Printed every Sunday for the people of Blackgrove Township and County
Vol. 87, No. 38Sunday, September 21, 2025Fifty Cents
Light & Water
Hydrant Flushing Begins Monday
Crews will work through Friday; run the cold tap if the water looks rusty
By Maggie Thorne
Blackgrove Light & Water crews will flush every hydrant in the Township this week, beginning Monday morning on the north side of the river and finishing Friday afternoon on the south side.
Superintendent Frank Odell said residents may notice low pressure or discolored water while a crew is nearby. “Run the cold tap for a few minutes and it clears,” he said. “And maybe hold off on the white laundry until Friday.”
The Week Ahead
Sky
High
Low
Sun.
Fair, cool
68°
52°
Mon.
Partly cloudy
68°
52°
Tues.
Fair, cool
72°
53°
Wed.
Fair, cool
70°
54°
Thurs.
Partly cloudy
65°
52°
Fri.
Gray, still
71°
55°
Sat.
Clouds increasing
67°
52°
From the Blackgrove Almanac, published by Light & Water.
Around the Township
Farm & field. Pumpkins at the farm stand from the middle of the month.
At the Diner. The soup of the week is corn chowder.
Reading room. This month the reading room shows the Meeting House building committee's account book, with the carpenters' bills itemized to the half cent.
From the Historical Society's Files
The Legend of the Grove
Compiled for the Ledger
Every old town has its stories, and Blackgrove's oldest concerns the Grove. What follows is the legend as the Historical Society has written it down over the years from the recollections of the older families. The Ledger prints it as folklore, which is what it is.
The story goes that the first families came in the hard winter after 1639 and made their camp at the edge of a stand of trees that was already old then and stood a little apart from the rest of the woods. They did not cut it. The legend does not say why, only that the first meeting of the settlement agreed it should be let alone, and that every meeting since has agreed the same.
And there is the old rhyme, which the Society has in four versions. This is the one most people know: “Keep the path and leave the bough, / Let the Grove be as it is now; / Ask it nothing, take it none, / And you'll be home by set of sun.”
The Grove stands on land held in common by the old families and is not open to visitors. The Historical Society asks that it be let alone, as it always has been.
Public Notice · Blackgrove Fire Department
Open Burning Season: October 1 to November 30
Open burning of brush and leaves is permitted from October 1 through November 30 by permit only, between 9:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m., on days when the Fire Department has not suspended burning.
Permits are issued in person at the Fire Department during office hours. Fires must be attended at all times and fully out by 4:00 p.m.
Peter Lindqvist, Fire Chief
Marshals Service Blotter
As kept by the office of the Township Marshal and reprinted in the Ledger, for the week of Sept. 14 through Sept. 20.
Sun. Routine patrol. Nothing to report.
Mon., 11:41 a.m. Speed check, Main Street. One warning issued.
Mon., 2:36 p.m. Motorist assisted to the county line.
Mon., 4:29 p.m. Livestock on the county road. Owner notified. Animals returned.
Tues. Routine patrol. Nothing to report.
Wed., 4:54 p.m. Fender-bender, Main Street, no injuries. Information exchanged.
Wed., 6:49 p.m. Sheep on the county road. Owner notified. Animals returned.
Thurs., 5:28 p.m. Report of a loose horse, the county road. Owner notified; horse returned.
Thurs., 8:56 p.m. Dog loose on Main Street. Dog went home on its own.
Fri., 8:28 p.m. Road sign knocked down, the county road. Roads & Grounds notified.
Sat. Routine patrol. Nothing to report.
Typed for the Ledger from the office copy.
Church Suppers & Gatherings
As provided by the Meeting House on the Green and the organizations listed.
Sun., Sept. 21, 10 a.m. — Sunday Gathering. All welcome. Coffee hour follows in the vestry.