WANAKENA WEEKLY #226 - 05/23/24 - 05/29/24


Happy Thursday!




First up: LIVE MUSIC SATURDAY @6PM ZPARK! BOOK TALK NEXT SATURDAY 3PM ZPARK! ALSO.... Last week's OPEN AIR OPEN MIC WAS AWESOME! THANKS TO PERFORMERS! THANKS FOR COMING OUT. FOLKS! GREAT JOB EVERYBODY! Spring is in full swing. That also means the dependability of WANAKENA WEEKLY to deliver IN-DEPTH reporting might eb and flow. Stay with us folks! Lady slippers down the Moore Trail. Woodchucks scamper under the porch. BEAR IN TOWN. Turtle eggs! Turkeys, anybody? Goldfinch munching on dandelions. Nightcrawlers being taken for dips. Weather has been GREAT! Tree leaves are OOT and blowing in the breeze. Bernie next-door says it was 35.4 degrees Thursday morning! This weekend looks BEAUTIFUL! Ranger School ESF Summer Session happening NOW! About 35 students for 4 weeks! Fellow-Cranberry Lake business owners BIRCH'S LAKESIDE OPEN FOR THE SEASON! GO show 'em some love, see what they are up to! SOS Star Lake FREE CLOTHING SHOP AND BOP! BBQ Pork at The Legion June 1st! Grab some pork and head on over to Wanakena for the Saturday night EXPERIEMENTAL NOISE concert! Mountain Gate at Clifton Corners - check 'em out! Harewood Hub has the old church pews for sale - WE GOT ONE AND WE LOVE IT - $250 a pop! Check out the PEWS and check out their summer schedule of events. Check the Cranberry Lake Library, too! Sunday June 2nd the WANAKENA CHURCH BELLS will be ringin'! First service of the season! WANAKENA HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION will be OPENING THE HISTORY CENTER for the season.... LIVE MUSIC AT THE CHUCH IN CONJUNTION JUNE 15TH!!! WOOHOO!!!!! Summer Yoga RETURNS to Clifton-Fine Community Center June 20th! Town of Fine hiring a CLERK OF THE WORKS! LOTS AND LOTS MORE GOING ON THESE DAYS! Summer quickly approaches. WANAKENA LIVE: Live view - AXIS M1004-W Network Camera 


BEAR REPORT - There have been numerous reports of a BEAR messing with people's stuff. South Shore Road by the bridge: messing with garbage. 2nd street: tearing down bird feeders. Reid Road: bear reported to have broken-into screened-in porch to retrieve kitty litter box. Ranger School Road: bear reported to have scattered garbage around yard. 6th Street: bear reported to be snorting around turning over rocks sniffing for BBQ drippings. 


Come check out the NEW (historic) chuch pew on the front porch from the Cranberry Lake Noth Shore Hub! SHOPPER SUPPORTED MOUNTAIN GROCERY - CHEESE 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!