To the editor: What is the harm of a Dollar General in Wilmington? A Dollar General sells items other than what the name implies. Canned goods, boxed mixes, milk, eggs, candy, snacks and soda are available at competitive prices. School supplies and cleaning supplies, detergent and personal hygiene, flip-flops and towels for the beach, table settings for a backyard barbecue they’re all available at prices everyone can afford. As far as being detrimental to the Little Super Market, a half-mile away, the Little Super Market will always have a local following. It sells beer, cigarettes, lottery tickets, the local papers and coffee to go, not to mention the best subs, soups and salads in the area. Everyone appreciates being able to purchase gasoline and diesel there.
eizzo@adirondackdailyenterprise.com WILMINGTON A new Dollar General could be coming to Wilmington. The project already has some vocal opponents. A developer submitted plans to the Wilmington Planning Board last week seeking to build a new Dollar General on state Route 86, a busy strip that winds through the center of town. The initial site plans haven’t been discussed at a planning board meeting yet the project is on the board’s agenda for its March 1 meeting, and the property would need to be rezoned from residential to commercial use but they’ve already become a topic of conversation in the community.
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Town of Wilmington Supervisor Roy Holzer sits at his desk at the Wilmington Community Center on Monday, Dec. 14.
(Provided photo Tim Follos)
WILMINGTON As the coronavirus pandemic gained traction in April with the state having shut down non-essential businesses life in this small town was the same as it was in any small town across New York state: uneasy, scary, disruptive, costly and isolating. Town Supervisor Roy Holzer needed to do something quick to raise the spirits of his constituents. So he began writing. “The Wilmington Way” feature on the town’s Facebook page soon became a column in the Lake Placid News. Each story was about a different town employee their background, jobs, hobbies and families. It was a “who’s who” of Holzer’s hometown, a place he affectionately calls Mayberry, the fictional North Carolina community in the “Andy Griffith Show” from the 1960s.