Monthly Archives: October 2012

Support Eagle Bay Volunteer Hose Company on Oct. 25th

An open letter to the Community:

The Eagle Bay Volunteer Hose Co. is pleased to announce that on Thursday, October 25, Billy’s Italian-American Restaurant, located behind Walt’s Diner on Rte. 28 in Old Forge, will be holding a Charity Benefit for the Eagle Bay Fire Department and will be donating 20% of ALL SALES ( including Take-Outs) for that evening to our fire department.

Two dinner settings will be held, one from 5 to 5:30 p.m. and another from 7 to 7:30 p.m. Reservations are appreciated and can be made by calling (315) 369-2001.

Donations received from this charity affair will be used to purchase equipment and supplies for the Eagle Bay Fire Department to better serve Eagle Bay and surrounding communities.

We are all volunteers who serve in this fire department, but we stand ready to help out in time of emergency to protect the lives and property of our friends and neighbors who live in and near our Eagle Bay community.

Come and enjoy a GREAT meal at Billy’s Restaurant and at the same time HELP the Eagle Bay Fire Department. We appreciate your support!

Jim Zurakowski

Secretary, Eagle Bay Volunteer Hose Company

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Letter to Editor: Doheny deserves our votes Nov. 6th

To the Editor:

A new district and with two familiar foes; Democrat Bill Owens is seeking a third term in Congress, and for the second time, Republican Watertown businessman Matt Doheny is seeking to remove him from office.

Now I’m not sure if Old Forge is in the new, renumbered district folks, but if it is, remember that Bill Owens was one of those who voted yes for Obamacare, without reading a single page of it.

He just did what he was told to do.

Think about it folks. Would you sign a contract without reading it? I’m sure not.

That’s why if Matt Doheny’s name is in the Old Forge Voting Machine, I’m pulling THAT lever.

Thanks,

Ed Widman, Old Forge

 

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Graveside service held for Howard G. Phillips, 72

 Howard G. Phillips, 72, of Inlet, died on Friday, October 12, 2012, at Faxton St. Luke’s Healthcare.

He was born on April 10, 1940, in Chardon, OH, a son of the late Frank and Ercie Bennett Phillips.

He attended school to be an Electronic Technician and mechanical training for Mercury Engines.

He married Ruth Hosack on September 3, 1976, in Chardon, OH.

Howard and his wife Ruth owned and operated the Inlet Marina since May of 1982.

With his free time he enjoyed riding his four-wheeler and Harley Davidson and he also loved to travel, hunt and fish. Continue reading →

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Ad’k Current by Colin Criss

College hopeful targets Oxford…What could possibly go wrong?

A quick anecdote: Over the course of late summer and into this fall, I worked very hard to complete an application to Oxford University, in England.

Realistically, I had almost no expectations regarding admission into such a prestigious school. I just planned to send in the application so that in later years, I could say I did.

After hours toiling away at essays and tests and readings and web-pages, however, I grew strangely attached to the project. I felt as though the application was going to be a landmark accomplishment for me—something of which I could be proud.

I dreamed about the day in late March when I tore open an envelope containing their decision and posted it (no matter the outcome) on the refrigerator for all to see. A real, tangible relic for all my hard work.

The editing of the main essay took slightly longer than expected and I found a pre-scheduled weekend out of town interfering with my time line.

Still, I had provided a two-day buffer for just this reason—I was NOT going to miss the deadline for submission.

The night before this deadline I finalized all components of the application, attached my well edited essay, and proceeded to select the “Pay and Send” option.

A declaration of my superiority over the British application system to my mother was followed by a quick entry of credit card details.

Expecting an “Application Complete” greeting on the next page, imagine my surprise when the payment did not go through because of a nonsense error.

Calming my spike in blood pressure, I tried again.

Same error. Continue reading →

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Talkin’ Code with Andrew Getty

But that’s not what I want: A Town of Webb code office Q&A 

Sheds & Boathouses

Q: Can I replace an old storage shed with another one, but a little bit bigger?

A: Maybe. Tell me more about where it is on your property.

Q: It’s at least fifty feet from the side property line, and much farther from the road, probably 300 feet. We use it for canoes and kayaks, so it is kind of near the lake…maybe 25 feet…is that a problem?

A: In your area, being in a RS zoning district, there is a 50 setback from the mean high water mark for all structures except boathouses and docks.

If this shed has been there since 1973, or before, and has never been enlarged since then, it may be grandfathered.

Exact in-kind replacement may be allowed.

Q: You said boathouses are exempt from the shoreline setback requirement. We keep our canoes and kayaks there which makes it a boathouse, right?

A: The town’s definition of a boathouse is: “A structure with direct access to a navigable body of water used for the storage of one or more boats and associated equipment and which is not used as a dwelling.”

Your shed does not have direct access to the water, therefore it is just a shed that you happen to keep some canoes in.

Therefore, it is not a boathouse.

Q: What about the Adirondack Park Agency? We have seen some buildings close, but not direct access to the water that the APA has approved… Why? Continue reading →

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Growing up Adirondack by Mitch Lee

Getting acquainted with neighbors on a Halloween night

As an eight-year-old kid growing up in the Adirondacks, Halloween ranked as high as Christmas on my list of favorite holidays.

And though I was not a big fan of wearing a costume on a cold and sometimes snowy Halloween night, I wore whatever it took to get my share of free candy.

I could barely concentrate on my schoolwork in the days leading up to Halloween.

It didn’t much matter to me that Dick was watching Jane run. Dick had no life and nothing better to do, but I would soon be trick-or-treating.

On Halloween day, I agonized in anticipation of nightfall. Continue reading →

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Police investigate cause of train window crack

An incident aboard the Adirondack Scenic Railroad on Sunday, October 14 caused riders to suspect that the train had been shot at, possibly by a hunter.

However, according to Captain Francis S. Coots, Zone 1 commander of the New York State Police, the “gun shot” was later deemed organic in nature.

Officials said the train was on its way back to Utica’s Union Station following a leaf-peeping trip to Thendara Station, when the outer pane of a double-paned window shattered near Forestport.

After investigating the incident, State Police personnel determined that the hole in the window was triangular in nature, which is inconsistent with a gunshot, and that there was organic material on the glass—leading them to suspect that a bird had flown into the train window.

 

 

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