The Old Forge DMV Satellite Office at 183 Park Ave. will be closed on Monday and Tuesday, October 27 and 28.
Drop boxes, located at the front of the building, are available for work to be left when the office is not open.
Regular hours of operation are Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 4:45 p.m., closed from noon to 1 p.m. The office can be reached at (315) 369-3301.
The Old Forge Fire Department Ladies Auxiliary will host a bake sale on election day, Tuesday, November 4, at the Park Avenue Building.
Proceeds from the sale will benefit the organization’s scholarship fund at Town of Webb School.
The auxiliary welcomes donations of baked goods. Items can be delivered from 8 a.m. on election day.
The Old Forge AYSO Board of Directors would like to thank everyone who purchased 50/50 raffle tickets during the Columbus Day Soccer Tournament. Close to $600 was raised to help support our youth soccer program.
This is the group’s biggest fundraiser of the year and the monies will go towards new equipment, supplies and uniforms. A big thank you to the Town of Webb Varsity Club and Athletic Director Dave Leach, for welcoming the raffles.
Congratulations to Friday evening’s winner, Sarah Hulser, and Saturday evening’s winner, Jerry Levi.
Town of Webb students, grades sixth through eighth, gathered in the school gymnasium to learn about The War of 1812 through music by Dave Ruch, a special guest musician and performer from Buffalo, on Tuesday, October 21st.
Jason Trimm, from left, Jimmy Connell, Neil Trimm, Renee Smith, Chloe Jones, and Dave Ruch.
Students were educated on the causes of the war, some of the key events and the final outcome—all while participating in an interactive concert filled with banjos, bones, spoons and many other instruments. Continue reading
I would like to send my gratitude to the Old Forge Ambulance volunteers for coming to the assistance of Dan Rivet who asked for lift assistance for my brother John, in July of this year.
Artist Daniel K. Tennant of New Woodstock, NY has been awarded the Berkowitz Viewer’s Choice Award in the Adirondacks National Exhibition of American Watercolors at VIEW, the art center in Old Forge, for his painting, Here Today, Gone Tomorrow.
The 29-inch by 35-inch gouache (opaque watercolors), photo realistic, still life depicts an arrangement of day lilies, glass bottles, marbles and an old lantern set against a backdrop of peeling blue paint.Tennant views the work as an allegory for the fleeting nature of life, said Cory Card VIEW’s exhibitions manager. Continue reading
To the Editor:
At one of the budget workshops where all Town Board members compile ideas for the upcoming budget, Supervisor Parker Snead tried to suppress one of the Board members from speaking.
Charles Scott started to address the board members, but when Parker figured the point Charles was making, Parker tried to silence him.
Charles actually had to say to Parker, words to the effect of, “Do you want to hear what I have to say or are you just going to bully me?” Continue reading