Happy Thursday!
CHECK IT: ALUMNI WEEKEND COMING UP! Looking back: Another gorgeous warm and sunny summer weekend in Wanakena. Waking up early to nagging crows, scorched by summer sun, munching on raspberries, beebalm hummingbird bonanza, geese fece on the feet. Summertime and everyone is out and about enjoying the season. The place is jammin and the lake is buzzin'. Wanakena History Center rockin' every weekend! Across the Lake last weekend... It was a big day in HAREWOOD this past Sunday: your favorite local Celtic rock powerhouse KNOTTY PADDY played outside at the Harewood Hub Sunday at 1:30pm! JONATHAN FOSTER FREE CONCERT SUNDAY, JULY 28; 3PM PAVILION BEHIND THE LIBRARY. RIGHT ACCROSS THE STREET PARTY! IT WAS A LIVE MUSIC SUNDAY ON THE NORTH SHORE OF THE MIGHTY CRANBERRY LAKE! Don't forget about Cranberry Lake's OTHER store: Birch's Lakeside! Access them by road, trail or water - they are much more than a store. CHECK EM OUT! GRAB A PIZZA! Be sure to stay in touch with the Clifton Community Library in Cranberry Lake, too! CRANBERRY LAKE CRANBERRY LAKE I WANT TO GO TO CRANBERRY LAKE! We're up here at the MOUTH of the lake in WANAKENA! Just below rapids. C'mon down! C'mon up! C'MON C'MON!!!!!! Hiking trails should be "LESS WET" but, still... it's a wilderness area, people. Yer gonna get wet. That's the beauty of the forest... BATHE IN IT BABY!
This past Monday's HOWL STORY SLAM at OTTO'S ABODE brought to you by The Adirondack Center for Writing and North Country Radio was a SMASHING SUCCESS! The event had been rescheduled to this past MONDAY NIGHT due to poor (THUNDER AND LIGHTNING STORMS) weather this past Thursday! GREAT IDEA! ACW &NCPR put on a FANTASTIC EVENT! The weather was superb and the crowd: robust! Wanakena's own Rick Kovaks was voted by a randomly selected group of judges from the crowd as THE WINNER! And a friendly reminder: For those who did not make it to the event citing lack of funds: ACW and NCPR state on their websites that the event has a "pay what you can sliding scale suggested donation of $10". So next time reconsider sitting-out due to lack of funds. THE MORE THE MERRIER!
LOOKING AHEAD! RANGER SCHOOL ALUMNI WEEKEND! Live view - AXIS M1004-W Network Camera Friday night LIVE MUSIC in WANAKENA! 7PM LIVE MUSIC with THE MAKERS of Ithaca, NY. From their website: The Makers are Lydia Garrison and Nate Silas Richardson. A shared obsession with the music of Mali, West Africa brought them together, and a potent creative chemistry emerged between them. They blend their voices, fiddle, banjo, and various guitars into an intricate weave of sometimes unclassifiable but always heartfelt, roots-based original songs, exploring the triumphs and tragedies along life’s beautiful & bumpy road. https://lydiagarrison.live/the-makers. ALSO, THIS WEEKEND: 08/03 - STAR LAKE COMMUNITY GARAGE SALE! CHECK IT OUT! 08/03 - HOSPITAL FUND RAISER RAFFLE AT GOLF COURSE 08/04 - SOS STAR LAKE 5K GARAGE SALE AND LOTS LOTS MORE CHECK IT ALL OUT PEOPLE! 08/06 - AUTHOR PRESENTATION HAREWOOD HUB. THURSDAY THE 8TH LIVE MUSIC WANAKENA CHURCH... JAM CRACKERS!!! Next weekend is the CRANBERRY LAKE ART SHOW. Also, that weekend in WANAKENA is the PACKRAFTING ADVENTURE-ERS ROUND 3! Yes, they are back for more Five Ponds Wilderness. NEXT WEEKEND FOLKS!
Down at Otto's we're STOCKED-UP so STOP-IN! And don't forget! Ian Burcroff's MIND-BLOWING PAINTINGS are STILL ON VIEW for another week! THANKS FOR READING! And thanks for those who chose to throw some bucks in the digital tip jar! We're on venmo @ Otto's Abode. Cheers, ya'll! From your favorite, year-round, award-winning inconvenience store and more! Where the folks may say: "It's fun to look at everything." Why be a square when you could be a deconstructed cube? SHOPPER SUPPORTED MOUNTAIN GROCERY PACKED WITH CHEESE CURD! SUPER LOCAL RAW HONEY! PEPSI VENDING MACHINE PLUGGED-IN! FIREWOOD STOCKED! 7LB 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! FOUR YEARS OF ARCHIVED WANAKENA RIGHT HERE: Otto's Abode: wanakena weekly (ottosabode.org)
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"
07/03 - HAREWOOD HUB BOAT RIDE TO THE BIOSTATION
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
07/11 - CHILDWOLD CHURCH LIVE MUSIC
07/11 - HAREWOOD HUB RIDE TO BIO STATION
07/13 - BIRCH'S LAKESIDE REGATTA
07/14 - WANAKENA HISTORICAL PADDLE
07/14 - 1:30PM LIVE MUSIC HAREWOOD HUB
07/14 - 3PM LIVE MUSIC HAREWOOD LIBRARY
07/18 - CHILDWOLD CHURCH LIVE MUSIC
07/18 - HOSPITAL INFORMATIONAL AT THE HAREWOOD HUB
07/19 - HOSPITAL FARMERS MARKET STAR LAKE 10-3PM
07/20 - FINE TOWN HALL FREE CLOTING GIVE AWAY
07/19 & 07/20 - HAREWOOD BACKWOODS CLVFD AUX CRAFT SHOW & BBQ
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
07/21 - 6PM LIVE MUSIC ZPARK WANAKENA
07/24 - 7PM HOWL STORY SLAM ZPARK WANAKENA
07/29 - 7PM MONDAY NIGHT HOWL STORY SLAM ZPARK WANAKENA
07/27 - 3PM MEET AND GREET SATURDAY SOCIAL AT HAREWOOD HUB
07/27 - STAR LAKE POKER RUN
07/28 - 1:30 LIVE MUSIC HAREWOOD HUB
07/28 - 3PM LIVE MUSIC HAREWOOD LIBRARY
07/29 - 7PM HOWL STORY SLAM JAM WANAKENA ZPARK
07/31 - RABIES VACCINATION CLINIC @ SOS STAR LAKE
07/31 - HAREWOOD HUB BOAT RIDE TO BIO STATION
08/02 - HOSPITAL FARMERS MARKET STAR LAKE 10-3PM
08/02 - 7PM LIVE MUSIC ZPARK WANAKENA
08/03 - STAR LAKE COMMUNITY GARAGE SALE
08/03 - HOSPITAL FUND RAISER RAFFLE AT GOLF COURSE
08/04 - SOS STAR LAKE 5K GARAGE SALE AND MORE
08/06 - AUTHOR PRESENTATION HAREWOOD HUB
08/08 - 7PM! LIVE MUSIC WANAKENA CHURCH!
08/10 & 08/11 - PACKRAFTING RACE WANAKENA/FIVE PONDS WILDERNESS
08/10 & 08/11 - CRANBERRY LAKE ART SHOW
08/10 - NEWTON FALLS RIVER RUN
08/16 - HOSPITAL FARMERS MARKET STAR LAKE 10-3PM
08/17 - 7PM LIVE MUSIC ZPARK WANAKENA
08/22 - 08/26 - WANAKENA PACKBASKET WELNESS RETREAT
08/24 - FAMILY FUN DAY AT THE LEGION STAR LAKE
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 - 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!
09/20 - HOSPITAL FARMERS MARKET STAR LAKE 10-3PM
10/04 - HOSPITAL FARMERS MARKET STAR LAKE 10-3PM
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 OPEN. Newton Falls Volunteer Fire Department THANK YOU! Mountain Gate Plaza Bottle Redemption at Clifton Corners OPEN! Packbasket Adventures Lodge in Wanakena OPEN... with NEW OWNERSHIP! Mary holds down 13695 Wanakena Post Office - Clifton Community Library Book Drop Box out-front! 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? 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! Town Of Fine: Minutes: Town Board Meetings [Digital Towpath]"No one is so rich that he does not need another's help; no one so poor as not to be useful in some way to his fellow man; and the disposition to ask assistance from others with confidence, and to grant it with kindness, is part of our very nature." - Pope Leo X111 (1901)