aflynn@lakeplacidnews.com
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.