I would like to express many thanks to the Old Forge Fire Department, Police Department and especially to the ambulance crew, Dan, Terry and Bob for their kindness at the time of my recent car accident.
A trip to the hospital is never a fun time but they responded quickly and handled everything for me. It has been a very stressful time and I have found that I have amazing friends, neighbors, and family for which I am eternally grateful.
Sincerely,
Debbie Dote, Old Forge
Members of the local Hadarondah 4-H Club dropped by Lakeside Terrace on Tuesday, December 10 to sing Christmas carols to the tenants who were inspired to join in the fun.
4-H Carolers, from left, Paul & Kathy Rivet, Jennifer Hartsig, Jens Bartel, Jack Rivet, Coral Williams, F. Bick, in front of her is Karin Bick, D. Bick, behind again is Colin Bick, Nikki Bick, hiding behind the paper is Lydia Bartel, and Amy Bartel. Courtesy photo
“Their giving gesture is the true meaning of the holiday,” said Lakeside resident Jeff Greene.
Herkimer County Office for the Aging is seeking individuals who would like to assist seniors in their community with such tasks as transportation, shopping, housekeeping, yard work, and meal preparation.
The Office for the Aging has sent a job pool list to seniors throughout the county to help provide services in their home at a reasonable cost. The seniors identify their individual needs, select who they want to hire from the pool list, and notify the Office for the Aging. Continue reading
Winter hasn’t even begun yet and we’ve already had more winter weather than all of last winter. Snowplow drivers have been busy day and night to keep ahead of the white stuff and temperatures have been in the single digits and less several nights.
A bear tracks his way through 18 inches of snow
I was out checking traps on Saturday morning and it never got above zero the whole day. The snow was over two feet deep so it was tough to trudge through.
Luckily a couple of snowmobiles had broken the trail so I didn’t take my snowshoes.
About a third of the way into Third Lake Creek I saw where a monster black bear had crossed the trail and a little further on where it had crossed the trail a second time.
By the looks of the track this bear was five hundred pounds or more and not Big Foot—just because there is no Big Foot. Sorry, Adirondack Jack Leach. Continue reading
The Inlet Barnstormers Snowmobile Club will offer a children’s snowmobile safety course on Saturday, January 18 at the Inlet Volunteer Emergency Services building on the corner of Route 28 and Limekiln Rd. The course begins at 8 a.m.
This is the New York State Parks required course for children between the ages 10 and 17 to operate a snowmobile off their personal property.
Registration opens on January 6 and is available by calling Ernie Gilbert at (315) 369-3695.
Quilts inspired by the Molas of Panama are on display at 27th Annual Quilts Unlimited at View in Old Forge. Art Quilt People, a group of contemporary artists from upstate New York who have shown their work nationally and internationally, are exhibiting original artworks inspired by molas.
A mola is an elaborate reverse appliquéd piece typically created by women of the Guna Indians of the San Blas Islands off the coast of Panama who wear them on the fronts and backs of blouses. Continue reading
The 12.8 mile snowmobile trail connecting the communities of Inlet and Raquette Lake through the Moose River Plains will be open for its first full snowmobile season despite a lawsuit that states the construction and maintenance of the trail violates the State’s Constitution and State law.
The Seventh Lake Mountain Multiple Use Trail, which runs from the Limekiln Lake-Cedar River Road to the Sagamore Road in Raquette Lake, was officially opened last February as a community connector trail.
It is joined with the current Moose River Plains Wild Forest trail system that connects to Newcomb in Essex County and Old Forge in Herkimer County. Continue reading