Happy Thursday!
WE'RE OPEN! C'MON DOWN! RANGER SCHOOL ON BREAK FOR A MONTH! EBERHART BAGEL PARTY SATURDAY MORNING 9AM! CARL AND PJ WANT TO START A DART LEAGUE AT bEARY'S! OTTO'S OPEN 9PM - 1AM NEW YEARS EVE! NEW YEARS EVE MIDNIGHT BALL DROP PARTY! OTTO'S OPEN NOON - 5PM NEW YEARS DAY! WANA PLAY SOME CROQUET? PACKBASKET ADVENTURES NEW YEARS REFLECTION GATHERING IN THE AFTERNOON NEW YEARS DAY! WANAKENA! SEE YA! LOOKS LIKE A COUPLE OF MORE DAYS OF COLD AHEAD FOLLOWED BY WANAKENA WARMING UP WITH SOME RAIN ON THE WAY SUNDAY! TEMPS FORECAST TO DROP AFTER THE NEW YEAR! WE'LL BE HERE! TRAIL INFO, MAPS, BOOKS, GIFTS AND GEAR! OUR WALK-IN COOLER IS BRIMMING WITH CRAFT BEER, CIDERS, N.A.s AND MORE - OVER SIXTY VARIETIES! FRESH PRODUCE AND GROCERIES GALORE! HOT COFFEE, TEA, CANDY, SNACKS AND ICE CREAM! OPEN TUESDAY 9PM - 1PM NEW YEARS EVE FOR THE MIDNIGHT BALL DROP IN ZPARK! OPEN NOON - 5PM NEW YEARS DAY WEDNESDAY! HOORAY! THANKS FOR SHOPPING LOCAL AND KEEPING YEAR-ROUND INCONVENIENCE ALIVE. ALSO BE SURE TO CHECK 88.1 FM WHEN YOU DRIVE BY THE SHOP! HONK HONK! CAROL BACK OUT AND ABOUT - WATCH OUT WORLD!
ICE THICKNESS: It's been cold... but not fo that long... and before that it was warm... but not for that long... and before THAT it was COLD! AND BEFORE THAT WARM! Ups and downs make a mixed bag of ice out there. Would not recommend machines on ice. Fishing, sure... where you know it's good. Ranger School Web Cam.
TRAIL DONDITIONS: Some local snowmobile trails have been open around Sevey's and Thirsty Moose and stuff. Skiers have had some fun with cold conditions and fresh fluff! Up the river is delightful! Places to Stay
ICE JAM DANGER - Is currently LOW.... but if we get the rain we're supposed to get then there's a good chance for the ice upstream from the car bridge to pop and plow down through town. We'll keep ya posted!
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 they are HIBERNATING until spring!! 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! Hometown General Store at Mountain Gate Plaza is OPEN! Mountain Gate Plaza Bottle Redemption at Clifton Corners IS OPEN also! 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!
"Through drifting snow and cutting sleet I've trudged and toiled my friends to greet; And tug'd beneath my lumb'ring gear, to wish you all a HAPPY NEW YEAR." - An Old Almanack (January 1824)
