By Marianne Christy
Donna Myers of Old Forge will be raising funds for the American Heart Association by taking part in Utica’s Great American Heart Run & Walk that will include an indoor walk on Saturday, February 28 and the traditional outdoor event on Saturday, March 7.
Myers and her team will participate in the indoor event, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., at the Fitness Mill in New York Mills. All are welcome to join the team, she said. Continue reading
Funeral services were held February 12 at the Sundquist Funeral Home in Grieg for Jon P. Tripp, 50, who died on Saturday, February 7, 2014, at Lewis County General Hospital.
Jon was born in Carthage on October 29, 1964, to Bradley Lynn and Joyce M. Wetmore Tripp. He graduated from Carthage Central High School in 1982. Continue reading
Woodgate Free Library will host a program, Talking About Seeds, presented by organic farmer and area resident, Star Livingstone on Monday, February 23 at 7 p.m.
All are welcome to attend. More information is available by calling the library at (315) 392-4814.
The library is located at 11051 Woodgate Road.
Sweet Success… Contest winners were SaraBelle Helmes and Addison Hitchcock (front); and Kathy Senf and Ricky LaPorte. Photos by Gina Greco
Winners of the Old Forge Library’s Sweetheart Dessert Contest were announced during a post-judging public reception on Tuesday, February 10.
Ricky LaPorte won the Masters Division with his White Chocolate Coffee Mousse Dome.
There was a tie in both the Youth/Student and the Adult divisions. Continue reading
Town of Webb School, Girls Alpine Team skiers, from left, Paige Schweinsberg, Alex Sutherland, Alexis Hollister, Ally Cooper, Lauren Beckingham, Brianna Brownsell, Mara Gaffney, Alex DiOrio, Sydney Payne, Chloe Barkauskas.
The Town of Webb School Alpine Ski Team competed in races affiliated with the Saranac Lake Winter Carnival on Tuesday and Wednesday, February 3 and 4 where the boys team took first place and the girls team came in second place.
Tuesday’s race was held at Whiteface Mountain in Lake Placid and the Wednesday race was held at Mt. Pisgah in Saranac Lake. Continue reading
Learn to make a large laundry-style basket at a VIEW workshop led by Barbara Green on Saturday, February 28 from 9:30 a.m to 3 p.m.
Green, an Old Forge resident and owner of Adirondack Green House Basketry, will instruct students on weaving a basket with color accents. Continue reading
Redpolls at the feeder
By Gary Lee
After the latest snowfall some of you may want to check your roofs. In areas that I have snowshoed I have seen about three feet of snow on most places.
Then, another deep freeze is forecasted just in time for this weekend’s Old Forge Winter Carnival at McCauley Mountain. Continue reading