Ryan J. McConnell, 33, of Massena, formerly of Old Forge, passed away on Wednesday, December 16, 2015, at Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, after a short illness.
Mr. McConnell was presently employed as Branch Manager for Seacomm Federal Credit Union of Massena. Continue reading
Lynda and Ash Kellogg with their daughters Karen, left, and Diane, center.
We would like to thank all our friends and TOW Bar family who stopped by to help celebrate Ash’s 85th birthday on Friday, December 18th. What a surprise it was!
The outpouring of love and well wishes was overwhelming and humbling…it’s something we will never forget.
As Jeff Craig said when he came through the back door, “Where else can you walk into a crowded room and know everyone by name?!”
Best wishes for a Merry Christmas and a Happy and Healthy New Year to you all.
The Kelloggs
Ash, Lynda, Diane, Dale, Karen, Becky, John, Diana, Ashley, Dan and Nicole
Kiwanis member Fred Trimbach and his grandson Andrew
Members of the Kiwanis Club of the Central Adirondacks collected over $1,750 at Snodeo in support of the organization’s Christmas for Kids Project.
Bob Stanton and Chris Kraft, co-chairpersons of the collection, expressed their thanks to the many Kiwanis members who spent time at Snodeo and all the very generous visitors to the 39th Annual Snodeo event.
Each Christmas, Central Adirondack Kiwanis provides gifts, toys, mittens and food for over 975 gifts to over 325 kids in the Central Adirondacks through the charitable program.
Erika Grueniger and Justin Dibble were married on July 10, 2015 at St. Mary’s Church in Ballston Spa, NY.
The bride is the daughter of Mary Grueniger of Saratoga Springs, NY and Rolf Grueniger of Lindenhurst, NY. The groom is the son of Robert and Cathy Dibble of Old Forge.
The bride was attended by Maids of Honor Christine Grueniger and Elisabeth Grueniger, her sisters; bridesmaids Denise Payne, sister of the groom; Megan Cormier, cousin of the bride; friends of the bride Michelle McQueen, Rebecca Oyer, Jenny Eakin, and Mary Virtuoso; and bromaid Steven Von Glahn, friend of the bride.
The groom’s best man was his brother Adam Court. Groomsmen were friends of the groom Tyler Payne, Timothy Ritz, Max Cunningham, Matthew Carroll, Christopher Morin, Thomas Greco, and brother-in-law William Payne.
A reception at Canfield Casino in Saratoga Springs followed the ceremony.
The couple honeymooned in California’s Napa Valley.
They reside in Greenfield Center, NY.
Eileen Frances Tobin, 74, of Old Forge, died on Saturday, December 19, 2015, at her niece, Susanne and David’s home.
She was born on December, 14, 1941, in Brooklyn, NY, a daughter of the late Francis and Leola Shillito Tobin. She graduated from North Carolina State College with a Bachelor’s Degree. Eileen was an active PE teacher in the Project Adventure program at R.C. Ketcham HS in Wappingers Falls, NY, and loved participating with the students in the outdoor adventures. She was loved by the children and was a teacher that made a difference in their lives. Continue reading
by Mitch Lee
It was Christmas vacation 1977. School was closed for the holidays and our tree at home had been cleared of all its unwrapped gifts.
My brother was happily playing with his Star Wars figures in his room while my sister played some of her first LP records in hers.
I had settled down to try my hand at a Viking ship in a bottle model at the kitchen table. Continue reading
by Gary Lee
The weathermen predict a foot of snow and we get an inch, they predict an inch we get a foot.
Well, it sure came down last Saturday as we were right in the snow band line off Lake Ontario. We were nearly at the end of it because if you went past Raquette Lake there was only an inch.
I talked with Terry Perkins from Stillwater Reservoir and he said he only got an inch of snow that day. Continue reading