Friday, December 4

- NEWSWORTHY -

Cast list for the 2016 WCS musical.
Look out for the musical in March!

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- ATTENTION PLEASE -

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- COMING EVENTS -

Waterville Public Library

Village of Waterville

Waterville Central School

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- IN THE MAIL -

- NOTEWORTHY -

Waterville Indoor Farmers Market

From the Indoor Farmers Market Facebook page:
"We will be opening on Wednesday December 9th. 2:00pm to 6:00pm. We will be at the Waterville Village Hall, the 2nd and 4th Wednesday from December thru April. Come down and support the vendors. Our vendors success depends on loyal customers, which in turn creates loyal vendors.
See you for the winter season."

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-SCENE HEREABOUTS -

Waterville Post Office

Window display was designed and painted by the Waterville High School Art Club.

Members include: Madyson Bridge, Mikenzi Bridge, Helen Chadderdon,

Selena Davis, Indy Neidhart, Diana Selyuzhitskaya & Samuel Stuttard

On East Bacon Street

On Babbott Ave.

Main Street Light Posts

Stafford Ave.

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- ON THIS DATE -

Space Milestone: International Space Station Launch

December 4, 1998
The shuttle Endeavor took a U.S. component of the space station named Unity into orbit 220 miles from Earth where spacewalking astronauts fastened it to a component launched by the Russians, November 20th, 1998. The Unity Node contains more than 50,000 mechanical items, 216 lines to carry fluids and gases, and 121 internal and external electrical cables using six miles of wire.
For more information visit your public library!
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Ed. Note: Speaking of Space, don't forget to mark your calendars for
PUBLIC STARGAZING, 7:30p, Saturday, December 12
at the Barton-Brown Observatory, Waterville Public Library.
Beginning at 8:30p there will be a guided tour of the sky
by our hosts, the Mohawk Valley Astronomical Society.
Dress warmly and remember it is weather permitting.

More Information

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Friday, April 7

- WEATHER - ***** Happy Birthday (yesterday) to Anna Williams! Happy Birthday (today) to Cortnee (Cornelius) St John Happy Birthday (Sunday) to Zach Abbe! ***** - LOCAL CALENDARS - Village: WCS: Waterville Public Library ***** - IN THE MAIL - April Food Sense: Good Friday Fish Fry April 14th 4:30 - 7:30 pm Clifford J. Fulmer American Legion Post, Rt. 20 Sangerfield *** Local Easter Egg Hunts (All Sat. April 15th, BYO Basket) Waterville: * Oriskany Falls: Douglass Park on April 15th at 10:30AM * Deansboro (Town of Marshall): Sat. April 15th @ 10 am Behind Town Hall Rt. 12B Deansboro ***** Click Here for more Mud Fest Info North Brookfield Fire Department Auction Sat. April 29th 6 pm "Dear Business Owner/Operator, The North Brookfield Volunteer Fire Department is seeking donations for our annual Firemen's Auction, held April 29th @ 6 pm. Please consider...

Wednesday, April 19

- WEATHER - ***** Happy Birthday (Thursday) to Nancy Salm! ***** - IN THE MAIL - Today: Next Week: WCS Board of Education Meeting Tues. April 25 6:30 pm Click here for more Mud Run Info Click here for WKTV interview regarding MudFest North Brookfield Fire Department Auction Sat. April 29th 6 pm "Dear Business Owner/Operator, The North Brookfield Volunteer Fire Department is seeking donations for our annual Firemen's Auction, held April 29th @ 6 pm. Please consider donating to our worthy cause. Thank you for your time and consideration." May: ***** - AROUND TOWN - Gas & Milk: *** School is on Break but there's still work going on: *** While warmer days are helping us to see a greener countryside, flowers in bloom, and many spring "ponds" are dry out, the DEC...

Wednesday, May 24

- WEATHER - ***** Happy Birthday (yesterday) to Dottie Ruane! ***** - IN THE MAIL - Today: WCS High School Spring Concert Wed. May 24 7 pm *** Memorial Day Weekend: May 29, 2017 Parades: Waterville: 9 am Line up 8:30 am. Service following at Monument Park with Guest Speaker Assemblyman William Magee Call Tom McNamara for more information or to participate @315-841-8018 Parade Canceled in the event of rain. Deansboro: 10:30 am Service Prior @ 10:15 am at Veterans Memorial Kiddie Bike Parade Oriskany Falls: Noon Service Following at Douglas Park Guest Speaker Dean Kimball From Village Clerk Amber Bell, also note that " instead of the Legion offering hotdogs and hamburgers at the Legion, the Pride in the Community Committee/Fireworks over Oriskany Falls will be providing free hotdogs and refreshment right at the park for the kids that march in...

Thursday, January 6

-IN MEMORIAM- Mary Louise Crouch August 19, 1930 - January 1, 2022 Click HERE for the complete obituary. -WEATHER- -LOCAL CALENDAR- -Village of Waterville- -Waterville Central School- -Waterville Public Library- -Waterville First- -IN THE MAIL- Click Here for Curtains Ad Link We ( Waterville Historical Society ) are closed for the winter months (we're sure winter will arrive) while we complete some building projects. We are open by appointment, either email or FB message us. First Saturday Men’s Breakfast The Route20Catholic Knights of Columbus sponsor a monthly Men’s Breakfast. You do not have to join the Knights of Columbus to attend this Men’s Breakfast, but if you are interested in joining the Knights you can register here: https://www.kofc.org/secure/en/join/join-theknights.html . The next Men’s Breakfast will take place on Saturday, January 8th at 7:30am at St. Bernard’s in Waterville. Please join us! -AROUND TOWN- From: Route20Catholic The Immaculata Award recognizes and h...

Wednesday, May 4

- WEATHER - ***** It May be a Special Day for Some... Some creative soul wants you to watch out for the *** Plus, Happy Birthday Matthew Tanner (Today) *** Tomorrow Click Here to Read about the History of Cinco de Mayo *** Absolutely don't forget ***** - IN THE MAIL - From Katie Parker, WCS Librarian Throughout the month of May and until the end of the school, members of the Waterville school community will be building Waterville-area landmarks at the Waterville Junior/Senior High School Library via a "Make It May" Lego Building Contest. In order to promote this event through the school, third graders honed their persuasive writing skills by designing and creating flyers after thoroughly examining flyers for previous library events and brainstorming ideas. Librarian, Mrs. Parker and the third grade students list important information for the flyer. Flyers from previous events that were carefully...

Wednesday, May 11

- IN MEMORIAM - Click Here for the Obituary Update for William Bassett ***** - WEATHER - ***** - NEWSWORTHY - Check out Westmoreland's Jason Robinson who is making NY state history and gaining National news coverage as the first athlete to compete in a wheelchair in Modified Track & Field. Congratulations! Click here for WKTV coverage Click here for KPLC, Lake Charles, LA ***** - IN THE MAIL - Today! *** P.S. We would love pictures to share! *** Jeff Reynolds captured the MVAS at the Waterville Public Library on Monday to see Mercury transit across the Sun *** Jody Hildreth also caught some great captures that he "stitched together." "I took three photos at 7:41 am , 9:02 am , and 10:43 am .This was not an easy process, and fortunately I had a little experience from photographing the transit of Venus four years ago. I used a Canon 7D Mark II with a Canon 40...

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