The grand opening of the Franchere Center at Mabee Farm was held today in Rotterdam Junction.  There was a nice crowd in attendance -- including a number of descendants of Jan Mabee.

Now that the Franchere Center is open -- the next two big projects to tackle --

#1) finding a permanent and suitable space in either town hall or the senior center to properly store and display town historical records and artifacts

#2) proceeding with developing a formal, concrete plan for Bicentennial Park and securing private, state and federal funding to make it a reality by 2020

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#1) finding a permanent and suitable space in either town hall or the senior center to properly store and display town historical records and artifacts

Where are they now?

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#2) proceeding with developing a formal, concrete plan for Bicentennial Park and securing private, state and federal funding to make it a reality by 2020

Using anything other than private money will really piss me off  

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Where are they now?



Using anything other than private money will really piss me off  

#1)  where they have ALWAYS been ---relatively safe and sound

#2)  we will go for every private, state and federal grant that can legally be used for the project

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#1)  where they have ALWAYS been ---relatively safe and sound

And that is where?

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#2)  we will go for every private, state and federal grant that can legally be used for the project

Private only.......

Good place for them - storage right next to a river that historically floods yearly.

Bravo on a great decision there Ronda

Soon the Town will go for every private, state and federal grant that can legally be used for such a project...only the NNN scum would NOT want this project completed!!! And YOU STEVE are SCUM NUMBER ONE!

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Soon the Town will go for every private, state and federal grant that can legally be used for such a project...only the NNN scum would NOT want this project completed!!! And YOU STEVE are SCUM NUMBER ONE!

you vermin-ridden card-carrying liberal vacuous obese ugolicious smegging  penis  

t'iu lei  

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Good place for them - storage right next to a river that historically floods yearly.

Bravo on a great decision there Ronda

"Maybee" the Canal Corp insures them?

I think this mabee farm has it's place. However, I don't know of many folks who actually go there or attend their events. Some of their events are a bit on the pricey side from what I've been told. It would be interesting to see how many of today's youngsters and young adults really take an interest in that stuff and how it will be received and acknowledged by the next generation.

Has anyone here ever gone there?

only if you could virtually weave a wash cloth on a Wii

For the record --

#1) the town's collection of historical documents and artifacts are NOT stored at the Mabee Farm (which is owned by the COUNTY historical society)  but are housed in town-owned buildings

#2) Mabee Farm's events are very well attended and draw people from across the region, from across the state and from out of state

#3) the Franchere Center at Mabee Farm  is well built for its location along the river and the exhibition space and archival spaces are all WELL ABOVE the flood level

How many folks collectively are there at one given time?

If you count Ronda and his two aunt's - 3.

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For the record --

#1) the town's collection of historical documents and artifacts are NOT stored at the Mabee Farm (which is owned by the COUNTY historical society)  but are housed in town-owned buildings

ok we're getting closer........and where are these buildings........and just who exactly is the town historian...........and if I wished to view these documents where and when can this be done.......and when will they be available on-line, and why aren't they already?

Thanks in advance  

It is interesting -- the  NNTP/nayboobs can't seem to respond to any thread by actually sticking to the topic and making a POSITIVE contribution  ...  all you get from them is negativity and personal attacks.