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By Adele Douglas

If you’ve driven by the old Heyworth Village location and wondered what was happening down there, it’s just another example of the town’s crews being hard at work. Chad Frechette of the Highway Department is filling-in around the base of the 1836 Heyworth building.  The lovely new red roof on the building (color selection by Carol Allen) was partly paid for by a grant through Senator Little’s office.

Mike Farrell, Chad Frechette, Brian Duprey, Tom Rock, Orville Keyes and Scott Houser have been on-site over the past couple of weeks as part of the town’s contribution to an Environmental Protection Fund grant project to develop the site for passive recreation and historic interpretation.  Click here to see the Heyworth/Mason Park Plan

So far town crews have trimmed trees, set-out silt fence, removed the old asphalt and cleared out around the base of the building to allow mason Ed Reynolds to re-point the lower section of the building. 

It’s thanks to Mike Farrell and the Highway Department crews, and Greg Timmons and his Water and Sewer and Parks crews, who make many of these grant funded projects possible.  By fitting the work on these special projects into their regular schedules it allows the town to use their hours and the use of town equipment as a match for state or federal grant funds, instead of cash.  Another example of this is the playground project at Little Ausable Park that was completed a couple of years ago.  

Matt Houser and Mike Hanlon putting together the 500+ piece puzzle that became the new playset at Little Ausable Park.

Town crews will also be helping with the new School St sidewalk and the Little Ausable River Trail, both planned for construction next year. Thank you gentlemen for working so hard and saving us money while we get some great projects accomplished!

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A new business officially opened in our community on October 19 and according to co-owner David Gordon, “People will be moving in starting tomorrow.” High Peaks Self Storage is located at 18 Dashnaw Rd. just off the Bear Swamp Rd. at Exit 35 of the Adirondack Northway. David Gordon and Rick Quero are the co-owners of the 94-unit facility. The two 140-foot buildings can be sub-divided into 10’ x 10’, 10’ x20’, 10’ x 30’ and even up to 10’ x 40’ storage units. Gordon said, “It all depends on people’s needs.”  This is a good time to move in because space is available and “Grand Opening” discounts are being offered.

Gordon said he expects to attract a wide range of customers. He sees the facility providing storage for many types of recreational vehicles such as boats, snowmobiles and jet skis. Many people use self-storage facilities to store automobiles. He’s hopeful that Canadians who fly out of the Clinton County International Airport and spend the winter in Florida may want to keep their vehicle under cover at a reasonable cost.  Many college students need more storage space as do people who live in apartments. Gordon said, “Our facility has eight and one-half foot doors which is a foot and a half higher than anyone else. You can drive a work van inside and it’s great for boat storage.”

Gordon and Quero already have plans to add thirty-two more units once these two buildings are filled.

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High density apple orchards trained to the Tall Spindle system can produce six times more apples than older style orchards during the first five years and produce almost double the yield when the orchard is mature.
 
The Northern New York Agricultural Development Program and New York Farm Viability Institute are funding research to evaluate the opportunity for regional apple growers to modernize their orchards with this high-density orchard system. Read more »

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The Peru Association of Teachers, the Peru High School Key Club and Peru High School Honor Society members are sponsoring a community coat drive. Donation of coats can be dropped off at any of the three Peru Central School District school buildings during the dates of November 4-18.

Distribution of the coats will be during November parent conference days, November 23 (3:30-7:30 p.m.) and November 24 (8:00-9:30 p.m.) in the Intermediate School old gym (across from the Intermediate office). Coats will be available to parents at no charge.

For more information call Connie Lalonde at 643-6156 (w) or 561-7314 (h)

While the lower levels of the Adirondacks are still covered with a soft bed of leaves many of the mountain peaks have a soft layer of snow. That’s what Joanne Kennedy, Lori Clark and Clare Dalton found on Saturday, October 17th when they climbed Giant Mountain. They also found many other hikers out to enjoy the last few days of the North Country’s autumn beauty. Click here to see a few photos

By John T. Ryan

Our beautiful North Country autumn leaves are falling rapidly. On Friday, October 16, 2009 my wife Jean & I traveled around and near Peru taking a few photos hoping to capture a few of the last beautiful autumn colors. I hope you enjoy them. Please click here

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