A Frankentree Grows in Schroon

Schroon is the home to a new type of tree, (pictured above) which often goes by the name “Frankentree”. For the uninitiated, it’s a cell tower disguised as a tree, and last week local area politicos and ATT&T reps were at its unveiling near exit 27 on the Northway. This is going to take care of a major “deadzone” along  I-87, and may help those deciding to opt for a new cell phone carrier.

Your News Network (YNN) reports the fake pine tree is adorned with plenty of leaves and branches to fit in with the natural landscape of the Adirondacks.

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A Feast Of Photos

Photo Credit: Tom Kennedy

If you couldn’t make it to Schroon Lake the Memorial Day weekend, there are a feast of photos online of some of the activities around town.

Tom Kennedy has a wonderful album of photos he took at Schroon’s Memorial Day Service at the War Memorial in Town Park on Monday that you can you see here.

He also has some terrific shots taken on the lake over the weekend here.

And the camera of Robert Philp captured some stunning images of the Birds of Prey display at the gazebo in the Town Park on Sunday you can see here.

Got a link to some pics you wanna share? Let us know how to find them in comments or shoot us an email at schroonlaker@me.com

So Much For That Summer Weather

Schroon Lake Town Beach, Memorial Day 2012

Hope you still are enjoying the glow of that summer like weather we had over the weekend, when the forecasters got it wrong. Well, right now hail and severe thundtersorms  -- with the possibility of flooding -- is in our forecast for late this afternoon and this evening. Got weather pics you want ot share? Email them to us at schroonlaker@me.com

From the National Weather Service:

Late Afternoon: Occasional showers and thunderstorms. Some storms could be severe, with large hail, damaging winds, and heavy rain. High near 90. South wind around 8 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

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To Shroon Or Skroon?

That is the question – well at least it was for blogger Destiny Malone in her post on Adirondack.net about what’s the correct way to pronounce the name of our fine town.  And while everyone we know says it correctly, we must admit we’ve done our fair share of setting newbies straight over the years.

To get the official ruling Malone sought out the advice of someone who must pronounce the word every time she answers the telephone: Schroon Lake Bed and Breakfast owner Sharon Piper.

"Regarding the correct way to say our town, it is SKroon (like school)," said Piper. "Many people say Shroon (like mushroom) but that is not it, and we snicker behind our hands when people do that.

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Flying The Flag For A Schroon Lake Pioneer

Picture credit: Mark and Sharon Piper

For those of us who enjoy our magnificent Town Beach, there’s one man who deserves much of the credit for making it the beautiful draw it is for the thousands of folks who enjoy it each summer.

His name is Joe Mantha, a former Superintendent of Highways, who with a little elbow grease and a lot of imagination, transformed the park into the jewel it is today.

Town Supervisor Mike Marnell says Joe built the beach in the 1950s, taking it upon himself to the rent a steam shovel to level out the area and landscape the surrounding park. Mike says Joe retired in 1976 and passed away a year later.

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