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Last week we asked you to name  as many business as you could in the above  photo – along with A challenge: tell us what Main Street/Route 9 was also known as back in the  1920s.

Two suggestions from MHM: "OLD STATE ROAD" - formally a stage coach path which extended from Pottersville. And: “I believe it was called “Friedman’s Freeway"

Ann Breen Metcalf:  In the really old days the route was called the Great Northern Turnpike. The only other name I know, from around the 1920's, is an expansion of what Larry said: "The Quebec-Miami International Highway: Appalachian Scenic Highway Federal Route U.S. 9." That name appears in an ad for the old Brown Swan Hotel.

Larry Boland: Rte. 9 was called the "New International Highway"

Well none of you correctly identified the answer we were looking for:  "The Rum Trail". Read more in our new, History and Fun Facts section.

Pontooning on our Adirondack Lakes

The first boat we ever captained on Schroon Lake was a pontoon -- the year was 2006 and a young Craig Kennedy who had just purchased a stake in Schroon Lake Marina -- was our instructor.  For experienced pontooners you know there’s not much to learn. “Just stay away from the left side of Word of Life Island,” Craig told us. Back then the pontoon boats came with a tube – the case no more.

Thus began our love affair with pontoons, which we rented with regularity, until buying a Sea Ray 180,  to appease the lust for speed and water sports demanded by teenage sons.

As anyone who has ever taken a ride on a pontoon boat knows, t’s the equivalent of taking out your living room into the middle of the lake.

 Along with a bunch of coolers full of food and drink (and even a barbecue if you wanna get really fancy schmancy!) where you and up to as many friends the boat will safely hold, spend the day jumping into the lake, and having a terrific party!

So, with summer ever so close, we wanted to get all you pontoon boat fans into the mood with the above video, from the band Little Big Town. You can read the lyrics, here.

A Schroon Lake Favorite Makes A Big Splash on The Small Screen

Nothing much rattles Sticks and Stone’s co-owner Gary Tromblee. That is until things don’t go according to plan on live TV. Such was the case as couple of weeks back when Gary appeared on the “Let’s Eat” segment of WNYT’s popular Sunday Morning Show.

The producers didn’t give Gary nearly enough time to finish his dish, The Statler Mountain Chicken, and the kitchen appliances were not on their best behavior.

Find out more in our Food and Drink section.

The Future Of Frontier Town? Uncertain, Again!

One of the restaurants at Frontier Town

The saga continues as to what will happen with the old Frontier Town property. Just when Essex County sold more than 80 acres of land at its recent ForeclosureTax Auction to the highest bidder, the county has reversed itself. Find out more in our Real Estate Section.