At Home in the Huddle 2013

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!