WANAKENA WEEKLY #244 - 09/26/24 - 10/02/24

Happy Thursday!

HAPPY OCTOBER! LOTS OF YELLOW-BELLIED SAP SUCKERS OUT THERE! LASTNIGHT'S BEAUTIFUL RAINBOW AND SUNSET WERE JUST THE BEGININGS OF ALL THE FANTASTIC WEATHER TO COME THIS WEEKEND... AND THE FALL FOLLIAGE IS TOP NOTCH! WE'RE STOCKED-UP SO STOP IN! APPLE CIDER! WINTER SQUASH! NIGHT CRAWLERS! ICE! PUMPKIN AND OKTOBERFEST BEER AND CIDER IN THE WALK-IN COOLER! MAPLE SYRUP! GROCERIES GALORE, HOT COFFEE, ICE CREAM, SNACKS, TRAIL INFO, GEAR, MAPS, BOOKS, ART SUPPLIES, GIFTS AND A WHOLE LOT MORE! FRESHLY RE-PAINTED WANAKENA FOOTBRIDGE! WANAKENA HISTORY CENTER OPEN 11-4PM SAT AND SUN! QUILT RAFFLE SATURDAY AT 2PM! WANAKENA LABYRINTH! PADDELING AND FISHING! TRAILS IN EVERY DIRECTION! CROQUET IN ZPARK! C'MON OUT AND HANG A WHILE! THANKS FOR SHOPPING AT YOUR LOCAL YEAR-ROUND INCONVENENCE STORE AND MORE! CLOSED ON TUESDAYS! OKTOBERFEAST 10/12 1PM!

OCT 2ND JOINT TOWN BOARD MEETING MINUTES HERE: Town Of Fine: Minutes: October 02, 2024: Joint Town Board Meeting [Digital Towpath] MUSIC BY DJ SCPECIAL ED AT THE LEGION OCT 11TH! CLIFTON-FINE CHRISTMAS ELVES ANGEL TREE DEADLINE DEC 2ND! HAREWOOD LIBRARY BOOK CLUB MEETS OCT 14TH 7PM!

DONT FORGET: THE NEXT OPEN AIR OPEN MIC IS OCTOBER 26TH 6-9PM... IT'S A HALLOWEEN SPOOKTACULAR EVENT! ALSO... THIS PAST WEEKEND'S OPEN MIC WAS THE BEST YET! GREAT WEATHER! GREAT CROWD! GRRRRRRRRREEEEAT PERFORMERS! THANKS EVERONE FOR MAKING THE EVENT SO FLIPPING FANTASTIC!

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! OTTO'S ABODE OPEN ALL YEAR DOWN HERE! 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!)

"I am so much immersed in farming and nail making (for I have set up a nailery) that politics are entirely banished from my mind..." - Thomas Jefferson (1794)