WANAKENA WEEKLY #241 - 09/05/24 - 09/11/24

Happy Thurday!


AROUND TOWN! The Adirondack Trail Ride is starting SOON! Follow along here: Adirondack Trail Ride 2024 live tracker by trackleaders.com THEY RE-PAINTED THE BRIDGE! "They" being resident Wanakena volunteers. LOOKS GREAT! In other news: Gotta love that post-Labor Day Weekend sweet sweet still summer vibe. The weather is FANTASTIC and the whole thing is CHILLED DOWN A BIT! We're not saying it's quiet around here... WE'RE SAYING SUMMER IS LOUD! Wanakena History Center is STILL OPEN ON THE WEEKENDS! Fellow Cranberry Lake store BIRCH'S LAKESIDE in Harewood STILL OPEN! Harewood Hub has NEW SIDEWALKS to boat docks! Leaves are changing, cool nights, warm days. Last Sunday Bernie C. took a gang up the Moore Trail to look for mushrooms. He showed us a FUNGUS growing out of a beetle! YIKES! When we went up the Moore Trail on Tuesday we would have taken a MILLION photographs because it was so perfectly beautiful, alas we didn't bring the camera. Hikers out on the trail reporting wet conditions here and there. Everyone (mostly) comes out smiling, though. Bo said he built a dock out at campsite #20 on the lake. Kim S. Party Picnic at Rasbeck Hole TUESDAY! Bring a dish to pass and stuff. The crossbill have been hanging out down here in the center of the village! They are CUTE! Racoons messin' around in town - big ol' round ones too! CLIFTON FINE HOSPITAL CONSTRUCTION CAM HERE: Clifton-Fine Hospital Construction Cam (youtube.com) WANAKENA RANGER SCHOOL LIVE VIDEO HERE. SUZIE'S GUESTHOUSE CAM HERE: gotsnowcams.com - New York - paul@NorthernChateau@.com Board meeting minutes from last night: Town Of Fine: Minutes: September 11, 2024: September Board Meeting [Digital Towpath]

COMING UP! VINYL PARTY IN ZPARK SATURDAY WITH DJ ED OPEL!! Roast Pork Dinner Sponsored by the Cranberry Lake Fireman's Auxiliary Saturday Sept 14th 5-7pm $15 at the Fire Hall! WHY DONT YOU BRING YOUR PORK TO VINYL NIGHT! Jocko's in Degrasse has SUNDAY FUNDAY music and food! Clifton Fine Central School is BACK IN SESSION! Fitness Center at the school is open M-F 5-8am & 5-10pm and weekends 5-10pm! Harewood Library has ART CLUB Thursday mornings at 10:30am! Star Lake FD Trunk-or-treat on Halloween!! OTTO'S ABODE OPEN AIR OPEN MIC COMING UP SOON! GET READY YA'LL! 

Down at Otto's we are STOCKED-UP! Check it out: THERE IS SIMPLY NO OTHER WAY AROUND IT: OUR FRESH PRODUCE SELECTION AND WALK-IN COOLER WILL BLOW YOUR SOCKS OFF! GET OUT HERE AND STOCK UP! THANKS FOR SHOPPING AT YOUR LOCAL YEAR-ROUND INCONVENIENCE STORE AND MORE! Your purchases make a difference! THANK YOU! 

IMPORTANT NOTICE FROM OTTO'S!!!!!!!! WE WILL BE CLOSED FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 20TH AND SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 21ST! We're really sorry to miss you. WE HAVE AN UNAVOIDABLE OBLIGATION TO ATTEND TO! 

For your consideration: We're hearing reports from folks of crossing over the ol' "LOG BRIDGE OF DEATH" again. The trail was re-routed north to a better crossing over a beaver dam in July of 2017. Perhaps that beaver dam is gone, or the trail has just worked its way back to the narrow log crossing and not knowing of or seeking an alternative crossing, folks simply can't resist the temptation to test their fate over the LOG BRIDGE OF DEATH! Maps & info below are from that 2017 re-route announcement. Happy Trails!

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! Fitness Center at the school is open M-F 5-8am & 5-10pm and weekends 5-10pm! 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 CLOSED FOR THE SEASON 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 and hosting SUNDAY FUNDAYS!! 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!)