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Progress has come to Chenango Forks. PDQ and DOSNIX
have a new address. In the greatest event since Caroline's
Convenience Store opened, the one street and all the roads
have been numbered and RD box numbers are being eliminated.
I still have to cross the road to get the mail, and the
snowplow will still knock over the mailbox in the winter,
but progress is progress.
For the benefit of those who think all New Yorkers live
in highrise apartments and get mugged once a week, Chenango
Forks is a small village in upstate New York just north of
Binghamton. It lies at the confluence of the Chenango and
Tioughnioga rivers. Nobody can pronounce "Tioughnioga", so
we usually avoid talking about it or we call it "the other
river".
Because I am located approximately 15 feet (less in the
springtime) from the Chenango River, I am in the process
of naming my business Chenango Shoreware. Aren't you glad
that I don't live on the Tioughnioga? For the time being
please make checks payable to me personally because this
change is still tentative. Anyway my new address is:
Gerald M. Vrooman
Chenango Shoreware
6400 NY Rt 79
Chenango Forks, NY
13746
New for ver. 1.19
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