Happy Thurday!
HELLO EVERYBODY! HAPPY SUMMER! First things first: THERE ARE NO SCHEDULED FIREWORKS IN WANAKENA ON JULY 3RD! DONT BELIEVE EVERYTHING YOU READ IN THE BARGAIN HUNTER (or on the Cranberry Lake Fire Department flashing digital roadside sign...) Anyway... We've had a FEW nice days in the neighborhood this past week. And by nice we mean: SUN! All days are nice in Wanakena - YOU KNOW THAT, right? That sunshine was much needed. DAVE PUT UP THE BIG TENT! Just in time for the SUMMER SOLSTICE SOIREE JAZZ SHOW! Those boys brought the JAZZ and even some FUNK! Super local talent - highly recommend checking out Phoenix Jazz Collective! HIGHLY! Because the BIG TENT is up, it affects the way we play croquet. So go on down and check it out. It's a mini course on the other side of the gazebo. We can play big games if we want! But when we're NOT playing big games, the mini course is available! THANKS, FRANKS FOR THE FIREWOOD - SEE YOU AT OPEN MIC! If anyone else has any party wood they'd like to donate to the ZPARK PARTY CAUSE give us a shout. There were two beavers swimming around the mill pond splashing about. They even got together and made come coo-ing noises. (We looked it up: they mate in winter). Birds start chirping right around 4:20am! Long summer days! Gotta love it! Don't forget... The Wanakena History Center is open every weekend all summer long! You must go check it out! The trash is piled up high in Wanakena today! Williamson Trash couldn't get into town last week because of the tree down... so they are DOUBLE DUTY today!
COMING UP! This Saturday 7 - 10 PM OPEN MIC ZPARK! Weather is looking FANTASTIC! $10 for spectators helps keep the music flowing THANKS! OTTO'S OPEN LATE! Next week is Hannah's SUPER DUPER JULY 3RD GARAGE SALE! Come one come all! Wanakena-wide! AFTER THAT IS GOSH DARN FOURTH OF JULY! AMERICA 250! The weekend following that is a show we are VERY EXCITED FOR! Newtown Creek Bluegrass from NEW YORK CITY! All for now, folks. Now go spend as much money as you can down at Otto's!
UPCOMING EVENTS - (DONT BELIEVE EVERYTHING YOU READ)
05/30 - ZPARK - 1-5PM - VINYL IN THE PARK WITH DJ ED OPEL ($10)
06/02 - PACKBASKET LODGE WANAKENA - 6PM - TRIVIA!
06/06 - OSWEGATCHIE BAPTIST CHURCH COMMUNITY GARDEN GATHERING - 9AM
06/10 - CRANBERRY LAKE BIO STATION EVENT - 6:30PM
06/14 - LABYRINTH - 9AM - WANAKENA YOGA CLUB - $15
06/20 - ZPARK - SAT - 6PM - PHOENIX JAZZ COLLECTIVE - MODERN & STANDARD JAZZ QUINTET (NORTH COUNTRY, NY) - $10
06/27 - ZPARK - SAT - 7-10PM - OPEN AIR OPEN MIC - $10
07/01 - CRANBERRY LAKE BIO STATION EVENT - 6:30PM
07/03 - !!!!!!WANAKENA GARAGE SALE!!!!!!
07/03 - STAR LAKE AMERICAN LEGION - 12-4PM - BBQ, GAMES, MUSIC AND MORE!
07/04 - WANAKENA - SAT MORNING - HAPPY 250TH BIRTHDAY, AMERICA!
07/04 - WANAKENA - SAT MORNING - HAPPY 250TH BIRTHDAY, AMERICA!
07/04 - HAREWOOD - 9AM - CLBC FIRECRACKER 5K
07/04 - WANAKENA HISTORICAL ASSOCATION WEENIE ROAST AND BAKE SALE
07/04 - WANAKENA - FOURTH OF JULY FESTIVITIES! PARADE AT NOON!
07/04 - ZPARK - SAT - 1PM - JOE FERRIS - HOMEGROWN FOLK-ROCK (WILLSBORO, NY) - $10
07/04 - ZPARK - SAT - 1PM - JOE FERRIS - HOMEGROWN FOLK-ROCK (WILLSBORO, NY) - $10
07/04 - BIRCH'S LAKESIDE - 7PM - CRANBERRY LAKE BOAT PARADE AND FIREWORKS!!!!!!!
07/05 - LABYRINTH - 9AM - WANAKENA YOGA CLUB - $15
07/05 - HAREWOOD - NOON - LIBRARY ICE CREAM SOCIAL
07/07 - PACKBASKET LODGE WANAKENA - 6PM - TRIVIA!
07/11 - ZPARK - SAT - 7PM - NEWTOWN CREEK - OLD TIME & BLUEGRASS (NEW YORK CITY) - $10
07/12 - LABYRINTH - 9AM - WANAKENA YOGA CLUB - $15
07/07 - PACKBASKET LODGE WANAKENA - 6PM - TRIVIA!
07/11 - ZPARK - SAT - 7PM - NEWTOWN CREEK - OLD TIME & BLUEGRASS (NEW YORK CITY) - $10
07/12 - LABYRINTH - 9AM - WANAKENA YOGA CLUB - $15
07/12 - HAREWOOD - 11AM - STORYTELLING @ LIBRARY
07/12 - WANAKENA HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION CHURCH TOUR - 2PM STAR LAKE
07/14 - STAR LAKE AMERICAN LEGION - 5PM - WING IT AND SING IT
07/15 - CRANBERRY LAKE BIO STATION EVENT - 6:30PM
07/15 - CRANBERRY LAKE BIO STATION EVENT - 6:30PM
07/17 & 07/18 - HAREWOOD - CLFD AUXILIARY CRAFT FAIR AND BBQ
07/18 - STAR LAKE - SAT - ALL DAY - HOLY GRAIL GIFT SHOP LOONY DAY #1
07/18 - ZPARK - SAT - 7PM - BOYDEN BROOK BAND - FOLK-PUNK AMERICANA (NORTH COUNTRY, NY) - $10
07/18 - ZPARK - SAT - 7PM - BOYDEN BROOK BAND - FOLK-PUNK AMERICANA (NORTH COUNTRY, NY) - $10
07/19 - HAREWOOD - 3PM - FIRE HALL COMMUNITY PICNIC AND POTLUCK
07/19 - STAR LAKE - SUN - ALL DAY - HOLY GRAIL GIFT SHOP LOONY DAY #2
07/19 - STAR LAKE - SUN - ALL DAY - HOLY GRAIL GIFT SHOP LOONY DAY #2
07/19 - WANAKENA HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION NATURE WALK - 1PM
07/19 - HAREWOOD HUB - SUN - 1-3PM - CHRIS COLE - COUNTRY WESTERN
07/19 - HAREWOOD HUB - SUN - 1-3PM - CHRIS COLE - COUNTRY WESTERN
07/19 - CHILDWOLD CHURCH - 2PM - STORYTIME AND MUSIC
07/25 - WANAKENA BEACH AND ZPARK OTTO'S ABODE - SAT - CRANBERRY LAKE BOAT CLUB'S POKER PADDLE
07/25 - WANAKENA BEACH AND ZPARK OTTO'S ABODE - SAT - CRANBERRY LAKE BOAT CLUB'S POKER PADDLE
07/26 - LABYRINTH - WANAKENA MEDITATION CLUB - $15
07/26 - HAREWOOD - 2PM - JONATHAN FOSTER AT THE PAVILLION
07/30 - HAREWOOD HUB - THURS - 7PM - HOWL STORY SLAM - $10
07/30 - HAREWOOD HUB - THURS - 7PM - HOWL STORY SLAM - $10
07/30 - CHILDWOLD CHURCH - 7PM - ORCHESTRA OF NNY
07/31 - HAREWOOD - 6PM - MOVIE NIGHT AT THE FIRE HALL
08/01 - HAREWOOD - 9PM - CAMPFIRE AND STORYTELLING @ BIRCH'S
08/01 - ZPARK - SAT - 7-10PM - OPEN AIR OPEN MIC - $10
08/02 - LABYRINTH - 9AM - WANAKENA YOGA CLUB - $15
08/01 - ZPARK - SAT - 7-10PM - OPEN AIR OPEN MIC - $10
08/02 - LABYRINTH - 9AM - WANAKENA YOGA CLUB - $15
08/02 - WANAKENA HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION POST OFFICE HISTORY - 1PM
08/04 - PACKBASKET LODGE WANAKENA - 6PM - TRIVIA!
08/05 - CRANBERRY LAKE BIO STATION TOUR - 5:30PM
08/07 - ZPARK - FRI - 7PM - KNOTTY PADDY - CELTIC ROCK AND SPEED FOLK (ADIRONDACKS, NY) - $10
08/08 & 08/09 - SAT & SUN - HAREWOOD FIRE HALL - CRANBERRY LAKE ART SHOW AND BBQ
08/09 - LABYRINTH - 9AM - WANAKENA MEDITATION CLUB - $15
08/12 - HAREWOOD HUB -WED - 6:30PM - BILL HILL AUTHOR TALK
08/04 - PACKBASKET LODGE WANAKENA - 6PM - TRIVIA!
08/05 - CRANBERRY LAKE BIO STATION TOUR - 5:30PM
08/07 - ZPARK - FRI - 7PM - KNOTTY PADDY - CELTIC ROCK AND SPEED FOLK (ADIRONDACKS, NY) - $10
08/08 & 08/09 - SAT & SUN - HAREWOOD FIRE HALL - CRANBERRY LAKE ART SHOW AND BBQ
08/09 - LABYRINTH - 9AM - WANAKENA MEDITATION CLUB - $15
08/12 - HAREWOOD HUB -WED - 6:30PM - BILL HILL AUTHOR TALK
08/13 - CHILDWOLD CHURCH - 7PM - TINPAN ALLEY
08/16 - ZPARK - SUN - 3PM - ROUST EXPERIMENTAL NOISE MATTENE (NORTH COUNTRY, NY) - $10
08/16 - ZPARK - SUN - 3PM - ROUST EXPERIMENTAL NOISE MATTENE (NORTH COUNTRY, NY) - $10
08/20 - CHILDWOLD CHURCH - 7PM - MUSICA STRING
08/22 - ZPARK - SAT - 7PM - RIB & THE BONES - ALTERNATIVE INDIE ROCK (ALBANY, NY) - $10
08/23 - LABYRINTH - 9AM - WANAKENA MEDITATION CLUB - $15
08/22 - ZPARK - SAT - 7PM - RIB & THE BONES - ALTERNATIVE INDIE ROCK (ALBANY, NY) - $10
08/23 - LABYRINTH - 9AM - WANAKENA MEDITATION CLUB - $15
08/23 - HAREWOOD - 2PM - NELSON BROTHERS AT THE PAVILLION
08/29 - STAR LAKE AMERICAN LEGION - 11-3PM - FAMILY FUN DAY
08/29 - ZPARK - SAT - 7-10PM - OPEN AIR OPEN MIC - $10
08/30 - LABYRINTH - 9AM - WANAKENA MEDITATION CLUB - $15
08/30 - HAREWOOD HUB - SUN - 2-4PM - KNOTTY PADDY - CELTIC ROCK AND SPEED FOLK
09/01 - PACKBASKET LODGE WANAKENA - 6PM - TRIVIA!
09/04 & 09/05 - WANAKENA - FRI & SAT - BIRD HAVEN'S COMMON THREAD QUILT FEST
09/05 - ZPARK - SAT - 7PM - THE ABYSSMALS - PSYCHEDELIC GARAGE ROCK (SCHENECTADY, NY) - $10
09/06 - LABYRINTH - 9AM - WANAKENA YOGA CLUB - $15
08/29 - ZPARK - SAT - 7-10PM - OPEN AIR OPEN MIC - $10
08/30 - LABYRINTH - 9AM - WANAKENA MEDITATION CLUB - $15
08/30 - HAREWOOD HUB - SUN - 2-4PM - KNOTTY PADDY - CELTIC ROCK AND SPEED FOLK
09/01 - PACKBASKET LODGE WANAKENA - 6PM - TRIVIA!
09/04 & 09/05 - WANAKENA - FRI & SAT - BIRD HAVEN'S COMMON THREAD QUILT FEST
09/05 - ZPARK - SAT - 7PM - THE ABYSSMALS - PSYCHEDELIC GARAGE ROCK (SCHENECTADY, NY) - $10
09/06 - LABYRINTH - 9AM - WANAKENA YOGA CLUB - $15
09/13 - WANAKENA HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION BOOK TALK - 1PM
09/26 - ZPARK - SAT - 7-10PM - OPEN AIR OPEN MIC - $10
09/27 - CRANBERRY LAKE - NOON - BIRCH'S LAKESIDE BUFFALO BILLS FLOTILLA
09/26 - ZPARK - SAT - 7-10PM - OPEN AIR OPEN MIC - $10
09/27 - CRANBERRY LAKE - NOON - BIRCH'S LAKESIDE BUFFALO BILLS FLOTILLA
10/12 - WANAKENA HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION 2026 CLOSING CEREMONY 11-4PM
10/31 - ZPARK - SAT - 7-10PM - OPEN AIR OPEN MIC - $10
10/31 - ZPARK - SAT - 7-10PM - OPEN AIR OPEN MIC - $10
RISE AND SHINE CLIFTON-FINE... Starting from the west... Historic Fine Town Hall Building in Fine Village seeking input for its use and future! Hello Fine Volunteer Fire Dept and Post Office! Lodge at Dodge Pond IS FOR SALE. UBs Mercantile and ADK Rustics in Oswegatchie (Home of The Bargain Hunter!) are OPEN! Oswegatchie Baptist Church & Community Garden GROWING! Around Star Lake: Star Lake's ADK Holy Grail gift shoppe OPEN with A GIANT LOON out front!! ADK Pharmacy OPEN. EARTH MOVING AT THE OLD CONCESSION STAND. 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! Look out for Food Truck Thursdays and Farmers Markets in the summer! Dollar General OPEN! Twin Lakes OPEN! CF Arena HAD A GREAT WINTER! Golf Course OPEN. CLUB GRUB at the CLUB HOUSE has announced they are OPENING for the season May 8TH! Hello Star Lake Volunteer Fire Department and Water Works! 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! Hello Presbyterians and St. Hubertians and Star Lake God’s Missionary Church at Town Line! What's The Scoop Star Lake Scoops ICE CREAM! Hello Foothills Redemption! American Legion OPEN and REFURBISHED with LOTS OF EVENTS! Newton Falls Giving Box & Post Office & Community Church OPEN. PAPER MILL CLOSED! BENSON MINES CLOSED! Mountain Gate Plaza Bottle Hometown General Store, Deli and Redemption Center OPEN JUST DOWN THE ROAD at CLIFTON CORNERS. Down in Wanakena Packbasket Adventures Lodge and Event Space in Wanakena OPEN... with NEW OWNERSHIP TRIVIA NIGHT EVERY FIRST TUESDSAY OF THE MONTH!! Mary holds down 13695 Wanakena Post Office (!!!!!!!NEW NUMBER 848-9022!!!!) - 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 has miles of gravel/mountain biking options on its network of trails and dirt roads! Wanakena Historical Association has closed the History Center for the winter! Don't forget about the Wanakena Walking Tour and Labyrinth trailheads campground AND MORE! ZPARK AND GAZEBO! Common Thread Quilt Fest Labor Day Weekend! Out in Harewood: Wooden Fish Hathery OPEN! Billy's BLACK LIGHT ART SHOW this past Halloween! Hello Cranberry Lake Volunteer Fire Department! Down in Windfall Wooden Fish Hatchery and Dragun Designs! Birch's Lakeside OPENING SOON!! Tilly's open for ICE CREAM and ROOMS this summer! Cranberry Lake Art Show 2026 GET READY!! Cranberry Lake North Shore Hub (AT THE OLD CHURCH) hosts space use, dock use, summer concerts and summer lectures! Clifton Community Library OPEN! Cranberry Lake Boat Club summer events, ice-out contest, lost dock reports and obituaries! CHECK OUT THE Cranberry Lake DEC Campground! Cranberry Lake Mountaineers Snowmobile Club, check 'em out! THEY HAVE A GREAT LISTING OF LOCAL YEAR-ROUND RENTALS ON THEIR WEBSITE! Grasse River Railway has created a NEW MAP and is OPEN FOR USE! Sevey's Point at Sevey's Corner OPEN. Thirsty Moose Childwold OPEN with new owners! Childwold Presbyterian Church open in the summer! And don't forget... Back West: 2E's, Golden Glow, Edwards Opera House, Jim's Auto in South Edwards OPEN! Plum Brook Cafe in Russell OPEN! Jockos in Degrasse OPEN and NOW HAS GAS!! Hello to all them local churches and other business and services in the are out here in the area! CLIFTON-FINE RT. 3 CORRIDOR ROLL-CALL ROUND-UP! We're in Southern St. Lawrence County. We're in the 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!) Also... if you appreciate the work put into these newsletters (and Otto's Abode in general) consider donating something extra to the cause! "Buy us a cup of coffee". We're on VENMO as Otto's Abode. Or as Click and Clack used to say: You can write our address on a twenty-dollar bill and send it our way!
OTTO'S ABODE! YEAR-ROUND ADIRONDACK INCONVENIENCE STORE AND MORE NEXT TO THE POST OFFICE IN BEAUTIFUL & HISTORIC WANAKENA, NY! SURROUNDED BY WILDERNESS AT THE MOUTH OF CRANBERRY LAKE! OTTO'S ABODE IS OPEN 9AM-7PM ALL WEEK AND 9AM-5PM ON SUNDAYS! TRAIL INFO, MAPS, BOOKS, GEAR, GIFTS AND GOODIES! ART SHOW ON VIEW! MUSIC! LOCAL HISTORY! CROQUET! HOT COFFEE, COLD DRINKS, ICE CREAM, SNACKS, BEER CAVE AND GROCERIES GALORE! WHETHER YOU'RE STOPPING IN FOR HOT COFFEE, QUICK LUNCH, LAST-MINUTE DINNER IDEAS OR DOING SOME GOOD OLD GIFT AND GEAR SHOPPING, THANKS FOR CHOOSING TO TAKE TIME OUT OF YOUR DAY TO GO OUT OF YOUR WAY TO SHOP AT OTTO'S ABODE! QUALITY INCONVENIENCE SINCE 2016! THERE'S SO MUCH TO EXPLORE AROUND CRANBERRY LAKE AND WANAKENA IN THE NORTHWEST ADIRONDACKS AND SOUTHERN ST. LAWRENCE COUNTY FOOTHILLS! BIG PINE! BEAR MOUNTAIN! RANGER SCHOOL FIRE TOWER! PEAVINE SWAMP! LOST POND! MOORE TRAIL! CAT MOUNTAIN! HIGH FALLS! TOOLEY POND ROAD! AND MORE! WE LOVE SHARING OUR KNOWLEDGE AND PASSION FOR THE AREA! STOP IN AND SAY HI, CHECK OUT OUR ROBUST SELECTION OF LOCAL TRAIL MAPS, BOOKS AND INFO! WE'RE OPEN AND HOPING YOU'LL STOP BY AND COME FIND WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR AND PERHAPS WHAT YOU DIDN'T KNOW YOU COULDN'T LIVE WITHOUT! AND DONT FORGET ABOUT LIVE MUSIC EVENTS AND CROQUET ACROSS THE SREET IN Z PARK! OTTO'S ABODE! WANAKENA!
Alas, June!
Such an inconsistent giver;
today we swelter,
tomorrow we shiver.
-unknown
