Taylor Road Bridge now open

It was a return visit. Mr. Neuhaus had come to Willow a year ago after getting letters from Debbie Gilson’s fourth-graders. The kids had asked him to proclaim a Mastodon Day, since so many remains had been found in Orange County.

The County Executive’s office has changed since our last visit. The dart board is gone. It’s hidden by an Islamic prayer rug. One of several mementoes of a six-month deployment to Iraq.

Dave Andryshak glanced at the vans parked at the Orange County Veterans Memorial Cemetery. “We have a local Sam’s Club here,” he quipped.