Join your neighbors and the dedicated volunteers of CMH for our inaugural Community Work and Fun Day from 9am-3pm at the Cheshire Meeting Hall then kick-back and enjoy the End of Day Community Party beginning at 3:30 hosted by Al and Margaret Cooper.

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With plans in and permits ready to go, we will be soliciting bids from local masons on portions of the South Wall Foundation Project that are beyond the capabilities of our volunteer workforce. This work will include a specially constructed concrete “knee-wall” and concrete pilasters as designed by our project architects KF Architects, Canandaigua.

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Earmark Your Next Contribution Specifically for the CMH South Wall Foundation Project! So often we contribute to a large charity or not-for- profit only to see a significant portion of our hard-earned dollars eaten up by administration and management fees.

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Zumba in Cheshire
Every Thursday
Cheshire Fire Department (Rt. 21 South)
5:30-6:30pm
$7 per class
(Donation will made to fire department)
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PAPA CORRETORE’S FAMOUS Spaghetti Dinner for the benefit Cheshire Community Action Team

DATE: Friday, January 20, 2012

TIME: 4:30 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. (Take Outs Available)

WHERE: Cheshire Volunteer Fire Department

4285 State Route 21 South

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By Julie Sherwood, staff writer
Messenger Post
Posted Nov 28, 2011

In 1874, Cheshire residents Lou and Carrie Johnson built a theater in the heart of their Canandaigua hamlet. For nearly a century, what became known as the Cheshire Grange on Route 21 was a hub for locals and a draw for visitors, whether for musicals and dramas, dinners and dances, or meetings and special events.

By 1970, the building was privately owned, and most people figured its heyday as a community asset was long in its past.
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Bob McCarthy
It’s a hamlet, a crossroads stretched a little to the north and south, on NY State Route 21 between Canandaigua and Naples. To most folks in Cheshire, it’s not just a state highway; it’s a “Main Street.” Generations of locals, some now gone, attended the schoolhouse that now houses a general store and an antique shop and offers modern gas pumps. There’s an empty historic building right in the center of Cheshire, a building with a great history and an even greater future. It was built as a theater in 1874. The Civil War was not ten years’ past. Cheshire’s Main Street was then a well- ravelled wagon trail. It was sloppy with mud when it rained and dusty when it dried out. The road connected Canandaigua to the north with Naples to the South. Cheshire residents, then mostly farmers, were growing huge crops of grains, fruits and vegetables, carting them to the steamboat landings on the westside of Canandaigua Lake,
for transport to the north end of the lake, then for loading on the railroad, and then on to New York City and other points east and south.
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There will be an Open House at the future Cheshire Meeting Hall this Sunday in conjunction with the Fire Departments Sunday morning pancake breakfast 8:AM to 11:AM. Preston Pierce will be presenting an exhibit on the Civil War with focus on the Battle of Antietam. If you folks have not yet taken the opportunity to view some of Preston’s previous exhibits I would encourage you to do so – - – - -they are indeed impressive and educational. Bring a son, daughter or Grandchild along, you’ll be happy that you did.

for Cheshire Community Yard Sale

Your tax deductible donation will help to further the Cheshire Meeting Hall restoration project!

Accepting:
-Children’s clothes/ boots/ winter gear/books/toys/games
-Glassware/kitchenware/small appliances
-Linens/Furniture/Antiques/Outdoor equipment
-Jewelry/Tools/Sporting goods
(*Please no electronics, adult clothing, junk)

Drop off dates:
Saturday  July 2, 10a.m.- 3p.m., 4332 Labrador Lane
(f.k.a. Route 21 S, south end of Cheshire)
Saturday, July 30, 11a.m.-2 p.m. 4281 Rte 21 S
adjacent  to the Cheshire Fire Dept.
(or contact Jill 690-0233 or Gale 394-5845 for appt)

Hi, All-

My sincere thanks to each of you who volunteered your time, your talent, and your enthusiasm to this event.  Our core team…Sara Thiel, Caleb Cotter, Christina Chavez, and Jill Pollack… learned so much about the spirit and generosity of our neighbors throughout the planning of this event.  So many folks touched my heart with how freely they gave of their talent, and time.  As I said at the awards ceremony, it takes a village to create an event  like this.  This is one little, very mighty hamlet of which I am very proud to be a member.  I look forward to our 2nd annual 5K, and the opportunity to grow upon our initial success.

Fondly,

Nancy