Happy Thursday!
St. Lawrence County Public Transit (slcnypublictransit.com), operated by The Arc Jefferson - St. Lawrence, suspended service on Route #22 servicing Canton, Star Lake, Colton, Potsdam, Oswegatchie and Harrisville effective Monday, August 19, 2024. The decision was made to suspend service based on difficulties staffing buses and historically low ridership on the route. Ridership on route #22 is the lowest of all fixed routes in the system, accounting for only 0.3% of all trips. Currently no date is set to resume service. Riders affected by this change may reach out to First Mile Last Mile (FMLM) to request transportation assistance. FMLM is a connector service that provides riders a ride to their bus stop at no charge. FMLM asks all riders submit requests a minimum of 48 hours before the service is necessary, however FMLM is committed to providing service to riders affected by the Route #22 suspension. FMLM will make effort to provide last-minute rides, but the ability to provide service is dependent on the availability of volunteer drivers. Passengers may access Volunteer Transportation Center’s First Mile Last Mile service by calling 315-644-6944 on weekdays from 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Schedules and additional information for riders can be found on the website at slcnypublictransit.com Find us on Facebook@SLCPublicTransit for additional information.
COMING UP IN WANAKENA! FRIDAY NIGHT KEGGER AT THE WANAKENA HISTORY CENTER! Just kidding. It's a HOSPITAL INFORMATIONAL MEETING! Go check it out FRIDAY NIGHT at HISTORY CENTER! WOOHOO! Coming up next weekend: LIVE MUSIC WITH THE ATKINSON FAMILY BAND SATURDAY SEPT 31ST 7PM!! TWO OPEN MICS AT OTTO'S ABODE COMING UP!! AND DONT FORGET ABOUT QUILT FEST LABOR DAY WEEEKEND!!!!! Elsewhere around town: Thursday Night: Harewood Hub GUEST SPEAKER @6:30! To quote our amazing friends and fellow radical-shop owners THE STATION: "THE QURIOUS SHALL BE REWARDED!" DOWN AT HARWOOD LAKESIDE BIRCH'S! Low Country Boil and Live Music Friday, August 30. Deets: Boil - Must purchase tickets in advance, will sell out. Price $35. Crab Legs, Muscles, Clams, Shrimp, Sausage, Sweet Corn, Salt Potates thrown on a Community Table to share. Time 4:30ish to 5:30ish. Music - Todd LeFrance playing from 6pm - 9pm, Free. Bring your chairs and a cooler. Boats Welcome, you should be able to hear from the water. This Weekend's weather looks GOOD! Cranberry Lake Boat Club BOAT RACE SATURDAY! Also, this Saturday BIG PARTY at The Legion this SATURDAY! ALL DAY! LIVE MUSIC! CHICKEN BBQ! COOL CARS! FAMILY FRIENDS NEIGHBORS STRANGERS AND MORE!!! RUSTIC RYDERS LIVE MUSIC CHURCH SERVICE SUNDAY WANANKENA! LIVE MUSIC WITH THE NELSON BROS SUNDAY AT THE HAREWOOD LIBRARY! Maybe some more rain Sunday?! Get out there and enjoy it! Stay Tuned, folks! See below for a more comprehensive list of "happenings" in the Clifton-Fine area. Places to Stay (cranberrylakemountaineers.com)
DOWN AT THE ABODE! We're stocked-up so we hope you stop-in! When not steering folks in the right direction via our ART-CENTRIC TRAVEL AGENCY SERVICES we... more than anything specialize in GROCERIES! Check out our produce cooler with over FOURTY varieties of fresh fruits and veg... THAT'S WHERE THE FRESH CHEESE CURD IS ALSO! We do our best to keep fresh Heidelberg Bread on the shelves. Nuts, dried fruit, tortillas, rolls and buns! Grocery Pantry holds eggs, dairy, frozen meats, and lots more chilled, frozen and dry goods! It's been said you can have a different meal every day of the week out of that pantry. WALK-IN COOLER WITH OVER SIXTY VARIETIES OF COLD BEER AND CIDER! We've all sorts of candy, snacks and ice cream too. We do our best to keep stock of health & beauty and hiking, camping and fishing essentials. Check out our map and book selection - we've got lots for sale and always lots on the wall for browsing upon. WE LOVE MAPS! Sometimes we have FULL BLOWN Art Exhibits... and when we don't, WE MAKE OUR OWN FUN! For most of this Summer we've had an awesome exhibition of paintings by Plattsburgh's Ian Burcroff. He retrieved them a couple weeks ago. Right now, we have free reign of the available WALL SPACE. Space-out with us, will ya? HOT COFFEE ALL THE TIME! LOTS MORE, TOO. YOU'LL SEE! Thanks for supporting your LOCAL YEAR-ROUND AWARD WINNING INVONVENIENCE STORE AND MOOOOORE!
So why shop local? What's the big deal? You can probably get everything cheaper at a big box store. And it's not like you NOT going to "head to town" sometimes later this week. Perhaps you already have? We ALL do it. You go to town, you get all your stuff done, get all the stuff you need... what, are you going to make ANOTHER STOP down here at Otto's Abode?!?! Who's got spare time in our fast-paced lives these days to make a SPECIAL STOP at some little boutique grocery store. What's the point? Well, you know. You know where we're going with this. You know WHY it's important to support little independent stores in the 21st century. And even if you "know" maybe you still dont want to, or dont have the time, or funda, or whatever. WE GET IT! But, just like ALL the OTHER things you do and or/ don't do, that you know you should or should not do. Like flossing. If you like things like Otto's Abode or other small family-owned operations, you'd be ABSOULTY CRAZY to think shops like ours can survive without your support. We're talking purchases. *blushing* We started typing this with good intentions. But our Thursday deadline has quicky approached. THE CHOICE IS YOURS! BYE FOR NOW!
Abode is a shot of our produce selection as of Wednesday PM. And FOR FUN HERE IS AN OTTO'S ABODE BLAST FROM THE PAST! Here is a shot of the Main Room from this date back in the year 2020!
HERE IS AN UNDER-CONSTRUCTION LIST OF CLIFTON-FINE SUMMER 2024 EVENTS!
ALL SUMMER - WANAKENA HISTORY CENTER OPEN SAT AND SUN 11-4PM
ALL SUMMER - WANAKENA HISTORY CENTER SPECIAL "SINGER SUNDAYS"
08/22 - 6:30PM HAREWOOD HUB AUTHOR PRESENTATION!
08/23 - 4PM HOSPITAL INFORMATIONAL AT WANAKENA HISTORY CENTER
08/24 - CRANBERRY LAKE BOAT CLUB BOAT RACE
08/24 - AMERICAN LEGION FAMILY FUN DAY CLASSIC CARS BBQ LIVE MUSIC
08/24 - SUNDAY MORNING RUSTIC RYDERS PRESBYETERIAN CHUCH SERVICE ZPARK
08/25 - 2PM LIVE MUSIC HAREWOOD LIBRARY
08/30 & 08/31 - QUILT FEST WANAKENA
08/31 - 3PM CLBC COMMUNITY PICNIC @ HAREWOOD HUB
08/31 - 3PM SATURDAY SOCIAL AT THE HAREWOOD HUB
08/31 - 7PM LIVE MUSIC WANAKENA
09/06 - HOSPITAL FARMERS MARKET STAR LAKE 10-3PM
09/07 - STAR LAKE FIRE DEPT. CRAFT FAIR, PARADE AND FIREWORKS!
09/28 - 6-9PM OPEN AIR OPEN MIC OTTO'S ABODE
10/26 - 6-9PM OPEN AIR OPEN MIC OTTO'S ABODE
(What are we missing? Let us know! Thanks!)
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 with GIANT LOON! ADK Pharmacy OPEN. Clifton Fine Central School GO EAGLES! Community Bank OPEN! Clifton Fine Hospital OPEN and HOPIN' you're healthy! They also like some of your MONEY! GIVE IT TO 'EM! They are looking to EXPAND! Look out for Food Truck Thursdays and Farmers Markets! Dollar General OPEN! Twin Lakes OPEN! CF Arena CLOSED FOR SEASON. Jrecks' Golf Course CLUB HOUSE has LUNCH AND DINNER! It's called CLUB GRUB! 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 & Community Church OPEN. Newton Falls Volunteer Fire Department THANK YOU! Mountain Gate Plaza Bottle Redemption at Clifton Corners IS OPEN and FOR SALE! Packbasket Adventures Lodge in Wanakena OPEN... with NEW OWNERSHIP! Mary holds down 13695 Wanakena Post Office - Clifton Community Library Book Drop Box and Lost and Found and MORE out-front on Otto's Porch! Wanakena Ranger School getting ready for next year class! Wanakena Historical Association Walking Tour OPEN History Center OPENS JUNE 15TH and are OPEN every sat and sun though summer 11-4pm. Clifton-Fine Summer Series in ZPARK SUMMETIME! Common Thread Quilt Fest Labor Day Weekend! Out in Harewood: Wooden Fish Hathery OPEN! Coyotes Den CLOSED! Cranberry Lake Volunteer Fire Department THANK YOU! Birch's Lakeside OPEN - Boat Taxi Service NOW and LOTS MORE! 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 Mountaineers Snowmobile Club, check 'em out! Where the "WANAKENA" trail signs go? Grasse River Railway, anybody? Sevey's Point at Sevey's Corner OPEN. Thirsty Moose Childwold OPEN! Childwold Presbyterian Church though September 15th! And don't forget... Back West: 2E's, Edwards Opera House, Jim's Auto in South Edwards OPEN! Plum Brook Cafe in Russell OPEN! Jockos in Degrasse OPEN and re-painted! 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! (Who's missing? What's stale? Les us know! Zoom Zoom!)
"While we wait for the napkin, the soup gets cold, while the bonnet is trimming, the face grows old, when we've matched our buttons, the pattern is sold, and everything comes too late - too late." - From the poem by FITZHUGH LUDLOW (1836 - 1870)
