I'm sure that it felt like 120 to the few TIOGA and Power Line crew members who were working on Sanger Avenue.

The New York Yankees won last night's game against Seattle, 4 - 2, but still remain .5 GB the RedSox who bested the Royals 5 - 4.

It's still too early to expect to find any activity up in the village, nor have any detailed reports of topics discussed at last evening's Village Board Meeting filtered in, so - while we wait for something to happen, perhaps you would take the time to read this: the late Isaac Asimov's tribute to the National Anthem - and essay that I wish I'd had at hand when our Marching Band was playing "The Star Spangled Banner" in Cleveland! http://personal.ecu.edu/snyderh/Check%20Out/natlanthem.html

7:30 A.M. UPDATE

Yes - Just as Jack Bennet said it would be, Tuesday is SIDEWALK DAY, and the crew has arrived in force and is starting in front of the Presbyterian church.

South of the Village, Tom Eisenhut was giving the planters at the Car Wash an early drink, and we gave him honest praise for
tending those and - especially - the second-floor window boxes on his Liquor Store and Laundromat buildings.



UNOFFICIAL reports in re: bits of business from last evening's Village Board Meeting.

Bids have been received for the eighty Victorian LAMP POSTS that will be installed along Main Street, Sanger Avenue and in the Park. The company offering the lowest bid is, however, suggesting a lighting company (Sun Valley) other than Sternberg. Mr. Dale Meszler asked that, before the Village sign a contract accepting the bid, a sample lamp pole and lighting fixture be obtained for viewing and scrutiny by the Board and Main Street Committee members. (Perhaps a picture will be available, before then?) Other communities with Sun Valley brand lights include Elmira and Watertown.

More improvements are planned for Babbott Field: there are sufficient funds at hand to allow the construction of a pavillion large enough for "a couple" of picnic tables AND the purchase of an additional piece of playground equipment.

Mr. Hudson suggests that he would like to construct a porch across the front of the Hotel. Whether or not that can be accomplished may depend on the sidewalk installation. The hotel building, constructed in the 1830's, has never had a porch, but - although it is within the Historic Triangle District - the Village of Waterville does not have an Historic Preservation Ordinance that would preclude the addition of such.

It's finally true!! Residents of Buell Avenue - from the Berrill Avenue corner down the hill - will no longer have to slurp or stutter-step along the 30-year old sidewalk! Narrowed by vegetation and cracked from uncontrolled drainage, the current sidewalk is only wide enough for single-file use and miserably rough under the wheels of small bikes, trikes or strollers. Too often, these conditions lead the thirty-five or more residents and/or visitors of that stretch to abandon the sidewalk and walk in the road, instead - the only place within the village limits where there is not clear line of sight and vehicular speeds are often well-above the posted 40MPH speed limit. A new sidewalk will also be installed along Elmwood Avenue. Both paving projects will be made possible by a generous grant from the Edward S. Barton Trust.


Because the name "Barton" has meant so much to the Village, Mr. Ostrander suggested that South Stafford Avenue be renamed "Barton Avenue."


Edward S. Barton 1899 - 1984




Mr. Mark Mowrey - noting, first, that he does not attend Village Board meetings on a regular basis - said that he was pleased that the current administration is doing so much for the betterment of the village.

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