Please join us on October 8th at the Cabot Gymnasium for a pasta dinner with your choice of spaghetti with meat sauce or pesto penne with roasted vegetables, green salad, garlic bread and dessert prepared by Chef David Hale and company (8th graders!). The cost is $5 per person, $10 per couple or $12 per family, with donations gladly accepted! The silent auction will be ready for viewing at 4:00 PM and dinner will start serving at 5:30. The auction will end at 6:30.

We have over 190 items from many local businesses and crafters that include crushed stone or staymat (who doesn't need these?), an antique clock, Keurig Coffee Brewer, family portrait plan, tools, electronics, coins, jewelry, syrup from many of our local boilers, quilted items and gift certificates for everything you need and maybe some that you don't realize you need! And remember Christmas is less than 90 days away!

******

The above is being put on by the eighth grade students at Cabot School to raise funds for their spring trip.

Here's something else to do on October 8th - Sounds like a great time for kids and adults. Click on the picture to make it larger. Water Tower Farm is just past the Groton State Forest road going west, and at the top of the hill going east out of Marshfield.

Work Update

Danville Route 2 Project

Project: Danville FEGC 028-3(32)

WEEK OF 10/3/11

NIGHT WORK

Water line and drainage installation will continue on Route 2 from Highland Drive towards the school Sunday night through Thursday night.

Crews will also be working on Route 2 near the school installing new sewer lines Sunday night through Thursday night.

Motorists can expect alternating one-way traffic within the work zone. Traffic control will be present to maintain traffic flow.

DAY WORK

Crews may work on installing duct banks in the Village Green throughout the week.

BLASTING – Blasting and ledge removal will continue on Route 2 near the school throughout the week.

Blasting Schedule (Tentative): Each day between the hours of 8 am and 2 pm crews plan to blast 3-4 times per day. Exact blasting times within the hours of 8 am and 2pm are variable and may change each day.

Blasting Signals: Crews will sound a horn as follows:

Pre-Blast - 3 consecutive signals – 5 minute warning

2 consecutive signals – 1 minute warning

Post Blast - 1 signal – all clear to enter the blast zone

Blasting Traffic Control - Traffic within the blasting area will be held for 5 minutes before the actual blast and then continue to be held post blast until the roadway is cleared of debris and rebuilt for safe passage. Each blast will bring different results so the wait time after blasting is unknown at this time. Traffic delays will likely exceed 10 minutes.

Contact Francine Perkins, Public Relations Officer, FRP Enterprises, LLC with any questions or concerns with regard to this project at 802-479-6994 or for a more up to date schedule visit www.roadworkupdates.com.

For Your Information

Cabot, Vt. - Last night a car in a village resident's dooryard was broken into and a
bicycle was stolen from the front porch of another home.

Anyone with information regarding these events can contact the VT State
Police at 229-9191

We couldn't ask for more beautiful fall weather than we've had these past several days. The weather forecast has been for rain a couple times; and then changed when whatever system the weather folks were tracking either stalled or disappeared, so we've lucked out. Perhaps this will give everything a chance to dry out a little before the November rainy season gets here.

I was interested that someone mentioned in their forecast there may be some snowflakes in the air along about Saturday or Sunday. Wouldn't that be a hoot!
Fred and I have long said we often get snow here around the first week in October, but that hasn't actually happened for a few years now. Not that I want the weather to turn that cold, by any means. I still have garden stuff I'm not ready to harvest. But it will certainly be interesting to watch, and I'll be covering the garden this weekend, for sure.

We got this picture on Monday of Alba Rossi as she stopped at Joe's Pond while on a Fall Foliage Tour with a friend. Classy car, classy lady! I bet the guys on the construction job near Molly's Falls Dam did a double take when they drove through. Diane Rossi sent this note with the photo:
Look who wheeled in today, in a pretty hot car! Alba got invited to see some of the fall foliage by her friend and neighbor, Robin Bergeron, and it was an invitation she couldn't refuse.....They both seemed to be having fun!

We were sorry to learn of the passing of a long-time Joe's Pond summer resident, Maureen Mathews. This came from the Caledonian Record:

Maureen Anne Matthews, 63, of St. Johnsbury, Vt., passed away peacefully Sept. 25, 2011, in her home surrounded by her family.

Maureen was born on Nov. 29, 1947, in Jersey City, N.J. She is survived by her partner of 20 years Richard Beck [of Joe's Pond and St. Johnsbury], her sons Elliot Jenkins of St. Johnsbury, Robert and Kiva Marinace of Waterville, Vt., and their three children Makayla, Lila and Isabella, her daughters Katherine Jenkins Chordas and James Chordas of Wallingford, Conn., and their two children Quinn and Burke, Hanna Jenkins and her partner Andrew Loughney of Guilford, Vt., and her loving dog Molly.

Maureen was a dedicated nurse at Northeastern Vermont Regional Hospital. Maureen found much joy in her many artistic and creative interests. Her spirit could be seen through her watercolor paintings, jewelry making and building of historic scale model houses. Maureen had an everlasting love for nature, her family, animals, gardening, music festivals and travel. Maureen's strength, humor and love will be dearly missed.

Calling hours will be Wednesday, Sept. 28, 2011, from 6-8 p.m. at Sayles Funeral home on Summer Street. In lieu of flowers donations can be made to Kingdom Animal Shelter 1664 Memorial Drive, P.O. Box 462 St. Johnsbury, VT 05819

Sayles Funeral Home is assisting with the arrangements.

Our sincere sympathy goes to Richard Beck and Maureen's family and many friends.

Here's some advice from Bill Rossi to Fred (who has already put his lawn mower away for the duration!)
FRED,

AS YOGI BERRA SAID IT'S NOT OVER UNTIL IT'S OVER. DON'T PUT THINGS AWAY UNTIL ALL YOUR CHORES ARE DONE.

Bill did what may be a final trim with the mower today. Fred did his final trim last week . . . the lawn gets a little shaggy, but it seems to come back better in the spring if we don't clip it close in late summer.

BLASTING NOTICE – ROUTE 2

Danville Route 2 Project

Project: Danville FEGC 028-3(32)

WEEK OF 9/26/11

BLASTING: Crews will begin blasting on Tuesday, September 27, 2011 along Route 2 near Walden Hill Road and the Danville School. Blasting in this area is expected to last from Tuesday through the end of the week and into next week.

Blasting Schedule (Tentative): Each day between the hours of 8 am and 2 pm crews plan to blast 3-4 times per day. Exact blasting times within the hours of 8 am and 2pm are variable and may change each day.

Blasting Signals: Crews will sound a horn as follows:

Pre-Blast - 3 consecutive signals – 5 minute warning

2 consecutive signals – 1 minute warning

Post Blast - 1 signal – all clear to enter the blast zone

Blasting Traffic Control - Traffic within the blasting area will be held for 5 minutes before the actual blast and then continue to be held post blast until the roadway is cleared of debris and rebuilt for safe passage. Each blast will bring different results so the wait time after blasting is unknown at this time. Traffic delays will likely exceed 10 minutes.

Contact Francine Perkins, Public Relations Officer, FRP Enterprises, LLC with any questions or concerns with regard to this project at 802-479-6994 or for a more up to date schedule visit www.roadworkupdates.com.

*****

Don't forget that Fall Foliage week has started. Some of you may have gone to Walden today, and if so, I expect you had a great time. The weather has been more like summer than fall, and there's enough color to make some great photo ops.

Tomorrow, Tuesday, is Cabot's day to host the event. There will be the usual tours, craft exhibits, beef stew lunch and turkey dinner. The lunch is at the church, but everything else, including the turkey dinner, will be at the gym - except for the special entertainment: author and Civil War historian, David Book, will give a monolog at 3:30 p.m. at the Performing Arts Center between the gymnasium and the school. This will be about the Morrill family whose sons, Abel and Edwin, were Civil War soldiers. The Morrill family lived where Amanda Legare's greenhouse is in Lower Cabot.

We've established a Fall Foliage Day tradition that we, and several of our neighbors, get take-out turkey dinners and meet at our house to share the meal. It started several years ago when I was working all day at the festival and it made a nice break to be able to bring home a take-out dinner - and it's always very good. It's fun to go to the gym for the dinner, too - you'll meet someone you know or someone new, and either way it will be an interesting evening out. You can go to the music program at the church at 7 p.m., too.

We went to Barre yesterday for a family reunion - my side of the family, the McAllan cousins, got together. There are only four of us left out of a dozen or more, sadly. We had a great time and since we don't get together that often, it was especially nice. From left to right, Charlie Smith, Corrine (Cole Lamberti) Smith, Mayo Sanborn, Ida (Heath) Sanborn, Jane (Bolton) Brown, Earle Sanborn and Martha (Abbott) Sanborn. Both Ida and Martha grew up in Cabot. My cousins are Mayo and Earle Sanborn and Corrine Smith. Fred was taking the picture, of course.








We hadn't been on Route 2 for some time and were surprised at all the changes. It's hard to tell at this point exactly where the road will be once it's finished, but in at least one spot it looked as if it would be moved closer to the brook which is the outlet from Molly's Falls dam. I know they are hoping to straighten some of the curves on that climb from the Groton State Park road up to Hookerville. It's a difficult stretch with the big penstock running parallel to the road.

Further up the road near the Fulsom farm, there is a bad corner and a bridge is getting replaced there - plus I think that corner will be improved. There have been lots of accidents there during the winter - it's one of those tricky spots that has a grade and curve and that gets slippery very quickly.

The foliage along the way was pretty nice, but it's a reminder that cold weather will be hitting us pretty soon - like later this week, according to the forecast, but only a little cooler, not like it's going to snow or anything. I'm sure the road crews are all rushing to be sure they get most of the work done on these projects before it gets too cold. Besides that, some of the guys working on these projects will probably want to get to deer camp in November . . .

Around here, a lot of work schedules are governed by deer season - whether it's bow hunting, muzzle-loader season, or whatever, it's a tradition to take your vacation or hire some non-hunter types to cover for you so you can get to deer camp. Even if there isn't a real "deer camp" involved, deer hunting season is sacred. Some guys still look forward to it even if they hardly ever see a deer or have never actually shot one. It's male bonding time. Of course, some females hunt, too. And young kids get their own season or go with their dads, learning the ropes early - again, a bonding thing, I guess.

It was a big deal in my family when I was growing up. Uncles, cousins and buddies converged on the farm, sometimes having to take turns getting the chores done night and morning - there was a big herd of cows that had to be milked every day, hunting or not - and when I was a teenager, I hunted with my dad a few times, but I never shot a deer, even though I saw some and probably could have. My oldest son, Bill, went hunting with my father when he was 12 or so, but he wasn't really into it, and neither of the other two boys hunt, which makes me happy. Unless you really need the food, I can't see killing an innocent animal. It helps that I'm not much into meat of any kind these days, but I remember eating a lot of venison over the years when I was growing up. Some was great - sometimes it was not so good - but my father took pride in bringing home a buck from time to time.

In case anyone is wondering, we're getting some pretty nice colors in our maple trees in this area these days. Every day the colors are more brilliant. We're in a stretch of warm and somewhat rainy weather, but that seems to make the colors stand out even more. The morning fog and drizzle will probably burn off later in the day and we'll have some sunshine, then a few showers in the evening.

The area's Fall Foliage Week is coming right up. Area towns will be hosting festivities Sept. 26-Oct. 1, starting with Walden on Monday, then Cabot and on to Plainfield, Peacham, Barnet and Groton. Look for the fliers in area stores that have details and numbers to call for lunch and/or dinner reservations.

Danville's, Autumn on the Green is Sunday, October 2. That will be on the grounds near the school, I believe, the same as the fair was this year. It worked very well having it there.

I see the pictures on the blog are back to being displayed as they always were - I guess Google was just tinkering with things or something and it was a brief glitch that they were displayed differently. I'm not savvy enough to have changed anything, so I can't take either credit or blame.

Intervale Conservation Nursery Plants Available Everyone is well aware of the devastating destruction caused by Hurricane Irene. The water reached record high levels causing significant flooding along the 135 cultivated acres of land managed by the nonprofit Intervale Center. Fortunately, the Intervale Conservation Nursery experienced minimal damage from the flood. Our hardy, native, locally-sourced trees and shrubs are adapted to withstand high water levels. Due to the impact caused to the state of Vermont, the Intervale Conservation Nursery is offering bareroot plant material this fall. We are able to supply bareroot Silver maple, Green ash, Box elder, Shrub willow, and Cottonwood beginning in November. For a larger species selection please take a look at our latest container stock inventory (pdf document). We are excited to share our 2011 e-catalog (pdf document) with you. You will find information about container stock, tube stock, bareroot material, bioengineering material, and planting services. We welcome your feedback, and encourage you to contact our Nursery staff. If you have questions, please contact our Nursery Manager, Mike Ingalls, at 802-660-0440 x114 or Assistant Manager, Lynn Wolfe, at 802-660-0440 x104. Enjoy the fall! Choke cherry propagated from local seed Intervale Conservation Nursery 180 Intervale Road Burlington, Vermont 05401 www.intervale.org 802-660-0440 x 104

For Immediate Release

Contact Person:

Susan Green

426-3581

jaquithpubliclibrary@hotmail.com

Mondays at 10 a.m., Story Time. Join Sylvia Smith for story time, for children birth to age six, and their grown-ups. At the Old Schoolhouse Common, 122 School St . , Marshfield , VT. For info call 426-3581 or e-mail: jaquithpubliclibrary@hotmail.com.

Wednesdays from 10:00 to 11:30 a.m. Playgroup during the school year schedule. Join our community for playgroup including story, art, song, nature activities, and cooperative play games. We will end together outdoors, so please bring appropriate clothing for the weather. This playgroup will be facilitated by Angie Barger and Susan Green and is sponsored by Building Bright Futures. At the Old Schoolhouse Common, 122 School St . , Marshfield , VT. For info call 426-3581 or e-mail: jaquithpubliclibrary@hotmail.com.

Fourth Mondays at 7 p.m. Monthly Book Group for Adults. Join us for the Jaquith book group. For copies of the book, please stop by the library. New members are always welcome! It’s a great way to meet and share ideas with members of your community, and it’s only one hour a month! At the Old Schoolhouse Common, 122 School St . , Marshfield , VT. For info call 426-3581 or e-mail: jaquithpubliclibrary@hotmail.com.

Sunday, October 2 from 2 to 4 p.m. Lacto-Fermentation Workshop with Peter Young (“Dr. Sauerkraut”). A hands-on in the kitchen workshop where you will learn about lacto-fermentation, the process by which sauerkraut, kimchi and pickles are made. If you want to, bring a sample of your pickles, sauerkraut, kimchi, or any other fermented vegetables for us to try. At the Old Schoolhouse Common, 122 School St . , Marshfield , VT. For info call 426-3581 or e-mail: jaquithpubliclibrary@hotmail.com.

Wednesday, October 5 at 7 p.m. Classic Film Night: "Midnight," starring Claudette Colbert, Don Ameche, Mary Astor, and John Barrymore, this screwball romance features a cracker-jack script from Billy Wilder and Charles Brackett, one of the most successful screen-writing teams in film history. A down-and-out chorus girl survives Parisian society by pawning herself off as Hungarian royalty. At the Old Schoolhouse Common, 122 School St . , Marshfield , VT. For info call 426-3581 or e-mail: jaquithpubliclibrary@hotmail.com.

Wednesday, Oct 12 at 7 p.m. Local Author Reading. Margot Lasher will read Stay, her 10-minute play for person and dog. What do we mean when we teach our dog to “stay”? How good are we - the humans – at really staying? Margot Lasher, in a talk with her dog, Shiro, reflects on the answers to these questions. A discussion with Margot will follow the reading. At the Old Schoolhouse Common, 122 School St . , Marshfield , VT. For info call 426-3581 or e-mail: jaquithpubliclibrary@hotmail.com.

Wednesday, October 19 at 7 p.m. Comedy in Film with Rick Winston. What has made audiences laugh for the past 80 or so years? Using clips from Chaplin and Keaton to Steve Martin and Monty Python, Rick will discuss the different forms of comedy on screen, including the physicality of the silent masters, the “screwball comedies” of the 1930s, satires and parodies, slapstick and cerebral wit. There’s a good chance that some of your favorites will be in the mix. Approximately 105 minutes. At the Old Schoolhouse Common, 122 School St . , Marshfield , VT. For info call 426-3581 or e-mail: jaquithpubliclibrary@hotmail.com.

Saturday, October 22 at 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. Sourdough bread baking workshop with Helen Rabin. Participants are welcome to bring some of their own sourdough bread to share. Helen will give out samples of sourdough bread and sourdough starter. Former owner and baker of Upland Bakers, Helen has been baking sourdough bread since 1977. At the Old Schoolhouse Common, 122 School St . , Marshfield , VT. For info call 426-3581 or e-mail: jaquithpubliclibrary@hotmail.com.

Work Update

Danville Route 2 Project

Project: Danville FEGC 028-3(32)

WEEK OF 9/26/11

NIGHT WORK

Water line and drainage installation will continue on Route 2 from Mountainview Drive towards the school throughout the week.

Crews will also be working on Route 2 near the school installing new sewer lines throughout the week.

Motorists can expect alternating one-way traffic within the work zone. Traffic control will be present to maintain traffic flow.

DAY WORK

BLASTING – Due to difficulty breaking up the ledge by the school with the drills and excavators, crews may be blasting on Route 2 during the week. More details will follow regarding dates and times.

Contact Francine Perkins, Public Relations Officer, FRP Enterprises, LLC with any questions or concerns with regard to this project at 802-479-6994 or for a more up to date schedule visit www.roadworkupdates.com.

I confess I don't bother to read most forwarded messages, even when they come from someone I know. Today, this one caught my eye and then really appealed to me when I read it. The thought crossed my mind that even if the gentleman who supposedly wrote it was non-existent and the thing fake, I wanted people to read it so I might break my rule and put it on the blog anyway. So I was pleased when I went to www.truthorfiction.com and found it was true. Here is the piece: Ode to America

DANVILLE ROUTE 2
ROAD PROJECT

TRAFFIC ALERT FOR PARK STREET

WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 21^ST AND THURSDAY, SEPT. 22^ND

Crews will close access to Park Street from Route 2 today, Wednesday, Sept. 21^st and Thursday, Sept. 22^nd during daytime work hours to continue drilling ledge.

Motorists are encouraged to use Peacham Road, when coming from Route 2, as their alternate route to access Park Street.

The contractor will make every effort to expedite the work and open up access as soon as possible.

Contact Francine Perkins, Public Relations Officer, FRP Enterprises, LLC with any questions or concerns with regard to this project at 802-479-6994 or for a more up to date schedule visit www.roadworkupdates.com.

CONGRATULATIONS TO HOMER AND MARGARET FITTS ON THEIR 2ND ANNIVERSARY! HOMER AND MARGARET WERE MARRIED ON 9-19-09. WE WISH THEM MANY MORE WONDERFUL YEARS TOGETHER.

We were saddened to learn of the death of John Curran, chief of the Associated Press Bureau in Montpelier. John came to Vermont in 2006, and in the spring of 2007, at the very end of March, just before our Ice-Out Contest closed, I received a call from him asking what the Joe's Pond Ice-Out Contest was all about. I think it was the following day John called again to check on a couple of things and I remember how excited he was when he told me he had found out there were similar contests around, and I think he was even more surprised when I told him a lot of them were patterned after ours here at Joe's Pond.

His article went nation wide on the Associated Press Wire Service on Saturday, March 31. The e-mails began to come in and the phone started ringing with people wanting to know where they could get tickets and friends letting me know they'd seen an article about Joe's Pond, Vermont in their local papers from Maine to Florida and from Texas and California to Oregon. John Curran had put the Joe's Pond Ice Out Contest on the map, for sure.

I never met John, but I had occasion to talk with him a couple more times over the years. I'm sorry I didn't meet him - I'm sure I'd have liked him. My thoughts are with his wife and children. It is very sad when a good person dies at such an early age - he was 54 - and I am so sorry for his family.

Here is the piece that the Burlington Free Press had on him today: John Curran

*****

---------Meeting Announcement---------------

Cabot's Community and Economic Development Workgroup

Everyone is welcome to participate in discussions regarding Cabot's
community and economic development.

Monday, September 26
7 p.m.
Mason's Hall
Coffee and dessert served

Agenda items include:
Update on grant applications, setting goals for this year and
determining how to conduct business this year.

Please share this announcement with anyone you think might be interested.

We've been having such nice weather during the daytime, I don't even mind having to cover my garden to protect things from freezing at night. We didn't have a frost last night, but we did Friday - just a touch - and I think we may have a touch again tonight. I covered the cukes and the tomatoes, just in case. At this point I'm hoping the zucchini and summer squash take a hit so I won't have to deal with them any longer.

Ted Decker sent me this really nice picture he took on Friday of a big blue heron. Sounds like it may have been hanging out near Ted's until he got this shot of it further down the pond. They are such a great bird to watch. I remember when we were living at camp we had one that would fish off the end of our dock. We had the pontoon boat tied up alongside the dock and one day the dumb bird apparently got so absorbed in watching for fish, or maybe he leaned too far over the water - anyway, he lost his balance and fell between the dock and the pontoon boat with lots of flapping and splashing. Talk about clumsy. He immediately regained his composure and took off. I guess it didn't bother him much because he came back within a day or so. Here's what Ted wrote about "Big Bird":

Jane,

Took these this afternoon. It was hanging out around the south end of the pond for a change.

Ted

I guess Big Bird was enjoying the nice weather, too. I've been working in my flower beds. Everything grew amazingly fast this summer and I had awful tangles of flowers and weeds, so I'm digging, weeding, separating and reconfiguring the beds so I won't have as much to look after next year. I'm digging up most of the irises and right now the plan is to throw some grass seed on some of the beds and next year Fred will have more lawn to mow. I hate transplanting and separating stuff. I had an overabundance of lily-of-the-valley that just took over in one area. It snuffed out even the bee balm, and that's almost unheard of, so I've been digging that out, too. My back is telling me I'd better finish this operation pretty darn soon or I may pay a painful price. If I can have another couple or three days of good weather, I think I can finish what I've started. Then it will be fun to see what comes up next spring. I have no idea I've been able to eradicate the lily-of-the-valley, but hopefully it will be at least contained somewhat.

I watched "You Can Quote Me" today and was impressed that Governor Shumlin has appointed Neale Lunderville, a Republican, as Chief Recovery Officer to deal with the damage done by Hurricane Irene. I was thinking how nice it would be if the dunderheads in Washington could get over themselves long enough to put politics aside and just get to work and do what's best for the nation, just as Vermonters are doing to get things back to normal after the flood. Washington seems to have more dysfunctional people not working there and earning lots of money than anywhere else in the country. Makes me wonder what sort of catastrophe it will take to get them to shape up.

By the way, you'll notice pictures here are now presented in a different way when you click on them. I can't take credit for that - it's some change that the folks at blogger.com have put into effect. It's pretty nice, though. Perfect for that picture of the heron Ted Decker sent me.

Work Update

Danville Route 2 Project

Project: Danville FEGC 028-3(32)

WEEK OF 9/19/11

NIGHT WORK

DRAINAGE OPERATIONS: Sunday through Thursday nights - From Mountainview Drive to the Village Green.

WATER LINE OPERATIONS:

Monday and Tuesday nights - Intersection of Peacham and Route 2 and working down Peacham.

Wednesday and Thursday nights – Route 2 from Peacham towards the Danville Inn.

Work hours will be from 6:30 pm to 5:30 am.

Motorists can expect alternating one-way traffic within the work zone. Traffic control will be present to maintain traffic flow.

Residents living along Route 2 within the construction zone can expect to hear equipment and generators running, equipment back up alarms and trucks. Light towers will be placed along the construction zone and at each flag person.

DAY WORK

Ledge drilling will continue during daytime work hours, on Route 2 from Park Street to the School.

Saturday Work: Crews will continue with ledge drilling on Saturday.

Motorists can expect alternating one-way traffic within the work zone. Traffic control will be present to maintain traffic flow.

Contact Francine Perkins, Public Relations Officer, FRP Enterprises, LLC with any questions or concerns with regard to this project at 802-479-6994 or for a more up to date schedule visit www.roadworkupdates.com.

~REVISED~

Work Update

Danville Route 2 Project

Project: Danville FEGC 028-3(32)

Issued: September 15, 2011 @ 2:15pm

WATER INTERRUPTION UPDATE

September 15, 2011

Water services have been restored to Route 2 including Mountainview Drive and Finley Drive. Hill Street services were unexpectedly interrupted as well this morning. All services have been restored on Hill Street, including the Dole Block.

ROAD ACCESS RESTRICTION/CLOSURE

MOUNTAINVIEW DRIVE

THURSDAY (9/15/11) - This afternoon, Mountainview Drive access will be restricted to entering only from Route 2. Thru traffic trying to exit Mountainview Drive onto Route 2 will be re-routed to an alternate route.

FRIDAY (9/16/11) - Mountainview Drive access from Route 2 will be closed on Friday, September 16^th during daytime work hours.

SATURDAY (9/17/11) – PARK STREET – Access to Park Street from Route 2 will be closed Saturday while crews drill the ledge across the roadway. This work will not affect traffic along Route 2.

Contact Francine Perkins, Public Relations Officer, FRP Enterprises, LLC with any questions or concerns with regard to this project at 802-479-6994 or for a more up to date schedule visit www.roadworkupdates.com.

I wondered why I wasn't receiving the updates on the Route 2 Project - and had mentioned to Fred that my mail box has been unusually inactive this week. Now I guess we know why - there's been a glitch at Fairpoint Communications. If someone has sent an email to me that has gone unanswered, better send again as it looks like it may not have come through. In the meantime, here are updates from Francine Perkins, the Public Relations person with the project:

HELLO!

FAIRPOINT EMAIL HAS BEEN HAVING ISSUES FOR THE PAST DAY AND A HALF SO EVERYTHING THAT I SENT OUT FOR THE LAST DAY OR SO HAS NOT REACHED THE RECIPEINTS. I JUST FIGURED THIS OUT YESTERDAY AFTERNOON - MY COMPUTER SAYS THE EMAILS ARE BEING SENT BUT NO ONE IS RECEIVING THEM. I, ALONG WITH MANY OTHERS, HAVE SPENT A FAIR AMOUNT OF TIME ON THE PHONE WITH FAIRPOINT TRYING TO RESOLVE THIS ISSUE. I HAVE SET UP ANOTHER EMAIL ADDRESS THIS MORNING THROUGH GOOGLE AND SO FAR THIS IS WORKING.

PLEASE SEE THE WORK UPDATE/WATER INTERRUPTION NOTICE FOR DANVILLE. NOTICES WERE DELIVERED DOOR TO DOOR WEDNESDAY EVENING TO ALL OF THOSE WHO WILL BE AFFECTED BY THE WATER INTERRUPTION TODAY.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR UNDERSTANDING OF THIS UNANTICIPATED EMAIL ISSUE.


~REVISED~
Work Update
Danville Route 2 Project
Project: Danville FEGC 028-3(32)


WATER INTERRUPTION
September 15, 2011
Crews are planning a water service interruption for Thursday, September 15, 2011 from 9 am to 1pm for those residents and businesses along Route 2 between the Village Green and Marty’s, including Mountainview Drive and Finley Drive.

ROAD CLOSURE
MOUNTAINVIEW DRIVE
Mountainview Drive access from Route 2 will be closed on Friday, September 16th during daytime work hours.

Contact Francine Perkins, Public Relations Officer, FRP Enterprises, LLC with any questions or concerns with regard to this project at 802-479-6994 or for a more up to date schedule visit www.roadworkupdates.com.

The men and women working on the project today were mighty uncomfortable, I can tell you. We were on our way home through Danville at around noon today, it was raining steadily and the temperature was in the range of 50 degrees. About as miserable weather for working outside in the dirt. spelled m-u-d, as you could ever imagine. Only thing worse would be if it was spitting snow. I felt especially sorry for the folks directing traffic as they were just standing there pretty well soaked, not being able to move around enough to keep warm. Some of the others who were in the trenches, literally, may not have felt the rawness of the day quite as much. Anyway, they'd better dress warm to work through the night - we're being promised a frost. I don't see frost happening unless the weather clears - but if the rain keeps up I guess we could see a few snowflakes if the temperature drops to 30 or below.

I also had good news from Mert Leonard, Health Officer for the Town of Danville - the public beach in West Danville has finally tested safe for swimming. After the flooding from Hurricane Irene, there were all manners of stuff in the water making it unsafe to swim. Now the bacteria count is down and, just in time for our first frost, the beach is open for swimming.

Like I told Mert - we can't expect to have everything; and I expect after a few frosty nights we'll get some excellent weather and there will be at least a few days when the beach will be the place one wants to be. Snow will fly within a matter of weeks, no doubt, so plan to make the most of whatever Indian Summer days we get.

It won't be long before hunting season will begin. Partridge season very soon, and deer season up to the Thanksgiving holidays. Fred took this picture at Hastings Store this morning. Stop by and find out who shot this handsome trophy. That may be one of the hand-made Molly dolls (dolls representing Indian Joe and his wife, Molly) beneath the deer head.