The Town of Webb Historical Association’s annual benefit auction took place on Saturday, July 6 at the Goodsell Museum in Old Forge.
According to Museum Director Kate Lewis, all of the 210 lot items received bids during the auction. One of the top lot items was a picture of the Old Forge lakefront taken from the Forge House in 1915. Another popular item was a three-person canoe with a built in cooler and cupholders. Continue reading
Joe Davoli and Nick Piccininni. Photo by Albert Worthen
The Old Forge Library will present an Evening of Acoustic Music with Joe Davoli and Nick Piccininni on Tuesday, July 16 at 7:30 p.m.
The two musicians mix it up with fast-paced fiddle and banjo, mandolins, guitar, and beautiful waltzes, swinging tunes, and soulful vocals.
Davoli is a graduate of DePaul University and attended the Berkley School of Music.
He is the recipient of two Syracuse Area Music Awards. Continue reading
Jan Brynilsen recently published a memoir, Third Story View: Legacy of an Adirondack Hotel, which recounts over 50 years of running Brynilsen’s Viking Village with her husband Rolf Brynilsen.
The book is named for the 25 years the couple lived on the third floor of the hotel before building their own chalet on the lake, and tells the story of the people, traditions and the place that became its legacy.
Brynilsen, a retired teacher who taught elementary school in Rochester and Rome for 25 years, said writing the book was something she always wanted to do. Continue reading
The Town of Webb Union Free School District has announced the students who have achieved perfect attendance for the 2012–2013 school year.
Sixth Grade: David Ehrensbeck, Bradley Sexton
Seventh Grade: Macgregor Ritz-Kenny, Vincent Slone
Ninth Grade: James Carnell, Tyler Fenton, Sean Hamlin
Tenth Grade: Robin Yuckel
Regular attendance to school and class is important to student success, and this recognition is the school’s attempt to share with the students and their family’s commendation of their joint efforts in this regard.
For the purpose of implementing an Existing Facilities Program or a FlexTech Program for McCauley Mountain through the NYS Energy Research and Development Authority, the Town of Webb Board passed a resolution in support of the Central Adirondack Partnership for the 21st Century (CAP-21) submitting an application on the town’s behalf.
Because McCauley provides thousands of residents and visitors with recreational and economic opportunities, employment, and community activities and events, it was the Board’s belief that these programs would be of assistance to the mountain.
Additionally, they cited the need for significant upgrades to the Ski Chalet as well as the snow making equipment to make them more energy efficient, thereby increasing the long-term profitability and sustainability of McCauley.
In the FlexTech Program the town would receive a cost-shared analysis of energy efficiency, technical evaluations, improvement analyses, as well as energy master plans.
The program would also help with retro commissioning and the development of peak-load curtailment plans of existing facilities.
The town would also receive combined heat and power feasibility studies for implementation in McCauley’s facilities.
NYSERDA’s Existing Facilities Program will offer the town a broad portfolio of incentives to help offset the costs of implementing energy efficiency improvements.
During the monthly meeting of the Town of Webb Board on Tuesday, July 9, the Board passed a resolution in support of CAP-21 submitting an application to the NYS Office of Homes and Community Renewal for the purpose of receiving a Main Street grant for the Old Forge Business District.
Nick Rose, executive director of CAP-21 has previously applied for Main Street grants for the town.
Though he was successful in securing a grant on behalf of the town a few years ago, the town was not chosen in the most current round of funding.
Now that more funding has become available, CAP-21 will apply again.
“You have to be in it to win it,” Rose said, in encouraging the town to continue seeking the funds being made available.
Pablo Castro Letelier with Lesa Parent of Old Forge Liquors
Pablo Castro Letelier, an Old Forge property owner, tried to track down Lesa Parent, owner of Old Forge Liquors, for several days before he departed town to thank her for a special kindness to his sister, who has the opportunity to visit his local home more often than he does.
Letelier, who calls Chile home, is president of the Chilean wine company, Casa Patronales and Board Director of Brotherhood Winery of Washingtonville, NY, America’s oldest winery.
He wanted to thank Parent for ordering suggested wines for his sister, and also for making his wines available in her shop.
He finally caught up with her on his way out of town on Sunday, July 7, and as a gesture of gratitude he offered her the hat off his head.