John Briant, author of the popular Adirondack Detective series, will give a talk on the newly-released seventh book in the series, Adirondack Detective – As Autumn Leaves Turn, on Tuesday, August 16 at 7:30 p.m. at the Old Forge Library. Continue reading
Local summer resident and puppeteer Ken Carman will present a free musical storytelling program on Saturday, August13 at 1 p.m. around the fireplace behind the Old Forge Hardware.
Carman has been entertaining in the Old Forge area for the last six years. Each one of his shows carries a special message.
In this year’s show, Planet of the Rude Dudes, Carman and his puppets will take the audience on a rocketship ride where they end up crashing on a planet of very rude creatures.
Carman, with the help of the puppets and participants, will teach the inhabitants of the planet to use kind and polite words.
The stars of the show are puppets Kische and Lorraine, and a new character, King of the Rudes on the Rude Planet.
Following the performance the puppets will meet with the audience.
The free program is sponsored by Souvenir Village, A Sweet Car Named Desire, and the Old Forge Hardware.
I would like to express my deepest thanks to the Community Scholarship Committee for selecting me to be the recipient of the Aaron Norton Award, the Bob Lindsay Memorial Award, the Fred and Marina Simmons Award, and a general Community Scholarship.
It is an honor to receive these scholarships. I appreciate your help and support to further my education and to help me become the best that I can be.
I have just returned from a two day Summer registration program at Elmira where I will be attending college this Fall.
When asked where I was from, it was with pride that I told them Old Forge, and told what a supportive community it was.
Elmira also values community and the success of all students. Elmira also has a mandatory community service requirement for all freshmen.
Coming from Old Forge, I understand how important it is to give back and I know I will feel at home during my stay at Elmira.
Thank you again for your generosity and continued support.
Sincerely,
Michael Branch
Old Forge
"Adirondack Civilian Conservation Corps Camps: History, Memories and Legacy of the CCC" by Marty PodskochA CCC regiment at Lake Placid
Author Marty Podskoch’s latest book, Adirondack Civilian Conservation Corps Camps: History, Memories and Legacy of the CCC, which chronicles the public works program created by President Franklin Roosevelt and his New Deal, will be released on August 15.
The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) operated from 1933 to 1942 and targeted single men ages 18 to 25 years, and veterans in relief of families who had difficulty finding jobs during the Great Depression.
The program provided unskilled manual labor to environmental conservation and to development of natural resources in rural lands.
The US Army supervised the camps which had 200 men each.
Some of the earliest camps were set up in 26 Adirondack towns including Speculator, Newcomb, Paul Smiths,Tupper Lake, and Lake Placid.
A CCC regiment at Lake Placid
In the Adirondacks, enrollees built trails, roads, campsites and dams, stocked fish, built and maintained fire towers, Continue reading
Buehlers welcome Brock Andrew
Andy and Luanne Buehler of Otter Lake have announced the birth of their son Brock Andrew, born May 25, 2011 at Lewis County General Hospital.
He weighed 8 lbs., 4 oz. and was 20 1/2 inches long.
Grandparents are Ed and Kathy White of Farmington, NY; and Don and Pat Buehler of Otter Lake.
The Directors of the Fulton Chain of Lakes Association met on Saturday, July 30 at Gould Hall at View.
One of the special guest speakers was Town of Inlet Supervisor John Frey who spoke about the town’s new sewer system that will be constructed in early 2012.
Supervisor Frey said the system exceeds present DEC regulations. He also described how the new system will enhance the town by providing better quality than the present individual septic systems.
Frey said the proposed building of the site will begin this fall and hopes it will be fired up in the summer of 2012. Continue reading
For the forst time in 275 weeks, The Weekly Adirondack is without Andy Getty’s Talkin’ Code article.
We report with sadness that Andy and Barbara Getty were called out of town this week due to the loss of Barbara’s mother.
Our thoughts and condolences are with our friends, the Getty Family.