Morning Up-date

Oh, Wow! The Buell Avenue "Sidewalk Crew" arrived at 6:30 - when it was barely light enough to see! - and now, at 9:00, they've moved down the hill removing old pavement as far as across the road from the Brown residence. I gather that the sidewalk will be relocated a few feet AWAY from the road: GOOD!

We're being amused (and gratified) that some of the workmen have been using "strong language" to describe the excessive speed with which motorists come around the curve at Mrs. Leigh's and presume to launch themselves up the hill to the village! We'd been noticing that sort of thing, too, and recall the fact that a Mrs. Decker, who lived toward the top of the hill, complained sufficiently - about twenty years ago - to have "the State" come out and measure speeds and determine a safe speed limit. Since then, the posted speed has been 40 MPH (ten MPH faster than the Village speed limit!) because 40 was the average speed recorded!

But getting back uptown ------ nearly as early as the sidewalk crew arrived, a truck from Madison delivered the granite base for the "town clock" - a gift from the Waterville Rotary Club - which will be put in place, soon.





Out toward Sangerfield, the stone masons are working on the retaining wall in front of the Harrington residence. I places where the walls have been completed, enough soil has been added to bring lawns to wall-top level. Mr. Evans, D.O.T. Landscaper, said that some types of shrubbery will be planted in wall-top borders.