The Town of Webb board got set up for its municipal operations in 2011 at its annual year-opening organizational meeting, which was held on Tuesday, January 4, in Old Forge.

The four board members attending were Supervisor Robert Moore, and Councilmen Mike Ross, Richard Risley, and JB Herron.

Councilwoman Kate Russell was unable to attend having just welcomed her first baby, Christina Marie, along with her husband Christopher. Continue reading →

If family and friends are what the holiday season is about, then there is no better time of year to host the Craig Sears and Matt Girouard Memorial Scholarship Fundraiser.

In fact, this year’s turnout shows that an entire community remembers Matt and Craig as members of their own family.

The weekend-long event found youngsters, retirees, and everyone in between joining in the fun and honoring the memory of our dear friends, both of whom were lost in a tragic automobile accident a little more than a year ago.

On Saturday, January 1, a raucous gym watched as the first round of the Basketball Tournament got underway. Continue reading →

The Old Forge Library is seeking to borrow watercolor paintings and other works by late area artist Lloyd Schafer for a special winter exhibit planned in his memory at the Judith Cohen Memorial Wing of the library.

Following his retirement as a design engineer at Remington Arms in Ilion, Schafer opened an art studio at Singing Waters where he painted and sold hundreds of watercolor paintings and other works of art.

Schafer, who passed away in 2008, was also noted for contributing his talent to benefit many community projects and organizations.

A supporter of the Old Forge Library, he was known to donate his paintings for raffles to benefit the library. He was also an active member of the Arts Guild of Old Forge.

Anyone interested in loaning a Lloyd Schafer painting for the exhibit can contact Old Forge Library Director Isabella Worthen at (315) 369-6008.

More information about the upcoming exhibit will be announced soon.

Tim Foley

Attorney Tim Foley of Old Forge has announced the opening of his new Foley Law Firm, LLC, in Old Forge.

After more than 25 years in partnership with the Foley & Frye Law Firm of Utica and Old Forge, and more than 20 years in partnership with Dick Frye, Tim has decided to devote his professional energies full-time to Old Forge and the surrounding communities.

His late father, William J. Foley, who founded the Foley & Frye Law Firm in Utica, also maintained an office in Old Forge beginning in the mid-1940s on a one-day-a-week basis.

In 1985, Tim joined his father’s practice after he was admitted to the New York State Bar.

“And I had the privilege of practicing law with my father in the firm for more than 15 years,” he said.

In 1988, Tim opened the Old Forge office full-time and moved to Old Forge on a two-year trial basis, dividing his time between the Old Forge and Utica offices. Continue reading →