Happy Thursday!
Drizzly this past Weekend speckled with sunshine and goldfinch! Roadside turkeys! Out in the woods wildflowers bitty big and bitty BOOM! A hiker reported VERY wet and VERY buggy conditions this past sunday way out around the lake. Dry and bugless this past Tuesday town towards Janacks, though. IT'S A MIXED BAG FOLKS! Bernie said saw an Oreal and a Thrasher while birding in and around town! Meatloaf at the Free Community Meal last night! No bear signings YET! Moose tracks, YES. Pike and perch gettin CAUGHT! Town of Fine Clean-Up Crew rolled into Wanakena this past week and SWEPT UP THE SAND! THANKS, GUYS! We've mopped the porch and below you'll find Suzan watering the Gazebo. It's the last Weekend on campus for RS class of '24! They Graduate Saturday and a group of to-be rangers comes in for boot camp... followed by ESF summer session! No rest for Ranger School Folks! RANGER SCHOOL WEBCAM! Ranger School held a controlled burn this past week, and the DEC posted it on their facebook, and the comment section went wild!!!! The term "MOONBAT" was even used! Never heard that one. Great job everybody! In other news... this was found elsewhere on the internet: "Over the last 3 weeks some members from Star Lake Station 1 & 2, along with Cranberry Lake Fire, Fine Fire and Lisbon Fire completed a 27-hour water supply operation class." New summer hours at the Clifton Community Library in Harewood - expanded weekday evening hours! Clifton-Fine Hospital is hiring a Cleark of the works! C'mon it even rhymes! Need lodging? Check out this great resource... Places to Stay (cranberrylakemountaineers.com) Want to know what's going on in the backyard of old Pinecone rental units? Neither do we! But if you did... there's a webcam HERE. This weekend... LOOKS NICE! Maybe some overnight showers Friday into Sunday! Wanakena Garage Sale Friday and Saturday! SEVEN HOMES TO VISIT! Friday the 17th The Cranberry Lake State Campground OPENS!!!!! Bork Pusters back at Mountain Gate Clifton Corners FRIDAY the 17th! AA at SOS every Friday Night! SOS Adirondack Exhibit Center is having their FREE CLOTHING SHOP BOP this weekend! Birch's Store in Cranberry OPENS for the season on the 22nd! Town Of Fine: Minutes: May 08, 2024: May Meeting Minutes [Digital Towpath] and don't forget to check out the Edwards Opera House!
MOUNTAIN GROCERY - CHEESW CURD! SUPER LOCAL RAW HONEY! PEPSI VENDING MACHINE PLUGGED-IN! FIREWOOD STOCKED! 7B BAGS OF ICE 2/$5! 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? THANKS FOR SHOPPING LOCAL DOWN AT OTTO'S ABODE IN WANAKEN'! NEARLY FOURTY DIFFERENT FRUIT & VEG OPTIONS! WALK-IN COOLER WITH OVER SIXTY 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! ALL WEATHER CROQUET FANATICS!
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!) are OPEN! 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! What's The Scoop, Scoops? 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 FRIDAY noon - 6pm! Packbasket Adventures Lodge in Wanakena OPEN & pick-up dinners! 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. Clifton-Fine Summer Series in ZPARK SUMMETIME! 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 - Boat Taxi Service NOW! Tilly's? Cranberry Lake Art Show HAPPENING! 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!
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