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A land mark property with a colorful history will be up for grabs in an upcoming auction, Schroon Laker has learned.
The Tavern at Schroon Lake – a large sprawling bar and restaurant right next to the Schroon Lake Bed and Breakfast -- will go under the auctioneer’s hammer on April 30, 2014 at the Best Western in Ticonderoga. Find out more in our Real Estate Section.
Photo: A Frozen Schroon Lake, Winter 2014
Both the Schroon Lake Association (SLA) and the East Shore Schroon Lake Association (ESSLA) have something to be very proud of: the number of hours volunteers from both associations have contributed to help secure matching grant money for various projects to protect and improve Schroon Lake.
Bill McGhie, ESSLA past president and current board member, says that in 2013 volunteers committed 1,477 hours (valued at @ $25 an hour for a total of $36,925) towards the $200,000 grant.
“We have every active volunteers throughout our organization,” Bill told Schroon Laker. “And for 2014 volunteers have contributed 158 hours so far.”
Added ESSLA President Jane Smith: “We have a very hands on lake steward program and dedicated members whose job it is to educate the public on invasive species. That has gone a long way to educate people being aware of the dangers of invasive species.
“I am proud of all of the ESSLA members who have volunteered to educate the public over the last three years at various crafts fairs and public events.
“Sometimes people just chuckle when they see us, but they come back and learn something.”
Over at SLA, they have equally impressive volunteer hours: more than 1100, (valued at $27,000) according to President Mark Granger.
In a statement Mark said the SLA’s Steering Committee Representative Paul Conolly handed over 1100 volunteer hours to the storm water runoff project being managed by Warren County Soil and Water, the group responsible for collecting the hours for the grant.
“Our Board Members held educational programs, trained and supervised Lake Stewards scouted for milfoil and did scores of other things over the past 9 months” said Conolly
Like ESSLA, the work of SLA Board members was done to provide matching funds for the grant received from the state.
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This month's pick by the Schroon Lake Library Book Club
Before I Go to Sleep is the first novel by S.J. Watson, an unlikely writer. He’s an audiologist, who wrote the book between shifts while working at the National Health Service.
It is a psychological thriller about a woman suffering from anterograde amnesia.She wakes every day with no knowledge of who she is and the novel follows her as she tries to reconstruct her memories from a journal she has been keeping.
And the novel is this month’s selection at the Schroon Library’s Book Reading Club. The group will discuss the novel on Tuesday, April 29, at 1pm in the meeting room at The Town Hall. Call the library to reserve your copy.
The story revolves around the woman learning she is seeing a doctor who is helping her to recover her memory, that her name is Christine Lucas, that she is 47 years old and married and has a son. As her journal grows it casts doubts on the truth behind this knowledge, as she determines to discover the truth about who she isThe book became both a Sunday Times and New York Times bestseller and has been translated into over 30 languages, and has become a bestseller in France, Canada, Bulgaria and the Netherlands. It reached number 7 on the US bestseller list, the highest position for a debut novel by a British author since J.K Rowling. The NYT's described the author as an "out-of-nowhere literary sensation".
For further information contact the library at (518) 532-7737 ext. 13.
This Spring weather mess continues, as Winter refuses to leave us. There’s another winter advisory to deal with from the National Weather Service:
“WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT
TONIGHT TO 9 AM EDT FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BURLINGTON CONTINUES THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR MIXED PRECIPITATION...FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 9 AM EDT FRIDAY.
LOCATIONS...PORTIONS OF THE NORTHERN ADIRONDACKS OF NEW YORK.
HAZARD TYPES...MIXED PRECIPITATION.
ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATION OF UP TO 1 INCH...ALONG WITH AROUND A TRACE OF ICE”.
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