Harold (Scotty) Scott was a pilot and flight instructor at the Utica Airport in the late 1920s and early 1930s. According to his daughter, Janet Scott Burwell of Inlet, Amelia Earhart flew into the Utica Airport in Marcy unexpectedly with her co-pilot, in an open cockpit biplane because of bad weather.

It was March 1929 and Earhart had already made a name for herself as being the first woman to fly across the Atlantic with a pilot, co-pilot and mechanic.

That landmark flight in June 1928 took 21 hours. Continue reading →

Their presentation is scheduled to take place at 7 p.m. during the monthly meeting of the Town of Webb Board and will be the first item on the agenda.

According to Councilwoman Kate Russell, Smith and Heerkens spoke to the Town Board once before, in 2010, and the result of their presentation was the printing of public service bear posters that can be found around town.

In light of the recent bear problem in town, they have been invited back.

“We had a not so bad year last year with the bears, and this year we are having a not so good year,” Russell said, “It’s a new Board and a new year, so we suggested they come back to speak.”

Some of the topics that will be covered at Tuesday’s meeting will be the history of bears in the Town of Webb, the impact that this problem has on both bears and people, examples of educational products to use, resources regarding how to bear proof the community, long term planning for people and wild life, and techniques for bear proofing as individual community members.

CUTTING THE RIBBON for the official opening of the new dock at Inlet’s Woods Inn are, from left, Town of Inlet Supervisor John Frey, Jay and Joedda Latterman, owners of The Woods Inn, and Bryan Clerkin, Acting State Director for NYS Rural Development. In the background are Inlet Councilmen Tim Brownsell, Bill Faro and Dan Levi. Courtesy photo.

The Town of Inlet celebrated the completion of the rebuilding of the historical dock at the Woods Inn with a ribbon cutting ceremony on Sunday, July 1st.

The Clearwater tour boat pulls in for a landing at the new Inlet dock at The Woods Inn. Courtesy photo.

Among those taking part in the ceremony were Inlet Supervisor John Frey, Inlet Councilmen Tim Brownsell, Bill Faro, Herb Schmid, and Dan Levi, Jay and Joedda Latterman, owners of the Woods Inn, and Bryan Clerkin Acting State Director for NYS Rural Development.

Funding for the dock was made possible through a 2011 USDA Rural Business Entrepreneurship Grant.

Following the ceremony there was live music and tours of Fourth Lake provided by Old Forge Lake Cruises.

This year’s Summer Writers Workshops at the Old Forge Library workshops will feature a four-session Adult Workshop and a four-session Tweens & Teen Workshop.

The adult sessions will be held on Wednesdays from July 11 to  August 1 from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m.

The young adult  workshops will meet on Wednesdays from July 11 to August 1 from 3 to 5 p.m.

The director of both workshops will be Mary Sanders Shartle, poet and author, who has taught numerous writing workshops for adults, senior citizens and for children and teens. Continue reading →

Models and camera crew from the international high fashion menswear magazine, Jack & Jones, based in Denmark, have been on location in the area shooting photos for their Spring/Winter 2013 issue which will be distributed to 900 stores worldwide.

Fifteen models have been flown in from Italy, London, Brazil, England and Denmark, who have been photographed on location in Port Leyden, Hawkinsville, Blue Mountain Lake and at Wheeler Pond in Old Forge.

Kurt and Ximena Gardner of Adirondack Mountain Productions in Old Forge were contacted a month ago by the magazine’s producer, Julie Navne Klitbo, of Blink Productions in Copenhagen, to scout for suitable locations for filming their models in an Adirondack setting and to manage their needs during their stay.

The models and film and lighting crews settle into some scenic Adirondack locales (both photos), as scouted by Adirondack Mountain Productions of Old Forge. Photos by AMP

“They could have gone anywhere in the world, and they came here,” Kurt said.

The Gardners who have become well known in the commercial film making business also provided the crew with necessary props, such as camping gear, water skis, fishing gear, a ski plane, and even an antique “Woodie” car, as well as providing catering on location, and the lodging and dining arrangements for all of the photographers, models, make-up artists and hair stylists.

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