WANAKENA WEEKLY #229 - 06/13/24 - 06/19/20


Happy Thursday!


HAPPY LAST DAY OF SPRING! WHATS NEW? VINYL NIGHT SATURDAY! UPS Scott is off for ANOTHER week - hold tight folks! Windy Thursday night last week! Blew in a midnight soaker and a beautiful Friday morning. The whole weekend was the definition of a perfect spring days and nights and mornings. Daytime temps in the 60s, sunshine, cool nights, bugs were not bad. Lots of folks arrived in town for the history center opening! Locals, neighbors, strangers and more! Saturday was an ALLSTAR DAY FOR WANAKENA! LOTS of folks out and about celebrating the Wanakena History Center re-opening for the summer! The village was VERY ALIVE! Rik and the Gang They will be open every saturday and sunday 11-3pm all summer. Absolutely beautiful perfect weekend. AND THEN THE HEAT... MONDAY THE HEAT HOTTED HEAT HOT HEAT! Well, they predicted 90s... we're nearly there, but maybe not as bad as they forecast! Either way: IT'S THICK OUT HERE FOLKS! DONT BE A FOOL - STAY COOL! A lot of hikers heading out with big packs. THE DEER FLY ARE DRIVING PEOPLE NUTS THIS WEEK. They are bad! Mountain Gate Plaza Star Lake Ny 4880 Rt3 Star Lake NY 13690 next Live Drawing will be June 29th @ 12 noon... win a $50.00 Gift Certificate Otto's Abode Wanakena! Ranger School Summer Sesh ends this week.Town Of Fine: Minutes: Town Board Meetings [Digital Towpath] Looking for lodging? Places to Stay (cranberrylakemountaineers.com) Wanakena LIVE: Ranger School Webcam Ranger School Webcam and Harewood LIVE HERE: http://camera.clnorthshorehub.org/video/camera.htm?





DOWN AT THE ABODE - Karen said that Aldi was out of iceberg lettuce the other day! See: big box stores sometimes don't have what you need, too! A customer sent us a photograph of the salad they had for dinner with the hashtag #everything ottos. Another customer has a theory that you can make yourself a GOOD different dinner every night all week with items from the shop. Someone came in the other day and said they have had a camp in Harewood and have been coming up to camp for 70 years. She commented that over the years she would have never thought of going to Wanakena to shop... she was delighted with what she found here at Otto's... SHE SHOPPED! Thanks to those who are able and choose to divert a portion of their time and money to shop at small and local businesses! Later on, a group of six hikers came in the shop. They had backpacked four days three nights out around the High Falls Loop. They were just finishing-up their trip and popped into Otto's and sat around the coffee bar eating blueberries, drinking coffee and chatting about how great the hike was. Cheers to folks who possess the creative spirit of finding ways to feed themselves without it having to be between two pieces of bread! GREAT JOB! THIS SATURDAY IS VINYL NITE 3-7! SUMMER SOLSTICE THURSDAY NIGHT! C'MON DOWN AND GATHER! IAN BURCROFF PAINTINGS ON THE GALLER WALL ALL MONTH! You GOTTA come on down and check these out. Up through JULY! We do not have anything planned for the following weekend... "calm before the storm"... or something like that. FOURTH OF JULY UP NEXT! AND THEN GALACTIC COWBOY ORCHESTRA! We will be OPEN SEVEN DAYS A WEEK after fourth of July and will continue to be 7 days a week through august and Labor Day Weekend. After that, back closed on Tuesdays through Fall, Winter and Spring! NCPR/ACW HOWL STORY SLAM WEDNESDAY! The Howl Story Slam at Otto's Abode - (adirondackcenterforwriting.org) OPEN ALL YEAR LONG! STOP-IN AND STOCK-UP! GROCERIES GALORE! Starting to get some LOCAL produce in the shop - BOUNTY OF THE COUNTY! OVER SIXTY VARIETIES IN THE GOOD 'OL WALK-IN COOLER! CHEERS! OTTO'S ABODE! SHOPPER-SUPPORTED YEAR-ROUND INCONVENIENCE STORE.

  





RISE AND SHINE CLIFTON-FINE - Starting from the west: Historic Fine Town Hall Building in Fine Village seeking input for its use and future! Town Of Fine: Minutes: June 05, 2024: Public Town Board Meeting [Digital Towpath] 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! 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. Actually, there is NOTHING in the Club House. 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 SCOOPIN! 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! Packbasket Adventures Lodge in Wanakena OPEN! Mary holds down 13695 Wanakena Post Office - Clifton Community Library Book Drop Box out-front! Wanakena Ranger School Summer Session NOW! Wanakena Historical Association Walking Tour OPEN History Center OPENS JUNE 15TH! 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 OPEN - 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 opened 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!


HERE IS AN UNDER-CONSTRUCTION LIST OF CLIFTON-FINE SUMMER 2024 EVENTS!
ALL SUMMER - WANAKENA HISTORY CENTER OPEN SAT AND SUN 11-4PM
07/04 - CRANBERRY LAKE BOAT CLUB FIRECRACKER 5K
07/04 - WANAKENA FOURTH OF JULY PARADE NOON
07/05 - HOSPITAL FARMERS MARKET STAR LAKE 10-3PM
07/06 - 7PM LIVE MUSIC ZPARK WANAKENA
07/13 - BIRCH'S LAKESIDE REGATTA
07/14 - 1:30PM LIVE MUSIC HAREWOOD HUB
07/14 - 3PM LIVE MUSIC HAREWOOR LIBRARY
07/19 - HOSPITAL FARMERS MARKET STAR LAKE 10-3PM
07/19 & 07/20 - HAREWOOD CRAFT SHOW
07/20 & 07/21 - HOLY GRAIL STAR LAKE LOONEY DAYS
07/20 - 1PM-4PM CRANBERRY LAKE BOAT CLUB POKER PADDLE WANAKENA
07/20 - 4PM LIVE MUSIC ZPARK WANAKENA
07/24 - 7PM HOWL STORY SLAM ZPARK WANAKENA
07/28 - 1:30 LIVE MUSIC HAREWOOD HUB
07/28 - 3PM LIVE MUSIC HAREWOOD LIBRARY
08/02 - HOSPITAL FARMERS MARKET STAR LAKE 10-3PM
08/02 - 7PM LIVE MUSIC ZPARK WANAKENA
08/04 - SOS STAR LAKE 5K GARAGE SALE AND MORE
08/06 - AUTHOR PRESENTATION HAREWOOD HUB
08/10 & 08/11 - CRANBERRY LAKE ART SHOW
08/16 - HOSPITAL FARMERS MARKET STAR LAKE 10-3PM
08/17 - 7PM LIVE MUSIC ZPARK WANAKENA
08/24 - CRANBERRY LAKE BOAT CLUB BOAT RACE
08/25 - 2PM LIVE MUSIC HAREWOOD LIBRARY
08/27 - AUTHOR PRESENTATION HAREWOOD HUB
08/30 & 08/31 - QUILT FEST WANAKENA
08/31 - 7PM LIVE MUSIC WANAKENA 
09/06 - HOSPITAL FARMERS MARKET STAR LAKE 10-3PM
09/07 - STAR LAKE CRAFT FAIR
09/20 - HOSPITAL FARMERS MARKET STAR LAKE 10-3PM
10/04 - HOSPITAL FARMERS MARKET STAR LAKE 10-3PM