BY ADAM ATKINSON
North Country This Week

POTSDAM — Stewart’s Shops is slated to go before the village planning board in December for a site plan review for a new store in the village.

The new location for the convenience store will be at the corner of Market and Grove streets, Village Mayor Ron Tischler told the village board at their meeting Nov. 15th.

“Where the existing NoCo is, and Foxy Roxy and the house next to Foxy Roxy’s that will all be taken apart. And there will be a brand new 3900 square foot building with gas pumps done,” Tischler said.

He said that once the new store is constructed, the company is looking at building a larger store behind its current Maple Street location.

“But they’re not going to do that until the one on Grove Street is done,” Tischler said.

The new Maple Street store will be larger with a larger gas island, Village Administrator Greg Thompson said.

Stewart’s already has approval for the new Maple Street store but plans to construct the Market and Grove street shop first.

Village Trustee Alexandra Jacobs Wilke said that in light of the new store at Grove and the closure of the Cottage Street block section with the hospital expansion, that the village should consider additional traffic lights there for pedestrian safety.

“At least a three-way stop sign there would be really helpful I think,” said Village Trustee Maggie McKenna.

“And an actual pedestrian crosswalk,” Wilke added.

Village Trustee Steve Warr said that there is a potential for all of the Foxy Roxy workers displaced by the closure of the diner to move across the street to one half of Half Tons and reopen the space as a breakfast eatery there. “So same staff, same cooking and same small pancakes,” Warr said.

“Great food, great quantities and low prices,” Tischler said.