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250 walk and run to support Orleans cancer patients

By Tom Rivers, Editor Posted 5 October 2013 at 12:00 am

Big crowd for Knights-Kaderli won’t be stopped by rain

Photos by Tom Rivers

Robert Patterson of Akron pulls Colten Cleveland, 7, in a wagon up Barber Road in today’s walk/run to benefit the Knights-Kaderli Fund.

EAST SHELBY – A big crowd gathered today at the East Shelby Fire Hall, undeterred by damp weather, and then proceeded to walk and run with purpose on a 3.5-mile loop. This group is walking up Barber Road before making a turn on Townline Road.

The 25th annual Knights-Kaderli Walk/Run drew 250 participants. The event raises money for Orleans County residents battling cancer. The Knights-Kaderli Fund distributes about $50,000 a year to residents fighting cancer who need help with their bills. Rhonda Kaderli Sloper and her brother John Kaderli are among the volunteers who help organize events and manage the fund. Their mother Sue Scharping Kaderli died from cancer in 1989. The family of Richard Knights, who died from cancer in 1984, also are active organizers for the fund.

Sarah Flower of Medina walks with her dog Lilah during today’s Knights-Kaderli Walk/Run in East Shelby.

Nicole Goyette of Medina pushes her 2-year-old son Bradley on the 3.5 mile course. They are joined by Mia Hobbs, 8, at right and Evie Schultz, 10, both of Medina. They are pictured on Townline Road.

Knights-Kaderli plans 25th anniversary walk/run on Saturday

By Tom Rivers, Editor Posted 4 October 2013 at 12:00 am

Fund provides about $50K annually to families fighting cancer

Provided photo – Walkers and runners join in last year’s Knights-Kaderli walk and run. About 500 people are expected for the 25th anniversary event on Saturday, beginning at the East Shelby Fire Hall at 11 a.m. Registration starts at 9:30.

MEDINA – Two families that lost loved ones to cancer have been working together for 25 years, raising money for Orleans County residents and their families fighting the disease.

The Knights and Kaderli families on Saturday will have their 25th anniversary run/walk, beginning at the East Shelby Fire Hall. The course covers about 3.5 miles. Organizers say 500 could be attend the event, which would be a record.

“It’s turned into a huge party, said Melissa Knights Bertrand.

Her father, Richard Knights, died from cancer in 1984. Five years later Sue Scharping Kaderli died from the disease.

The walk-run has raised about $200,000 since 1994, with the annual walk/run raising more money as participation has grown. It netted about $20,000 last year. A golf tournament in memory of David Millis of Albion also nets about $15,000, while a wine-tasting organized by the Zinkievich family in November raises $10,000. Other fund-raisers, including a Pink Crystal Ball, help push the fund to about $50,000 total a year.

That money helps about 50 families a year pay for out-of-pocket expenses, co-pays, transportation and other bills. Bertrand  and Mary Kaderli Zelazny take requests for aid. A recipient must be undergoing a cancer treatment and must be an Orleans County resident.

“We’re a very unique fund,” Bertrand said. “You can have a check within a couple of weeks. We work really hard to get money to people because we know they are in a desperate need.”

The Knights and Kaderli families share the workload in planning events and managing the fund. Both families are well-known in the Medina area. They have worked to be inclusive, welcoming others in the community to help raise funding for families suffering a physical, emotional and financial toll from cancer.

“We’re there at a difficult time in people’s lives,” Bertrand said. “They let us in and we keep it all confidential. We give to the patients as a gift, expecting nothing in return.”

The Knights and Kaderli families expect to be committed to the fund for many years to come. The grandchildren of Richard Knights and Sue Scharping Kaderli have joined the effort.

For more information’s about the fund or Saturday’s walk/run, check the organization’s web site by clicking here.

Name sought for new 280-acre business park in Medina/Shelby

By Tom Rivers, Editor Posted 16 September 2013 at 12:00 am

EDA favors honoring Sandstone roots with name

MEDINA – Land that the Orleans Economic Development Agency has been working on for years to make attractive to developers will soon have a name, likely connected to Orleans County roots with Medina sandstone.

The Orleans EDA is close to securing certified “shovel-ready” status for land near Route 31A and Bates Road, including a cow pasture owned by the Keppeler family. (The EDA has an option to buy the site.)

The EDA board of directors next month is expected to vote on calling the 280 acres the “Sandstone Business Park,” or something that includes “Sandstone.”

The county was once home to more than 100 Medina sandstone quarries, and that stone was shipped along the canal and used to build roads, houses and other structures all over the state and beyond New York’s borders.

The land eyed for the business park sits in Medina and also in the town of Shelby. The site is viewed as some of Orleans County’s most attractive land for wooing manufacturing and other large businesses.

The 280 acres has access to all the needed utilities and infrastructure, including low-cost hydropower. Once it has shovel-ready certification, it is expected to draw a lot of interest in the business community.

“I’m very excited about it,” said Jim Whipple, the CEO for the Orleans EDA. “It may be the largest shovel-ready site with infrastructure in Western New York.”

Whipple said the EDA may use the Sandstone name for other business parks in the future, perhaps a “Sandstone East” site because the sandstone quarries were such a dominant industry in the canal towns across Orleans.

Ridgeway ‘not interested’ in Medina’s dissolution plan

By Tom Rivers, Editor Posted 21 August 2013 at 12:00 am

MEDINA – The consulting firm that is working with Medina to prepare a dissolution plan for the village shouldn’t expect much assistance from the town of Ridgeway.

“We’re really not interested,” said Brian Napoli, the Ridgeway town supervisor. “We’ve never been consulted. They formed a committee and we were never asked or consulted.”

The village received a $50,000 state grant to work on a dissolution plan, a document that is required by law before the village can hold a public referendum on whether or not to dissolve the village government.

The plan would identify how village government functions could best be assumed by the towns of Ridgeway and Shelby, or perhaps through new special taxing districts or water and sewer authorities.

The Center for Governmental Research is working with Medina on the plan. CGR staff sent letters to Ridgeway and Shelby, requesting documents on budgets and town staffing and equipment resources. CGR would also like to interview staff and officials from the two towns to discuss how they could absorb some of the functions currently provided by the village.

Shelby said it is willing to meet with CGR, but Napoli turned down the organization’s initial request.

“This is a village project so why do we need to use town money and resources for it?” Napoli said. “We were never consulted, but now that they’re doing it, they expect us to jump in and solve it.”

Medina Mayor Andrew Meier said both towns knew for months that Medina applied for the dissolution grant. Napoli and Shelby Town Supervisor Skip Draper also have been part of a shared services discussion for the past couple years among the three municipalities.

Napoli said CGR can submit specific requests for information, and the town will comply, much as it has to with the Freedom of Information Act. But he doesn’t want open-ended requests that would send town employees on a time-consuming “fishing expedition.”

Meier said he wants the town feedback on the plan so the best options can be presented to voters and municipal leaders.

“There are a range of options,” he said. “It’s not one-size-fits-all.”

If the village puts a dissolution to a vote and its supported by village residents, Napoli said Ridgeway and Shelby don’t necessarily have to follow the plan. They can determine their own course of action for assuming village functions. Napoli thinks special taxing districts would be created for police, fire protection and village debt.

Medina’s sewer plant is in Ridgeway. Napoli doesn’t expect the town would just take over the plant in a village dissolution. He said a water and sewer authority could be created to own and manage those assets.

“If you dissolve the village, the only thing that goes away is the signs,” Napoli said. “The village debts have to stay with the village. A lot of the stuff provided by the village would stay with special taxing districts.”

Meier said a committee will complete a dissolution plan with CGR’s assistance. He wants to give residents a chance to remove one layer of local government, which he believes will reduce taxes for village residents, making the community more attractive for residents and businesses.

He would like Ridgeway to be an active participant in developing the plan.

“It’s in the best interests of their constituents that they (town officials) remain in contact throughout this process,” Meier said. “We’ve asked for their participation repeatedly.”

Medina officials expect the plan will take six to nine months to prepare. Dissolution should go to a public vote next year.

Shelby trying to create 2 new water districts

By Tom Rivers, Editor Posted 20 August 2013 at 12:00 am

SHELBY – The town is working to create two new water districts that would bring public water to rural areas of the town that have been plagued by poor water quality and quantity.

The town has had well water tested in water districts no. 10 and 11, which haven’t been formally created yet.

“There’s bad water in both of them,” said Mike Fuller, the town highway superintendent, who also oversees the water districts.

The town will pursue grant and low-interest loan funding for the projects through the federal Rural Development Agency.

The town has identified about 30 houses for Water District No. 10, which would run along portions of West Lee, Shelby Basin, Possum, Podunk and East Shelby roads, as well as one house on Smith Road.

Water District No. 11 includes about 50 homes on portions of Bigford, Harrison, Edwards and Creek roads.

The town will have public hearings on the projects once it has financial projections on the costs of the districts. Residents in the districts will know the annual expense per home for the debt service as well as an average water bill.

Shelby officials are working to complete the pre-eligibility requirements for financing through Rural Development. Once the town knows the size of a grant, as well as the costs of each district, it can calculate costs for the two districts’ property owners.

Shelby Town Hall gets a new sandstone sign

By Tom Rivers, Editor Posted 14 August 2013 at 12:00 am

Photo by Tom Rivers – Mike Fuller, the Shelby highway superintendent, and Town Clerk Darlene Rich stand next to a new town sign made of Medina sandstone. The sign was mounted on the front wall of the town hall last week.

SHELBY – A new sign made of Medina sandstone connects the Shelby Town Hall with the community’s heritage, town officials said.

And the new sign on the Shelby Town Hall looks “beautiful,” a vast improvement over a metal sign that was on the building the previous decade, said Town Councilman Ken Schaal.

“This is history from Medina and it will last forever,” Schaal said.

The town hall, a former Niagara Mohawk building on Salt Works Road, has been used for town officials since about 2000. Town Board members have wanted to use Medina sandstone for a sign, and they had a 4-by-4 piece of stone in storage.

The Town Board and Highway Superintendent Mike Fuller recently decided it was time to use that stone for the sign, rather than have the stone stashed away. The town spent $2,950 to have the stone engraved and then mounted. That price included the cost of adding border stone.

The new sign went up on the building last week. It’s been drawing rave reviews from the public.

“It looks really nice,” County Legislator Bill Eick, a former Shelby town councilman, told the Town Board on Tuesday. “I really appreciate you getting that up.”

The town hall is named for former councilman Lorne McMurray, who pushed the town to acquire and renovate the former NiMo building about 13 years ago. The old town hall has been razed to make room for Aldi’s.

DOT will reduce speed on 31 near Salt Works Road

By Tom Rivers, Editor Posted 13 August 2013 at 12:00 am

State will also double-line section of road in Shelby

Photo by Tom Rivers – The intersection at Salt Works Road and Route 31 in Shelby will be safer after the DOT posts a speed limit reduction, town officials said on Tuesday.

SHELBY – Motorists will soon have to drive slower on Route 31 on a section of the road just west of the village. Drivers also won’t be allowed to pass another vehicle on a portion of the state highway near the Salt Works Road intersection.

Town of Shelby officials and Orleans County Legislator Bill Eick announced Route 31 will soon have the posted speed limit reduced from 55 to 45 miles per hour about 50 yards west of Salt Works Road to the beginning of the 40 mph zone at the village line. The state Department of Transportation will also double-stripe the road near the intersection.

“We’re hoping it will be taken care of in the next month to month in a half,” Eick said during Tuesday’s Town Board meeting.

He has been pressing the state DOT to improve the safety of the Route 31 and Salt Works Road intersection for a year. He said he was nearly “clipped” about a year ago at the intersection. Town officials said the intersection is currently dangerous because of fast drivers on Route 31 who often pass other vehicles.

“We’ve been trying to do something with that intersection for the last 25 to 30 years,” said Ken Schaal, a Shelby town councilman.

He said a concerted effort by several businesses near the intersection, requesting a speed reduction, helped sway the state to lower the speed limit.

Vote on Medina dissolution unlikely for next village election in March

By Tom Rivers, Editor Posted 2 August 2013 at 12:00 am

Photo by Tom Rivers – A committee looking at developing a plan for the dissolution of the village of Medina met for the first time on Thursday at City Hall. A group of village residents is working with the Center for Governmental Research to develop the plan. The group includes, from lower left going clockwise: Paul Bishop and Scott Sittig of CGR, Medina Mayor Andrew Meier, Village Trustee Mark Irwin, Committee Chairman Don Colquhoun, and members Charlie Slack and Thurston Dale.

MEDINA – A public referendum about dissolving the village of Medina’s government probably won’t be ready in time for the March 2014 village elections due to a tight time frame to develop an orderly plan for the village’s dissolution.

“Let’s take our time to come up with a plan that we can all consider and accept,” Mayor Andrew Meier said during the Dissolution Committee’s first meeting Thursday. “I see no reason why to go through an expedited process.”

Medina is using a $50,000 state grant to hire the Center for Governmental Research in Rochester to help prepare the plan. There is a chance CGR and the committee could have the plan fall quickly into place, and possibly be ready for a public vote in March. But Meier and committee aren’t pushing for that as a time frame.

“We need to give the public time to chew it over,” said Don Colquhoun, chairman of the Dissolution Committee.

A public referendum can’t come sooner than about three months after the Village Board formally endorses a dissolution. That gives time for the public to study the plan and make an informed vote.

In order for the dissolution to be part of the March 18 village election, the Village Board would need to endorse a dissolution plan in December to allow for three months of public review before a vote.

Meier expects the village will call for a special election on the issue later in the year.

CGR has a lot of work to do with data collection and interviews with village officials and representatives from the towns of Shelby and Ridgeway. CGR needs to take an inventory of village assets and debts. The group will present a plan for how the debts will be paid if the village dissolves, and how current village services can best be folded into the two towns.

To pay off some debts, some village assets could be sold, including highway equipment and buildings, such as the historic but mostly underutilized City Hall.

Some services, such as police and fire, may continue with the formation of special taxing districts. The committee will look at which government entity would own the village’s water and sewer plants, and how those services can best be provided if the village dissolves.

Colquhoun, the committee chairman, said the group is determined to continue with the process, to look for ways to reduce the costs of government in the community while still maintaining services. The study may show it doesn’t make sense to dissolve Medina. He is going in with an open mind, not committed to dissolution.

“We don’t want to disrupt everyone’s lives,” he said. “But let’s see the data. I think people need to know the alternatives. Everyone complains about their taxes and says there’s nothing you can do about it. This is something we can do about it.”

If the issue goes to a public vote, only village residents will go to the polls. Residents in Shelby and Ridgeway, outside the village, don’t get a vote, but they can participate in the planning process.

Medina’s dissolution committee meets for first time Thursday

By Tom Rivers, Editor Posted 31 July 2013 at 12:00 am

MEDINA A committee that has been tasked to develop a plan for the village’s dissolution will meet for the first time at 1 p.m. Thursday. The session will be in the main meeting room at City Hall, 600 Main St.

Mayor Andrew Meier is a member of the committee. He is hopeful a plan can be developed and presented to the public by next spring. A dissolution of the village would need approval by village residents.

Medina received a $50,000 state grant to prepare the plan. The village on July 8 voted to hire a consultant and formed a committee to develop a plan for the orderly dissolution of the village. Don Colquhoun, former executive director of the Arc of Orleans, is leading the committee.

Other committee members include Cindy Robinson, a Main Street business owner and president of the Medina Business Association and the Orleans County Chamber of Commerce; Charlie Slack of Slack Insurance; Thurston Dale, a retired veterinarian; Meier; and Village Trustee Mark Irwin.

The group will work with the Center for Governmental Research to develop a plan to dissolve the village and fold those government services and assets into the towns of Shelby and Ridgeway.

CGR will be paid $55,555 for its work. The organization assisted Medina and towns of Ridgeway and Shelby with a consolidation study about two years ago. That project showed the costs of providing services could be reduced by $200,000 to $400,000 with consolidation of services, plus the state would likely give the communities $600,000 annually as incentive aid for reducing layers of government.

Meier would like to have a plan developed in the next six to nine months.  The Village Board could then accept the plan and schedule a referendum for village residents. Town residents outside the village don’t have a say at the polls on the village’s fate.

Meier believes dissolving the village and its layer of government will significantly reduce Median’s tax rate, making the community more desirable for residents and businesses. Medina has the highest combined tax rate – village, town, school and county – in the Finger Lakes region. That rate is about $54 per $1,000 of assessed property, with the village accounting for about $16 of that tax rate.

Eagle Scout adds pavilion by Shelby boat launch

Contributed Story Posted 24 July 2013 at 12:00 am

Photo courtesy of Darlene Rich, Shelby town clerk

SHELBY – Zach Waild, an Eagle Scout who built a pavilion in Shelby, is joined at a ribbon-cutting celebration on Tuesday by several local, county and state officials, as well as a representative for Congressman Chris Collins.

Waild organized the fund-raising for the project and was actively involved in its construction. The pavilion is located at the boat launch along the Erie Canal. The site is on Route 31E at Hoffman Road.

Several officials attended the ribbon-cutting, including Town Supervisor Skip Draper, State Sen. George Maziarz, and county legislators Lynne Johnson and Bill Eick.

Old-Fashioned Day returns to West Jackson Corners at East Shelby church

Posted 21 July 2013 at 12:00 am

Press release, East Shelby Community Bible Church

SHELBY – The East Shelby Community Bible Church will turn back the clock by about a century today serving baked goods for a penny and hosting horse-drawn rides and other old-fashioned activities.

The annual “Old Tyme Day” begins with a church service today at 10 a.m.

Immediately following church, all old-fashioned activities will begin. There will be an opportunity to ride in a Model A car.

New attractions this year include a “Flea Circus” and more children’s games. Church volunteers will demonstrate cooking over an open hearth in the log cabin, making homemade bread, butter and jam, and ice cream.

Participants will also have a chance to learn to make goat milk cheese, soap and goat milk fudge. There will also be popcorn, ice cream suckers, and penny candy at the local store.

Heritage activities will include horse and wagon rides, corn husk dolls, basket weaving, spinning, quilting, cheese making, candle making and woodworking.

There will also be a washer woman in the square singing as she washes clothes.  Visitors will also be entertained by the West Jackson Corners “Band of Renown” and the church choir. There will be a special Gospel concert in the church.

The tractor-drawn wagon will be taking folks on a guided tour of the East Shelby Cemetery to hear some of the history of the local people buried there. This cemetery dates back to the 1800s and includes the tomb of Civil War veteran Ziba Roberts.

The barn will house sheep and goats, while the henhouse will contain a flock of laying hens.

There are gardens to visit – a kitchen herb garden, a vegetable garden and the famous gardens in the village square.  While visiting be sure to check out the heirloom gardens at the parsonage as well.

When the Old Tyme Day first began it was a small affair next to the church with just a couple of buildings.  As the event grew it was necessary to purchase land across the road from the church and establish the village on that site.

Today West Jackson Corners has a log cabin, barn, hen house, teepee, carriage barn, woodworking shop, store, grange hall, children’s playhouse, dress shop along with other buildings and beautiful flower gardens in the village square.

West Jackson Corners is located on the East Shelby Road across from the East Shelby Community Bible Church.  It is 1 mile south of the hamlet East Shelby and 7 miles south east of Medina.

Singing Vikings, penny pie, and lots of old-time fun in East Shelby

By Tom Rivers, Editor Posted 21 July 2013 at 12:00 am

Photos by Tom Rivers

Erik Olsen, right, and his son Levi entertain as the “Singing Vikings” during today’s “Old Tyme Day” celebration at the East Shelby Community Bible Church. Olsen is the church’s pastor.

There were several teams of horses giving wagon rides today as part of the “Old Tyme Day” celebration at the church on East Shelby Road.

Andrew McKee, 13, of Medina gets ready to sling a gumball at a big painting of David, as part of a “Slay the Giant” activity at Old Tyme Day.

Pie, lemonade, ice cream and other treats were all a penny.

The East Shelby Community Bible Church started “Old Tyme Day” about two decades ago. The church has built the West Jackson Corners village across from the church, and continues to add more old-fashioned activities to the annual festival.

‘Patsy Cline’ performs in Medina

By Tom Rivers, Editor Posted 20 July 2013 at 12:00 am

Photos by Tom Rivers

MEDINA – Josie Waverly portrayed Patsy Cline during a concert tonight at Medina High School. About 150 people attended the event, which was a fundraiser for the Shelby Volunteer Fire Company.

The fire company has been fortunate to have a wave of new recruits who could all use new turn-out gear and air packs. It can cost $8,500 to outfit each firefighter with the proper gear, said Gary Williams, a member of the fire company who took the lead in organizing the Waverly concert.

Medina picks consultant, names committee for dissolution plan

By Tom Rivers, Editor Posted 8 July 2013 at 12:00 am

‘We have an obligation to proceed. This is what we were elected to do.’ Medina Mayor Andrew Meier

MEDINA The Village Board hired a consultant and formed a committee to develop a plan for the orderly dissolution of the village, an end result that ultimately will need voter approval to become a reality.

The village was awarded a $50,000 state grant in February to develop a plan to dissolve the village and fold those government services and assets into the towns of Shelby and Ridgeway.

The board tonight voted to hire the Center for Governmental Research based in Rochester to help develop the plan. CGR will be paid $55,555. The organization assisted Medina and towns of Ridgeway and Shelby with a consolidation study about two years ago. That project showed the costs of providing services could be reduced by $200,000 to $400,000 with consolidation of services, plus the state would likely give the communities $600,000 annually as incentive aid for reducing layers of government.

“We’re beyond the study phase,” said Andrew Meier, the village mayor. “I’m hopeful we can come up with a plan that will reduce the taxes and preserve the services. That will be the question.”

The board hired CGR and also formed a citizen committee to help with the plan. Don Colquhoun, the retired executive director of The Arc of Orleans County, will lead the committee. Colquhoun participated in the consolidation study.

“He has extremely good organizational skills and he is respected by the two towns,” Meier said. “He is a godsend.”

Other committee members include Cindy Robinson, a Main Street business owner and president of the Medina Business Association and the Orleans County Chamber of Commerce; Charlie Slack of Slack Insurance; Thurston Dale, a retired veterinarian; Meier; and Village Trustee Mark Irwin.

The committee and CGR could have a plan in place in six to nine months. The Village Board could then accept the plan and schedule a referendum for village residents. Town residents outside the village don’t have a say at the polls on the village’s fate.

Meier believes reducing the village’s layer of government will cut taxes for village residents. Medina has the highest combined tax rate – village, town, school and county – in the Finger Lakes region. That rate is about $54 per $1,000 of assessed property, with the village accounting for about $16 of that tax rate. Residents outside the village don’t pay a village tax.

“We have a problem in the village and the county with very high tax rates,” Meier said.

He wants to reduce the taxes for village residents to make the community more attractive for residents and businesses for years to come.

“We’re going to get at solutions, not just Band-Aids,” he said about the tax problem. “We have an obligation to proceed. This is what we were elected to do.”

The committee and CGR could look at establishing districts for police and fire protection. Those districts could extend beyond the current village boundaries so there is a bigger tax base to support those services. Meier noted many of the properties on Maple Ridge Road enjoy village services and access to the village population base of about 6,000 people without currently paying village taxes.

“It makes intuitive sense,” Meier said about lower taxes with less government layers. “Let’s flesh out the data and see where it takes us.”

Forrestel opens indoor riding arena

By Tom Rivers, Editor Posted 19 May 2013 at 12:00 am

Medina site aims to be top riding camp in Northeast

Photos by Tom Rivers – Mary Herbert, owner of Forrestel Riding and Sports Camp, opens the doors to the new indoor riding arena today after a ribbon-cutting ceremony.

Margaret Darroch, Forrestel’s operations director the past six years, said the new indoor arena will help make Forrestel a year-end center.

MEDINA – Forrestel, a riding and sports camp on Main Street in Shelby, showed off its new indoor arena today.

The farm also is opening its original farmhouse from 1825 as a bed and breakfast with two rooms. Forrestel will soon kick off its 33rd season of English horseback riding camps. It draws campers from all over the world. Half of the 20 camp counselors come from Britain and spend the summer in Shelby.

The site has a mix of modern amenities and it’s steeped in history, with buildings from Shelby’s mill days in the 1800s.

“We are transitioning to a year-round business,” said Margaret Darroch, the Forrestel manager. “I can really envision this place bring the place for horse people in the Northeast.”

The arena is 148 feet by 68 feet and includes a viewing area that’s 64 feet by 12 feet.

Forrestel leaders believe the camp offers a riding, sports and outdoor adventure program that is among the finest in the country.

Forrestel owner Mary Herbert led a ribbon-cutting celebration for the new arena this afternoon. She exuded enthusiasm about the improvements at Forrestel, saying the arena will make for the best camp season ever.

The new arena is 148 feet by 68 feet, and includes a 64 by 12 foot viewing area for parents and spectators to watch the action.

Forrestel also is open for receptions, parties and historic tours. Forrestel has a kitchen and the facilities to feed a crowd.

“We’re adding more, but we’re primarily about the horses,” Darroch said.

The original farmhouse from 1825 now has two rooms open as a bed and breakfast.

One of the guest rooms in the bed and breakfast.