Rejoice: The Beer Is Flowing At the Paradox Brewery

Brewery Co-Founder Pau Mrocka in the tasting room of the brewery

This just in: The Paradox Brewery is now officially open for business; After a long delay caused by getting their labels approved, the brewery is open for business -- and not a moment too soon for some.

The brewery turned away literally thousands of potential customers over the last few months, while waiting to get their labels approved by the goverment.

We will have much more on this epic event later, but we wanted to let those thirsty fans know the brewery is open.  From Paul Mrocka:

We will post more details regarding official hours, but feel free to stop by for tastings, growlers, t-shirts, beer glasses, and a good time.

Dancing In The Dark

Photo by Jack Osborne 

Even without power,  the show went on at the Boathouse last night, when The Schroon Lake Art's Coouncil's featured performers -- the Al Berard Cajan Combo -- took the stage in the dark.

Organizer Jack Osborne says about 40 folks watched as the trio played  a modified version of what would have been featured with the power on.

The band took the blackout in good stride, we hear from Jack. "'Let's do a short concert.' they said."

What was the experience like? "Like closing your eyes and listening to music." 

There was no charge to the public, but some folks chipped in a few bucks. Jack also used the opportunity as a membership drive. 

The Great July 2013 Blackout: The Aftermath

While The Great Blackout of July 2013, may have been an inconvenience for some, it also had a direct economic hit on local businesses.

Besides the lost revenue, restaurants like Mr. O’s Mountain Smokehouse lost their entire refrigerated inventory. From co-owner Shelby Davis:

The good news is the power is back on. The bad news is our meat cooler didn't come back on with the power and we lost all our meat inventory. We will be closed Wednesday & Thursday to get our meat orders in and get everything run through the smoker. We will reopen on Friday or Saturday.

We wish Shelby and Chris all the best as they go about their big clean up and the days ahead as they try and makeup for lost revenue.

For most, the power was out from around 4.30 pm and depending where you lived, came back around 12.30am.

At least 2,227 customers were without power, in a wide area, from the south passed Witherbees Carriage House, well to the north in North Hudson.

While folks have been joking online that “squirrels” are to blame, we have a call into National Grid to fin out what happened.

Got an update about the Blackout? Share with us in comments. 

Power Outage: What We Know

As of 7:15, here's the latest:

Tonight's Schroon Lake Arts Council concert is in jeopardy as organizers try and figure out a plan B: tonight's artists -- the Al Berard Cajan Combo --  need amplification. 

Town Supervisor Mark Marnell is en-route from Glens Falls to Schroon.  We caught up with him on the Northway, outside of Warrensburg.

We can't get through to several businesses on Main Street -- so we don't know their  status --  if they are open or not. Mr. P's Smokehouse is closed! We can't reach anyone at Sticks & Stones on Route 9.

Witherbees Carriage House is open for business with their back up generator cranking!