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The long-awaited Freight Wheel Café offers free wi-fi and printer access, with space to eat, work, and socialize.

Internet Breakfast Café Opens In Historic Store

Coffee, Community the Inspiration

By MAE LOEWENGUTHHARTWICK

An analyst from Bassett Healthcare and an environmental advocate have been working since 2009 to restore what was once known as O.S. Burch & Son, a dry goods/general store. The historical building, dating back to 1864, is now known as the Freight Wheel Café.

Owners Martha and Paul Clarvoe met and were wed in the state of Maryland. They later decided it was time to get back to nature—eventually choosing upstate New York, where they settled and raised three children.

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