Early Friday morning

Garbage Day!

It's 24 degrees, outside; cozy in. The sunset was magnificent, last evening, and today's forecast bears proof of the sky's prediction.

Weatherwise, there's nothing dark to look forward to, but retailers rejoice: it's

BLACK FRIDAY!

Mr. Rick Garrett asked, recently, why the day after Thanksgiving is called "Black Friday." He knew the answer, but most of the people to whom he posed the question didn't. In case you were one of those, here's the answer: in the world of retail merchandising, this is the one day of the year when sales can be expected to raise accounts out of the RED column and into the BLACK!

Certainly there will be many from this community who - at not even 6 o'clock! - may already be in some superstore with lists in hand, filling shopping carts with bargains. Others may even have spent time at their computers, yesterday, taking advantage of some of the day-early online specials.

Savvy villagers already know that they can find many of their "top of the list" items at stores right here in town!

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The Waterville Historical Society "Store"
will be open on Saturday from 10 'til 2.

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The busiest spot in Waterville will probably be Putnam Street, where the Jan Hill Memorial Garage Sale starts at 11. Main Street will be fairly crowded - as it usually is during the daytime - and crowds will start to gather soon after 6:00 this evening to see the Annual Parade of Lights which will depart the Park at 6:30, heading for the Fire House.