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GLSP Offers Backyard Maple Sugaring Programs – Update

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To welcome spring, Grafton Lakes State Park is providing one hour backyard maple sugaring demonstrations on Saturday, March 17. The program will be offered throughout the day, at 10 am, 11 am, 1 pm and 2 pm.  Please note that the second date for the maple program, previously announced for March 24, has been cancelled due to an anticipated early end to the sugaring season.
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Grafton Historical Society Meeting

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The Grafton Historical Society’s March meeting will be held at the Grafton Town Hall on March 21 at 7 pm.
The speaker will be Gary Mercer. He will present a program on antique bottles and bottle collecting. Mercer is an avid and nationally known antique bottle collector. He has been collecting old bottles since he was a child on his family farm in Selkirk.
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Brain Games At The Grafton Community Library

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Come to the Grafton Library on Wednesday, March 14, at 11:30 am and play board games and card games that will give your mind a work out. The Library will have games available, but participants are welcome to bring their own. This event is suggested for adults and senior citizens. It is free and occurs every third Wednesday of the month at the Grafton Community Library.
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Grafton VFD Breakfast

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The Grafton Volunteer Fire Department along with the Grafton Ladies Auxiliary will be holding an all you can eat buffet breakfast on Saturday, March 31, from 8 to 11 am at the Grafton VFW – Fire Hall on South Road (County Route 85). Belgian waffles, pancakes, French toast, eggs (made to order), sausage gravy & biscuits, bacon, sausage, home fries, toast, orange juice, coffee and milk are on the menu.
The  cost is $8 per adult, $4 for kids 6 to 12 and free for kids five and under.

Grafton Planning Board Action – User Roads

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by Kieron Kramer
The main issue at the Grafton Planning Board meeting on Monday. February 27, was the Patrick Halloran and Linda Andriano 2-lot subdivision on Clickner Road. A number of Halloran’s neighbors attended the public hearing which began at 6:45 pm. They seemed to have two concerns. One was the actual number of lots that would result from the Halloran subdivision, since the property has already been sub-divided. The other was the clarification of Halloran’s responsibility and the responsibility of all the land owners there for the upgrading and maintenance of Clickner Road.
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Looking For Grafton CCC Camp Pictures

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Grafton Town Historian Pat Niebuhr has been gathering information about the Civilian Conservation Corps in Grafton and needs additional pictures. If anyone has pictures of the CCC in Grafton that they would like to share, call Pat Niebuhr at 658-3737. She will be happy to make copies.