Happy Thursday!
IMPORTANT NOTICE... OTTO'S IS CLOSED TUESDAY - FRIDAY NEXT WEEK! BACK OPEN SATURDAY AT 4PM! CHEERS, YA'LL! It was ANOTHER WARM AND SUNNY WEEK in Wanakena! Of course, it gets cold at night and there's some hard frost and stuff. But, DANG some sunny days in the forties feels DANG GOOD! It is a little strange, though.... feels like "summer" is still hanging on even though there's now Christmas music on the radio. There's still boats coming out of the water! Colder temps and some snow in the forcast could REALLY seal the deal on summer this time! Town of Fine came through Wanakena this week and did a bunch of TREE TRIMMING! THANKS, CREW! Ranger School has ALL of next week off for the holiday. They'll ship-out after a lab on Friday! TWO YEARS AGO their travel plans were almost SQUASHED by SUPER SNOW STORM! Visit THIS LINK to see the Wanakena Weekly from two years ago. In fact, we encourage you to check back through the archive EVERY week! There are some VERY PLUMP grey squirrels bouncing around downtown! Usual suspects of chickadee, nuthatch and bluejay up in the trees and all around. Fighter jets were flying around the other night having some fun in the skies above... even heard a SONIC BOOM! Lot of low rumbling and booming over from the west... Fort Drum blowing stuff up! Some campers coming back from an overnight at Janacks after a trip to Cat Mt. saw the mules! Keep wearing orange in the woods! Town Of Fine: Minutes: November 13, 2024: November Board Meeting [Digital Towpath] As you'll read in the minutes: Street lighting – 11/2024-147 Moved by P. Giardino, seconded by C. Kerr to eliminate the two streetlights in Wanakena that border Patty Pastella’s property. Ayes: 4, Noes: 0, Carried. WAY TO GO PATTY! Actually, one of those streetlights has been on the fritz and flashing on and off during the day... SHUT IT DOWN, PATTY! Get ready for DARK walks to the beach! All's well in Wanakena as we inch towards December. Stay well, friends! And special thanks to the folks who dropped a tip in our Venmo! 'ROUND TOWN! ----> Clifton Fine School Senior Play this weekend in Russell! It's in Russell because the CF Auditorium is under construction! GO EAGLES! THIS SUNDAY November 24th ADIRONDACK PLAYBOYS LIVE 1-4pm with burgers and dogs served! Jocko's II in Degrasse has Sunday Funday aternoons with food and music too! Clifton-Fine Memory Tree 2024 to benefit the Clifton-Fine Hospital Auxiliary deadline November 26TH! Santa is coming to the American Legion December 14th for a PIZZA PARTY! Sign-up your child before Dec 9th! Not this upcoming weekend.... not the following weekend... NUT ONE MORE WEEKEND AFTER THAT (Saturday December 7th) is CLIFTON FINE SHOP LOCAL SATURDAY! Saturday December 2nd. SHOP LOCAL SATURDAY is organized by The Adirondack Exhibit Center - Save Our Schoolhouse (S.O.S.) in Star Lake, NY. SOS has purchased gift certificates from local businesses and will draw winners from a pool of submitted SHOP LOCAL PASSPORTS! In other words: get a passport from the Bargain Hunter or pick one up from SOS and go around the Clifton-Fine area stopping-into business and getting your passport stamped. Submit your completed passport back to SOS and enter a chance to win gift certificates from participating businesses!!!! It's really amazing SOS puts this event together - let's give them a round of applause!
RISE AND SHINE CLIFTON-FINE - Starting from the west (excluding - for no reason in particular -all the local independent contractors, charities, hair stylists, artists, electricians, musicians, plumbers, painters, etc....) 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: Star Lake's ADK Holy Grail gifte shoppe announced new hours... 10 - 5pm Thurs - Sun until Dec 31st with A GIANT LOON out front!! 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 raised enough money to expand - check out their live construction camera! And look out for Food Truck Thursdays and Farmers Markets! Dollar General OPEN! Twin Lakes OPEN! CF Arena CLOSED FOR SEASON. Golf Course CLUB HOUSE had LUNCH AND DINNER! It's called CLUB GRUB... but it closed for the season! CF Golf Course CLOSED!! Star Lake Volunteer Fire Department THANK YOU! SOS Adirondack Exhibit Center EVENTS HAPPENING... stay tuned! Every Friday Night, open meeting of Alcoholics Anonymous at the Schoolhouse 7PM. Clifton-Fine Community Center and Food Pantry & Free "Community Meal" Wednesdays! Todd Hardware OPEN! Coffee Fever SOLD? Circle Jays OPEN! Star Lake's God's Missionary Church celebrating THREE years! What's The Scoop CLOSED FOR THE SEASON. American Legion OPEN with LOTS OF EVENTS! 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!! Wanakena Historical Association Walking Tour CLOSED FOR SEASON and the History Center OPENS JUNE 15TH and are every sat and sun though summer 11-4pm... NOW CLOSED! Dont forget about the Wanakena Walking Tour and Labyrinth! Clifton-Fine Summer Series in ZPARK SUMMETIME! Common Thread Quilt Fest Labor Day Weekend! Out in Harewood: Wooden Fish Hathery OPEN! Coyotes Den SOLD and CLOSED but listed on AirBnB for rentals! Billy's BLACK LIGHT ART SHOW! Cranberry Lake Volunteer Fire Department THANK YOU! Birch's Lakeside CLOSED FOR SEASON! Tilly's? Cranberry Lake Art Show was a BIG SUCCESS as always stay tuned for next year! Cranberry Lake North Shore Hub hosts space use, dock use, summer concerts and summer lectures! Clifton Community Library OPEN! Cranberry Lake Boat Club summer events were a smashing success, again! These days they occasionally post sunsets and obituaries on Facebook! Cranberry Lake DEC Campground closing for the cold weather months SOON! Cranberry Lake Mountaineers Snowmobile Club, check 'em out! THEY HAVE A GREAT LISTING OF LOCAL YEAR-ROUND RENTALS ON THEIR WEBSITE! 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!) Also... if you appreciate the work put into these newsletters consider donating to the cause! We're on VENMO as Otto's Abode. Or as Click and Clack used to say: Write our address on a twenty-dollar bill and mail it to us!
“Even if a farmer intends to loaf, he gets up in time to get an early start.” -E.W. Howe (1911)
Wanakena Weekly is published online at www.ottosabode.org every Thursday-ish. Sometimes we write a lot and sometimes we write a little. This service is brought to you by the folks at Otto's Abode. Wanakena Weekly was officially debuted Thursday, February 13th 2020 - two days from exactly four years after Otto’s Abode first opened its doors to the public. Any questions, comments, concerns, trail condition inquiries, legends, jokes, animal sightings, etc… feel free to email otto@ottosabode.org or call 3158483008 or pop-in the shop! Perhaps you appreciate this service enough to donate to the cause! Drop some dough on our VENMO if you wish! Thanks to the folks who have already done so! Thanks for reading!
