Sledding on Putnam St in 2007 during a 3 Day Snow Day for WCS more below
- WEATHER -
- IN THE MAIL -
Village offices and departments will be closed for President's Day, Mon. Feb. 17. Garbage/Recycling schedule will be affected.
Garbage Schedule for the week of 2/17 - 2/21
Mon 2/17 - No Pick-up
Tue 2/18 - Garbage
Wed 2/19 - Recycling
Thu 2/20 - Garbage
Garbage Schedule for the week of 2/17 - 2/21
Mon 2/17 - No Pick-up
Tue 2/18 - Garbage
Wed 2/19 - Recycling
Thu 2/20 - Garbage
- AROUND TOWN -
Photo: Waterville Central School District
Congratulations as well to the WCS Bowling Team!
Photos & Info: WCS Sports Boosters
The Waterville Historical Society shared out these comparison photographs of the Waterville Railroad, on the Delaware, Lackawanna and Westem Line, as included in the Sangerfield/Waterville History 1976 by Mary C. Cleary, Town Historian, M.L. Peterson, Researcher, Hilda R. Barton, Martin F. Cleary, and Sydney Erickson. Click Here to Read More
Also, included in the Sangerfield/Waterville 1976 History is reference to the name of the original blog At Home in the Huddle now followed by Hub of the Huddle
Settlement was encouraged by the Cherry Valley Tumpike, built in 1811 as an extension of the Great Westem Turnpike. Tumpike travel made the thriving community of Sangerfield Center the most important settlement in the township, temporarily outshining the Huddle, the name given to the collection of houses, mills and stores built on the banks of the Big Creek, and later named Waterville.
With Presidents' Day upon us At Home in the Huddle as shared this piece of history in 2009:
PRESIDENTS' WEEK TRIVIA
"George Washington Slept Here" - maybe!
"George Washington Slept Here" - maybe!
“Where was the Oneida Path?” The village historians have a 1944 writing by A. O. Mayer which describes it as “the only trail used (by the Oneidas) between settlements at Oneida and their friends on the Susquehanna.” Because indians always traveled single file, and the same trail had been used for centuries, the path was only 12 to 15 inches wide and was deeply-trodden. At the time of white settlement (1792) it entered the Town of Sangerfield near the present site of the David Bocko residence, ran SE to “Dead Pond,” then in a straight line across the flatlands of Sangerfield and up “Bridge’s Hill” to the Fish & Game Club. “It must have been this trail that General George Washington traversed when returning from his visit to the Oneidas in October of 1783,” wrote the late M. L. Peterson. “Pete” surmised that because Dead Pond is fed by springs and is located about a full day’s march from Oneida, it would have made a fine spot for a night’s encampment by Washington & Co. Therefore, we might well be able to brag that “George Washington slept here!”
The weather this week in 2009 was just as confused too. We'll see what "Winter Weather" the Advisory for late tonight into Thursday brings
Elm on Madison St - February 12, 2009 - P.S. Brown
Fuess Cleary - February 12, 2009 - P.S. Brown
10:30 am February 12, 2009 - P.S. Brown
Yet in 2007, WCSD saw a rare 3 consecutive day Snow Day from February 14, 15 & 16. You might recognize someone (or yourself) in these snowy At Home in the Huddle photos
More current photos to come Friday (when not housebound with a sick one).