It's Garbage Day.

34.3 degrees at 5:20 a.m.

The Weather Forecast from YNN: 
"Rain and Wet Snow Showers Today

Remaining Unsettled Through the Rest of the Week

"Today we are dealing with an area of low pressure bringing scattered rain and wet snow showers. These stay in the forecast right through Thursday with temperatures topping out in the upper 30s. As this system pulls away, a colder air mass looks to filter in toward the tail end of the week and into the weekend with highs only in the 20s both Saturday and Sunday. There will also be some lake effect setting up which should gradually taper heading into the early part of next week."

From WKTV.

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It was a good thing that the DPW spent Monday removing snowbanks from along Main Street because, had they not, yesterday morning's mixture of snow, sleet and rain would have made an even greater layer of concrete-like accumulation.

They began the process all over again, yesterday morning: the "Bobcat" scoops, loads the truck which then heads down Route 315 to "the old dump"  where the snow can melt at its own speed without inconveniencing anyone.

If you wonder why I bother showing pictures of scenes all too familiar to those of us who live here, it is because:

1. There are other villages - or states - where such a practice is not in municipal budgets, and the folks who live there are curious and also very envious.

2. Seeing this sort of photograph makes people sojourning in southern states very happy, for some reason or other!

Old-timers have always looked for golden twigs on willows as a sign of Spring.

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LOOKING BACK

March 3, 2008

March 5, 2009

March 10, 2010

March 8, 2011

Last year, at this time, I'd been in St. Elizabeth's Hospital for nearly 2 weeks and had moved to Harding Nursing Home for a whole batch of "rehab," and so I have no photographs to choose from. I don't think that any snowfall in 2012 came close to this!

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TODAY

AT THE LIBRARY

"Family Movie Night" at 6:00 p.m.

Bring your family and friends to see Hotel Transylvania. 

Please arrive 10 minutes early if you'd like popcorn! 

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7:30 p.m.
The Marshall Historical Society 
will be joined by Faye and Frank Cittadino,  authors of: 
"Clinton and the Town of Kirkland"

Deansboro Town Hall
All are welcome! 

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Waterville Area Little League Tryouts

  

Waterville Little League will be holding Sign ups/Try outs 

at the Memorial Park School Gymnasium 

on the following dates.

  

3/2/2013 at 9:00AM and 3/4/2013 at 6:00 PM

Players are needed.

Things to remember:

Ages are 9-12 years old

Please bring your glove.

Please Bring Dry sneakers.

If you played last year you will not need to attend either of the above dates.

If you have questions, please feel free to contact 

Chad Barth 841-8248.

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Also on Saturday

AMERICA'S GREATEST HEART RUN & WALK

"Cheers!" to all the local teams!

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SUNDAY MORNING


Don't forget to watch or set your DVR for

WFXV 33  7:30 a.m., 11:30 a.m. or WUTR/abc  11:30 a.m.

  or anytime online at 
www.mohawkvalleyliving.com

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A couple of weeks ago I asked you to "save April 3" for a Special Event, but I've just been advised by the organizers that everyone should "UNsave" that date.  Clarification and a new "save" date will follow - sometime soon,  I think.

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New Calendars

Click to Enlarge and save to desktop.

Village of Waterville

Waterville Central School

Waterville Public Library
For the WPL Interactive calendar, please click HERE.

Have a good weekend, everyone!

8:00 update: WCS is now CLOSED

8:00 a.m.  Update:

WATERVILLE CSD IS NOW CLOSED FOR THE DAY.

7:25  There's very little accumulation, but a shiny icy coating on everything.

It's Recycling Day

31.6 degrees at 5:00 a.m.

It sounds windy and gusts blow sleet against the windows.

YNN  School Delays.

The YNN Weather Forecast:  "Mixed Precip Today,  Remaining Unsettled Through the Rest of the Week.

Rain and wet snow showers continues today so be prepared for slick roads and slow travel. Highs will be in the upper 30s to near 40 degrees. Breezy to windy conditions as well.

Unfortunately it won’t be a fast moving area of low pressure meaning scattered wet snow showers stay in the forecast right through Thursday with temperatures topping out in the upper 30s. As this system pulls away, a colder air mass looks to filter in toward the tail end of the week and into the weekend with highs only in the 20s both Saturday and Sunday. There will also be some lake effect setting up which should gradually taper heading into the early part of next week."

For Current WKTV Radar, click HERE

I'll add more after daylight.

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IN THE NEWS

More about 

2013 America's Greatest Heart Run & Walk 

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Front page Headlines from

THE WATERVILLE TIMES

"WCS Boys Season Ends"

''Carving Up A Run In The Snow"

"Village Picks Grant Administrator"

"Augusta Teen Is Charged"

"Writing Contest"

"Garden Club Will Meet"

To read more, please click HERE. 

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"Local Credit Union Employee Accused...."

- from the Observer-Dispatch

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TODAY

AT THE LIBRARY

Book Group at noon.

LEGO Free Play at 2:00

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Elsewhere ........

"The (Next) Great Emergence"

Lenten study at Three Steeples Church, Paris

"On Wednesday evenings we will gather in Paris for soup, salad and bread at 6 PM, followed by a video presentation and discussion with Phyllis Tickle. She offers a straightforward, fresh perspective, which is guaranteed to be both provocative and comforting."

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The crew from Mohawk Valley Living, owned and produced by Lance and Sharry Whitney and hosted by actor and playwright, Richard Enders, will be in Waterville visiting the Historical Society, the new Observatory and several other places, today.  Be sure and give them a big wave if you see them!

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Speaking of waving to people .....

After over thirty-two years with the USPS, Sangerfield Postmaster Joan Wittenbeck will wave to Post Office customers for the last time on Friday.  

About her retirement:  "It's time, but I'm going to miss all the wonderful people!"

- And we'll all miss you, too, Joanie!

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Well, they're not pussy willows or snow drops, but the next best: the first plant to show itself in the Spring - Skunks' Cabbages!

There's a wheelbarrow in the sidewalk showroom at Morgan's and I bet that rakes and garden spades will be added to the display any day now.

IN THE MAIL

 - From Gregory C. Stevens, San Diego, CA

"It is sad to see the old barn (at the corner of Putnam and Elmwood) being torn down! That was my playground for most of my childhood. I still remember when we moved into that house in 1978. I enjoyed playing basketball in the loft with my brother and pretending to be pitching for the New York Yankees as I threw my nerf ball against the side of the barn. Oh the memories!!"  (Thanks, Greg.)

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FOR THE RECORD

Have a great day, everyone!

More later.

It's 20 degrees at 5:00 a.m. 

and extraordinarily light outdoors because of the huge full moon.

WKTV's Weather Forecast:  "Sunshine to start Tuesday followed by afternoon clouds, with highs in the low to mid 40s.
The next storm system brings a mix of snow, sleet, freezing rain, and rain to the area.  Snow starts late Tuesday Evening, before transitioning to ice early Wednesday.  Rain likely by Wednesday afternoon.  Highs Wednesday afternoon in the low 40s.
Light snow in the forecast for Thursday through Saturday.  Temperatures remain slightly above average heading into the first week of March."

From YNN.

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Edward J. McNamara

1921 - 2013

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Yesterday

was another nearly-Springlike day.

The Village DPW spent much of the day working eastward along Main Street scooping up snowbanks and taking truckload after truckload of snow to the "old dump."

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The old "board and batten" barn next to the corner of Putnam and Elmwood is being taken down for salvage.  Built sometime after 1868, when Putnam Street was first developed, the lot is labelled "Suters" in the 1874 Atlas.  There was a William Suters,  a carpenter who did much of the fine interior work on Ruben Tower's office building - now the Masonic Temple - built in 1896. Perhaps this was his property (although there may have been more than one Suters, at that time) and maybe he even built the barn himself.

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Woodwork of an entirely different sort has been in progress at the new beaver ponds next to VanHyning Road.

Spring fever and a search for pussy willows took me south to Hubbardsville and then back along Wickwire Road to Cole Hill Road where the view of Mason Road stretches northward.

I didn't see any pussy willows, but there was a lone Canada Goose floating on the Sangerfield River at the south end of Nine Mile Swamp. Possibly a good sign?

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SPECIAL EVENTS

BOARD OF EDUCATION MEETING

this evening at 6:30 p.m.

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TODAY AT THE LIBRARY

Kids' Book Club 

6:30 PM

1st - 3rd Grade | Sign Up

The last Thursday of every month we'll meet in the children's 

room to discuss the latest book club pick and enjoy a snack. Kids are can either read solo or with a parent.

 Contact: Amanda Briggs    315-841-4651    amanda@watervillepl.org 

Knit2gether  at 7:00 P.M.

Bring in your current project and join us at our knitting 

group where you can relax, chat and knit with fellow knitters.

Knitters of all skill levels are welcome to come.

If you need help with a project we have experienced knitters at our group almost weekly. 

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More when it happens!

Have a good day, everyone!

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BACK TO SCHOOL

and back on regular schedule.

It's Garbage Day.

Just 32 degrees at 6:30 with a trace of new snow.

From WKTV:  "Monday starts out with mostly cloudy skies and a few flurries. An area of high pressure brings sunshine and mild weather by Monday afternoon with highs in the upper 30s. Sunshine to start Tuesday with an increase in clouds out ahead of a large storm system. This storm system will be watched closely as precipitation could be a mix of rain and snow by Wednesday.

Unsettled weather remains in the forecast late into the week, with several opportunities for light snow."

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It was a disappointing weekend for area athletes and their fans.

Section III Class C-2 Semifinal

Fabius-Pompey 60, Waterville 37

Fabius-Pompey         14 19 17 10  — 60
Waterville                    11    7 12    7  — 37
Fabius-Pompey (16-4): Dan Gallagher 6, Stu Wright 22, Mike Rotondo 9, Nate Scalisi 2, Ross McGowan 1, Nick Vilardi 20. Totals: 25-4-60.
Waterville (18-2); Jon Piersma 8, Jake Knutti 9, Anthony Rice 2, Luke Barnes 14, Zach Sawyer 2, Greg Elliott 2. Totals: 12-12-37.
3-point goals: Fabius-Pompey 6 (Wright 3, Vilardi 2, Rotondo); Waterville 1 (Barnes).
NOTE: Fabius-Pompey and Mohawk play at 7 p.m. Tuesday at Herkimer County Community College for Class C-2 title.

"UC Falls in Overtime..."

- from WKTV.

"Dome Winning Streak Ends at 38."

 - from WKTV.

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Despite a steady drizzle on Saturday, these clever sculptors were putting finishing touches on a Snow Family (including a pet dog - or cat?) while many more children and their parents enjoyed Snow Fest activities, hot chocolate and doughnuts inside the Library.

Although some snow fell on Sunday afternoon, it will take several more inches before this trail is rideable, again.

The thermometer on Sally Road .....

...... explains the lack of snow in Hanover .....

...... and also why the maples at the Hildreth home on Osborne Avenue have been tapped!

Carpenter Wayne Brouillette has been making the most of the mild weather working on the enclosure for the "lift" at the rear entrance of the Waterville Historical Society.

★ CONGRATULATIONS★

 - to  Alyssa Loudon, of Waterville, who has been named to The College of Saint Rose Dean’s List for Fall 2012.

 - to Margaret Bushmann of Deansboro who has been nominated to the U.S. Naval Academy by U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand.

- to Dillon Damuth, of Oriskany Falls,  who has been named to the Dean’s List of Elmira College for Fall 2012.

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GOOD READING

"Colorful Central New York 'Bonesetters'"

- by Hobie Morris, from the Madison County Courier.

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Cover image used with the kind permission of  The Utica Phoenix.

"Downtown Don Brown (aka 'Mr. Mickey Mantle')"

in the current issue of The Utica Phoenix.

I'll have more in a day or two about Don, his upcoming trip to Oklahoma to raise Organ Donor Awareness, and a special Benefit Dance that will be happening soon.

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FOR THE RECORD

More when it happens!

Have a fine day, everyone!

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It'a 33 degrees at 6:00 a.m.

YNN's Forecast: "A few scattered light rain, sleet and snow showers are expected Saturday with highs from the mid 30s to just above 40. Slightly colder air will settle for Sunday with plenty of clouds and a few spotty flurries. Monday still looks nice with some sun and temperatures climbing within a few degrees of 40. Low pressure will then bring the chance for what looks to be mostly rain to our region Tuesday with highs around 40, and perhaps even into the 40s. Temperatures will gradually begin to cool some heading towards the end of next week. A few spotty light rain and snow showers are expected for Wednesday and Thursday with scattered snow showers expected for Friday."

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AT THE LIBRARY on SATURDAY

All ages can come to the library in their snow gear for outdoor fun! 

We'll provide the snow, you provide the creativity. 

You can build snowmen, paint the snow and compete in an obstacle course. 

11:00 AM  -  1:00 PM 

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Benefit Auction for

Frank Kabana, Sr. & Tammy Howe

Help their families pay for final expenses.

Saturday, February 23, 1:00 p.m.

FLicK's Tavern, 10537 Main, Brookfield, N.Y.

Chicken BBQ at 12: p.m. - take-outs available.

DJ to follow Auction. 

Any and all donations are greatly appreciated.

In loving memory. 

May they Rest in Peace.

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BOYS' BASKETBALL TONIGHT

  vs. Fabius-Pompey 

at 8:00 

at Onondaga Community College.

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Special Opportunity

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Check out Stinkers Tavern on Facebook!

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IN THE NEWS

of local interest

"Top Dog to Retire..."

- from the Utica Observer-Dispatch

"Hearty runners take on wind, cold at Mudville"

- from the Little Falls Times.

A REMINDER:

FOR THE RECORD

Enjoy the Weekend, Everyone!