WANAKENA WEEKLY #221 - 04/18/24 - 04/24/24


Happy Thursday!



WHATS NEW? - Glorious FULL MOON! SUNSHINE before the weekend... maybe some drizzles over the weekend but warming UP! Waters are getting turned on! Like buds and bulbs... friends, neighbors, and strangers doin' the Wanakena springtime shuffle. Yellow Belly Sap Suckers flicker-by. Chickadee in our birdhouse by the back door! It warmed up enough that some flying insects were out and about... but the low 20s we had a couple mornings this past week gave 'em a good kick in the buzzers. Jeff says beautiful wood ducks on the water and an otter eating a fish on the dock down at Suzie's Guesthouse. No reports of hummingbirds YET. College group looking to canoe Cranberry Lake this past Saturday were quickly turned back to town by the wind. They wound up hanging at Vinyl Night and overnighting at the Town of Fine Campsite; great folks and happy campers! Speaking of Vinyl Night... it snowed! Cold! Wind! Snow! Campfire! Popcorn! Party People! Springtime in WANAKENA! Hiker doing the 50 started Monday and checked back in Wednesday; good spirits and a little wet. He said he reads the WANAKENA WEEKLY! Ranger School counting down the days. After they graduate Forest Rangers to-be move in! Keep an eye out for them jogging around town in formation. Leave 'em alone, though - they focused and busy! Public Restroom in Wanakena OPEN. Wanakena Packbasket Adventures TO-GO Dinners every Friday and Saturday - order early! Looking for a place to stay? This is a great resource: Places to Stay (cranberrylakemountaineers.com) For the record: Town Of Fine: Minutes: Town Board Meetings [Digital Towpath] WANAKENA LIVE FEED! Adirondack Playboys LIVE 1-5pm at The American Legion Star Lake Sunday 28th! 





RISE AND SHINE CLIFTON-FINE - Starting from the west: Historic Fine Town Hall Building in Fine Village seeking input for its use and future! Fine Volunteer Fire Dept THANK YOU! Lodge at Dodge Pond OPEN. UBs Mercantile and ADK Rustics in Oswegatchie (Home of The Bargain Hunter!) Around Star Lake: ADK Holy Grail Gift Shop OPEN on weekends for now. ADK Pharmacy OPEN. Clifton Fine Central School GO EAGLES! Community Bank OPEN! Clifton Fine Hospital OPEN and HOPIN' you're healthy! Dollar General OPEN! Twin Lakes OPEN! CF Arena CLOSED FOR SEASON. Jrecks' CLOSED FOR SEASON. CF Golf Course OPEN! Star Lake Volunteer Fire Department THANK YOU! SOS Adirondack Exhibit Center EVENTS HAPPENING! Clifton-Fine Community Center and Food Pantry & Free Community Meal Wednesdays! Todd Hardware OPEN! Coffee Fever SOLD? Circle Jays OPEN! American Legion OPEN. Newton Falls Giving Box & Post Office OPEN. Newton Falls Volunteer Fire Department THANK YOU! Mountain Gate Plaza Bottle Redemption at Clifton Corners OPEN with Porkbusters BBQ Truck SOON! Packbasket Adventures Lodge in Wanakena OPEN! Mary holds down 13695 Wanakena Post Office - Clifton Community Library Book Drop Box out-front! Wanakena Ranger School! Wanakena Historical Association Walking Tour OPEN History Center Closed. Common Thread Quilt Fest Labor Day Weekend! Out in Harewood: Wooden Fish Hathery OPEN! Coyotes Den OPEN and FOR SALE! Cranberry Lake Volunteer Fire Department THANK YOU! Birch's Lakeside SOON! Tilly's? Cranberry Lake North Shore Hub hosts space use, dock use, summer concerts and summer lectures! Clifton Community Library OPEN! Cranberry Lake Boat Club announcing summer events (Firecracker Race, Poker Paddle, Boat Race)! Cranberry Lake DEC Campground opens May 17th - Hannah Z and Ron C's Birthday! Cranberry Lake Mounteneers Snowmobile Club, check 'em out! Grasse River Railway? Sevey's Point at Sevey's Corner OPEN. Thirsty Moose Childwold OPEN! And don't forget! 2E's, Edwards Opera House, Jim's Auto in South Edwards OPEN! Plum Brook Cafe in Russell OPEN! Jockos in Degrasse OPEN!  CLIFTON-FINE RT. 3 CORRIDOR ROLL-CALL ROUND-UP! We're Southern St. Lawrence County. We're Northwestern Adirondacks. We're BOTH. We're NEITHER! WE'RE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE-LESS! WILD WEST! GREAT SOUTH WOODS WAY SOUTH OF THE ROCK! ALL THAT STUFF! OH YEAH!


A LA 'BODE - Ding Dong! Live Music: LILY DOMES! It's happening! Lily Domes whose voice and guitarwork you WILL recognize from previous OPEN AIR OPEN MIC nights WILL BE PERFORMING Sunday April 28th at 7pm! $10 cover! RAIN OR SHINE! Campfire & Popcorn! Memorial Day Weekend: There's an OPEN AIR OPEN MIC out in ZPARK SUNDAY MAY 26TH 6-9PM. Important announcement: We will be CLOSED SATURDAY NOON MAY 25th though NOON MAY 26TH.... we have an unavoidable personal obligation. You'll be alright. We'll be back. CHECK IT OUT: Author Talk! June 8th @ 3pm out in ZPark! Janet Irvin author of BROKEN (Wanakena Murder Mystery) Will be discussing the SEQUEL... SHE'S BAAAACK! More info to come! Copies of BETRAYED Love and Murder in The Adirondacks (the sequel) and BROKEN (the first book) are available for purchase at Otto's NOW. Woohoo! CHOCK CHECK Doorstopper Exhibit ON VIEW! JUNK DRAWER Exhibit ON VIEW! 
MOUNTAIN GROCERY - WE'RE OPEN AND HOPIN' YOU'LL STOP-N-SHOP! MAKE IT QUICK - OR WHY NOT MAKE AN AFTERNOON OF IT? A MORNING OF IT? AN EVENING OF IT? HECK, STAY THE NIGHT IF YOU WANT! OR JUST HANG ON THE PORCH FOR A BIT. EITHER WAY... THE WANAKENA HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION VILLAGE WALKING TOUR IS UP AND RUNNING FOR THE SEASON. ALL OF THE INFORMATION AND PHOTOGRAPHS ON THOSE KIOSKS NEVER GET OLD, DO THEY?!?! SHORT HIKES INCLUDE THE RANGER SCHOOL FIRE TOWER, THE BIG PINE, DEAD CREEK FLOW, THE MOORE TRAIL UP THE OSWEGATCHIE RIVER! TAKE A STROLL AND UNWIND YOUR MIND AT THE WANAKENA LABYRINTH. LONG HIKES TOO... HOW ABOUT A CANOE? POKE AROUND TOWN AND YOU'LL FIND SOME GREAT SPOTS TO CAST A LINE! PICNIC AND CROQUET IN THE PARK, ANYONE? DONT FORGET: LIVE MUSIC WITH LILY DOMES THIS SUNDAY APRIL 28TH 7PM! THANKS FOR SHOPPING LOCAL! NEARLY FOURTY DIFFERENT FRUIT & VEG OPTIONS! WALK-IN COOLER WITH OVER FIFTY VARIETIES OF COLD BEER/CIDER/SELTZER/N.A.! ICE! NIGHT CRAWLERS! 2024 MAPLE SYRUP! HOT COFFEE!! LOCAL RAW HONEY! LOTS-O-CHEESE! DRY, COLD AND FROZEN GROCERIES! LOTS OF ORGANIC AND GLUTEN-FREE OPTIONS! SNACKS, CANDY & ICE CREAM! HIKING AND FISHING GEAR! MAPS, MUSIC, BOOKS, GIFTS, ART AND MORE! ART, LOCAL INFORMATION & HISTORY DISPLAYS ON VIEW, ROTATING ART & MUSIC EVENTS! WEE-KEENA LIBRARY ON THE PORCH!