Happy Thursday!
Hello! SPRING IS ONLY ONE MONTH AWAY! That means one more whole month of hunkerin' down in the shack keeping warm for a whole 'nother month! THIRTY COLD NIGHTS AT LEAST! AND YOU KNOW MARCH 21ST AINT GONNA BE GREEN! HAPPY WINTER, FOLKS! In toher news: Thanks to EVERYBODY that showed up this past weekend for Otto's Abode's NINTH BIRTHDAY BASH ICE JAM-BOREE OPEN AIR OPEN MIC SPECTCULAR HELD IN CONJUNTION WITH CLIFTON-FINE WHITEOUT WEEEKEND! IT GOT DOWN IN THE LOW TEENS FRIDAY NITE! LITERAL WHITEOUT CONDITIONS! We had such a great time, and we hope you did too! The open mic stage was STACKED, ZPark was PACKED, and LOTS of snow croquet was WHACKED! Thanks again for all your supportive words and actions through the years! Cheers! Hope you enjoy these photos from the weekend. Catch you next week for WW#265! Thanks for reading! And speaking of Whiteout Weekend... A ROUND OF APPLAUSE SHOULD BE GIVEN TO ALL THE HARD-WORKING WHITEOUT WEEKEND PLANNING COMMITTEE FOLKS OUT THERE------>> WWW.ADKWOW.ORG They are having a WRAP UP SESSION meeting this TUESDAY at the AFRAM CHURCH in STAR LAKE at 6:30! WOW! Around town: Let's just say WE LOST TRACK of how much snow we've gotten. IT'S A LOT! EVERY DAY! It just kept and keeps falling. Wanakena DID experience a slight pre-WOW-thaw and there was a chance it would slide off the solar panels... but alas... the temperature dropped again and the rain we DID receive was mostly FROZEN. WHERE ARE WE GOING TO PUT ALL THIS SNOW?!?! A whole lot of wind, too! COLD WIND! It's been in the negative teens here and there. Lots of talk of shoveling off roofs and ice-jam leaks. The Crossbill continue to munch on Wanakena's superb cone crop, regulars at the feeder. Ranger School in session. NO DEER TRAILS THROUGH THIS SNOWPACK! Snowmobiles under the footbridge. THE DAYS ARE GETTING LONGER. Still a month of winter left to go before SPRING FLING! Hey look: a Bill Hill article! The transformation of Little River Preserve in Star Lake
DOWN AT OTTO'S WE'RE STOCKED UP SO STOP IN! COME ON DOWN AND FIND WHAT YOU'RE LOOKIN' FOR AND PERHAPS WHAT YOU DIDN'T KNOW YOU NEEDED! WAY AT THE BOTTOM OF ST LAWRENCE COUNTY! WAY UP IN THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF THE ADIRONDACKS! RISE AND SHINE CLIFTON FINE! BUNDLE UP AND C'MON DOWN AND POKE AROUND TOWN! WE WELCOME YOU TO STOP IN, CHECK US OUT AND WARM UP! WE LOVE SHARING OUR KNOWLEDGE OF LOCAL TRAIL CONDITIONS AND INFO AND KEEPING RELEVANT AND IMPORTANT MAPS, BOOKS AND SUPPLIES IN STOCK FOR YOU! SHELVES FILLED WITH FRESH PRODUCE AND GROCERIES GALORE! OUR WALK-IN COOLER BRIMS WITH BREWS! ENJOY HOT COFFEE AND TEA, COLD DRINKS, SNACKS, ICE CREAM, CANDY! GIFTS, GOODIES, ART, MUSIC, NECESSITIES AND MORE! WEE-KENA LIBRARY ON THE PORCH! SNOW CROQUET IN ZPARK! ART AND MUSIC EVENTS AND MORE! THANKS FOR SHOPPIN' AND HANGIN' LOCAL AND KEEPING YEAR-ROUND INCONVENIENCE ALIVE! HOPE TO CATCH YOU AROUND DOWNTOWN OVERLOOKING THE OSWEGATCHIE IN THE HEART OF WANAKENA NEXT TO THE POST OFFICE! OPEN TIL 7PM! OPEN TIL 5PM ON SUNDAYS AND CLOSED ON TUESDAYS! WANAKENA! FOR FUN! AND DONT FORGET ABOUT FRIDAY HANNAH'S HOMEMADE SOUP! THANKS AS ALWAYS, FOR THOSE WHO ARE ABLE TO AND CHOOSE TO TAKE TIME OUT OF YOUR DAY TO GO OUT OF YOUR WAY TO DIVERT A PORTION OF YOUR HARD-EARNED CASH TOWARDS SUPPORTING SMALL AND LOCAL BUSINESSES! YOUR SUPPORT MAKES ALL THE DIFFERENCE! CHEERS!
"There is a time to fish and a time to dry nets." - Chinese proverb.
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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: Star Lake's ADK Holy Grail gift shoppe hibernating 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 in the summer! Dollar General OPEN! Twin Lakes OPEN! CF Arena ICY! 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 and FOR SALE!!!!!! 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 AND Hometown General Store and deli and free coffee and more down rt 3 at Clifton Corners IS OPEN! Emus across the street?!?! Down in Wanakena 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! Don't 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 and FOR SALE!! 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!
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