Daily Archives: July 11, 2013

VIEW: ‘Shrek The Musical’ coming July 17th

View will present Shrek the Musical on Wednesday, July 17 at 8 p.m. as part of the Adirondack Summer Theatre Festival.

Based on the DreamWorks film, Shrek the Musical brings the hilarious story of everyone’s favorite ogre to life on stage. Children 12 and under can see this live performance for $5 while tickets for adults are $20 for non-members and $15 for members.

In its original run, Shrek the Musical was nominated for eight Tony awards. Shrek, directed by Stephen Svoboda and musically directed by Zach Orts, features Kody Bringman as Shrek, Becca Orts as Princess Fiona, Antonio Tillman as Donkey, Martin Glyer as Lord Farquaad, David Cotter as Pinocchio, and Mary Nickson as the Dragon. Tickets can be purchased at the View box office, by phone at (315) 369-6411 or online at ViewArts.org.

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Lost Ad’k Ski Areas subject of Goodsell lecture

Jeremy K. Davis will describe the Maple Ridge and Alpine ski areas, as well as others in the region during a presentation on the side lawn of the Goodsell Museum in Old Forge on Wednesday, July 24 at 2:30 p.m.

He has served on the New England Ski Museum’s Board of Directors since 2000, written three books on lost ski areas and is a member of Ski Venture in Glenville, NY. Davis is a senior meteorologist with Weather Routing, Inc. in Glens Falls and resides near Saratoga Springs.

Bring a chair or blanket, in the event of weather, the presentation will be moved into the carriage barn.

The Goodsell Museum is the home of the Town of Webb Historical Association and is located at 2993 State Route 28, across from the post office. More information is available by calling the (315) 369-3838, or visit the Goodsell Museum Facebook page.

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Webb continues to push its water storage project

In collaboration with CAP-21 and the Central Adirondack Association, the Town of Webb Board passed a resolution at their monthly meeting on Tuesday, July 9, supporting the application for a public infrastructure project to reconstruct a water storage facility for the Town of Webb and the Old Forge residential and business district.

The resolution came about after the water storage facility had been identified as requiring extensive repair and was deemed insufficient to meet the needs of the town.

It is their belief that the availability of a dependable and sufficient water supply system is essential for economic growth and development as well as for the economic revitalization of Old Forge and the Town of Webb.

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Letter to the Editor:

Thank you for successful Freedom March

To the Editor:

First and foremost, I would like to thank our amazing community because without you, nothing I have done would have been possible.

On Sunday June 23, 2013, myself along with fifteen motivated individuals set forth down South Shore Road from Fern Park in Inlet marking the beginning of the Second Annual Freedom March of the Adirondacks.

Following the thirteen-mile half marathon was the five-kilometer road race, which brought in thirteen additional participants, bringing the total number of participants to twenty-eight individuals.  Continue reading →

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Talkin’ Code with Andrew Getty

Thank property owner associations for lakes we enjoy today

they’re back

Not the summer residents and visitors, the Dye Tester!!! Yep, it’s that time of year again. The Town of Webb Dye Tester is out along the shores and may be knocking on your door soon. Both the Chain of Lakes [1st – 4th and Old Forge Pond and channel] and Big Moose Lake have a cooperative arrangement with the Code Office to dye test all waterfront properties.

Between the two areas there are over 1,100 places to test. It is impossible to do them all every year. The goal is to test each one every 3–4 years.

This program was started many years ago, back in the 1960’s.

At that time, property owners worked independently from the town through their respective lake property owners associations.  Continue reading →

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Zachary Wiskow

Zachary Wiskow

Jordan Wiskow

Jordan Wiskow

Zachary and Jordan Wiskow of Indian Trail, NC, members of the Manchester, NH-based Young Rescuers USA, are making their final preparations to participate at the International Rally of Young Rescuers and Firefighters on July 15 through 27th. The program is hosted by the Ministry for Emergency Situations of the Republic of Belarus,

The program is available to seven youths from the United States between the ages of 13 and 17.  Continue reading →

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by Liz Cowles

July 6 2013 sailing picThe Central Adirondack Sailing Association kicked off the 2013 season with sailboat races on Fourth Lake on Saturday, July 6th. The sailors enjoyed the first dry weather day of the week with medium winds and sunny skies.

The Wilsey and Hartsig boat had the best results of the day with a first and second place finish in the two races. The Steigerwald and Jeffries boat also did very well with a first and third place finish. Continue reading →

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