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only takes 4 trucks to accomplish. The rest of the crew and the Highway Superintendent’s pickup.
will work on curbside trash pickup during that month. The town will be setting up a meeting with home
The Town Highway Department along with the New owners and businesses in a couple of weeks, to talk
Hartford Public Library, again hosted the “Touch the about the first phase of the project in Chadwicks on
Truck” event in the library’s parking lot. This year the Oneida Street from Elm Street to Grange Hill Rd. This
New Hartford Police and Fire Departments joined the is the start of the Historical Chadwicks project.
Highway Department with two vehicles. The Police If you are out and about, check out the Veterans Park
Department also had their drones on display. This was a with new fountain, stamp concrete, LED lighting and
huge success for the Highway Department, Library, Fire new landscaping. The park is located across the street
Department, and Police Department. We distributed from Utica National Insurance. The crews are also
hard hats for the children to wear as they went from working on the dog park at Sherrill Brook Park with
vehicle to vehicle, to look and learn about the different new drainage, turf, and black fencing.
equipment. We estimate there were about 350-400 in Another project we are working on is a detention pond
New Hartford Highway News attendance with parents and/or grandparents. The John off Roman Rd. Mallory Rd is also moving forward on
Deere payloader had the longest waiting line to get in the detention pond for flooding.
submitted by Richard Sherman, Highway Superintendent the cab and I believe won the most interesting piece of The Town Highway crew is working on mowing the
I want to start by saying curbside pick-up was equipment. Other equipment at the event included a town ROW on the Town roads and County roads.
changed to the fall, so the Highway Department could small Bobcat for sidewalk cleaning in the winter, the Please use caution when you see the mowing ahead
use the month of June for storm water projects that John Deere front end loader with a 3cubic yd bucket, a signs out.
are ongoing and new projects that have been on the street sweeper, the Western Star 10-wheel dump truck, If you have any questions, please call me at (315)733-
waiting list for some time. The month of October is the new 10 wheeler snow plow with double wings, a 7500 or (315)534-2998 or e-mail me at rsherman@
less busy with our employees doing leaf pick-up, which new plow truck with a single axel, the new sewer truck
townofnewhartfordny.gov.