Printed every Sunday for the people of Blackgrove Township and County
Vol. 88, No. 40Sunday, October 4, 2026Fifty Cents
The Meeting House
Bean Supper Feeds 137; Brown Bread Gone by Half Past Six
By Maggie Thorne
Saturday's bean supper fed 137 people at the tables and sent another twenty-four orders out the side door, by the count of the kitchen committee. Twenty-two pies came in, and the last of the brown bread went at half past six.
Next Saturday's supper is chicken pie.
The Week Ahead
Sky
High
Low
Sun.
Fair
64°
53°
Mon.
Overcast
65°
49°
Tues.
Overcast
64°
49°
Wed.
Fair, cool
68°
48°
Thurs.
Fair, cool
66°
51°
Fri.
Partly cloudy
62°
45°
Sat.
Gray, still
67°
49°
From the Blackgrove Almanac, published by Light & Water.
Around the Township
Farm & field. Farms are putting up storm doors on the barns.
At the Diner. The soup of the week is fish chowder.
Around town. The Booster Club sells cider and doughnuts at home scrimmages.
Public Notice · Office of the Treasurer
Second-Half Property Tax Bills Mailed
Second-half property tax bills have been mailed. Payment is due on or before Monday, November 2, 2026.
Payments may be made by check or cash at the Treasurer's window in the Township Offices during office hours, or by check through the post. Please write the bill number on the check. The Township does not accept payment online.
Joan Whitcomb, Treasurer
Public Notice · Blackgrove Light & Water
Field Maintenance, North Boundary, Tuesday, October 6, 2 to 5 a.m.
Field maintenance, north boundary, Tuesday, October 6, 2 to 5 a.m.
No interruption of electric or water service is planned. Residents are asked to keep clear of crews and vehicles.
Frank Odell, Superintendent
Marshals Service Blotter
As kept by the office of the Township Marshal and reprinted in the Ledger, for the week of Sept. 27 through Oct. 3.