Rest In Peace: Bill Planty

A funeral service will be held today (Wednesday, June 4, 2014) for Bill Planty, who passed away last Friday.

He was 58.

The service will be held at 1 pm at the Edward L. Kelly Funeral Home, 1019 U.S. Route 9 in Schroon Lake.

You can read Bill’s official obit, from the Post-Star, here.

How You Can Help Save The Strand

Our story last week about the latest efforts in the digital conversion of the Strand Theatre, got a lot of buzz, with folks happy to hear that movies will be playing at The Strand. Several folks have asked us where they can send their tax deductible donations. The best link is here, and you can follow the progress of the fund raising efforts on the the front of The Strand, where owners Liz and Larry McNamara have erected a countdown chart. Which of the ten movies have you seen and what's your favorite? Tell us in comments.

Carol Gregson's Award Winning Wet Socks

Congrats to Carol Gregson, whose new book Wet Socks won the Best Memoir in the Best Adirondack Books of 2013 .

The awards were announced Monday by the Adirondack Center for Writing (ACW).

From ACW:  The Adirondack Literary Awards celebrate and acknowledge the books that were written by Adirondack authors or published in the region in the previous year.

All of the books submitted for consideration this year were on display, giving a visual sense of the scope of our Adirondack literary achievements, and many of the authors had signed copies of their books for sale. This year a record 51 books were submitted, also, for the first time featured articles were accepted as a category”.

Wet Socks is the follow up book to the laugh out loud Leaky Boots. If you have not read Carol’s work, be prepared to be tickled pink and see ADK life through an entirely different lens.

Carol recently taught a memoir writing course at the Schroon Lake Library, where you can check out both of her books. You can also buy them at the Towne Store.

You can read the full press release here.  Leaky Boots is available for purchase on Amazon. Wet Socks appears to be out of stock.

RIP: Adirondack's Jeff Goldfarb

We are just learning of the passing of Jeff Goldfarb. This from Jane Smith:

"To those who know the Goldfarbs I pass along the sad news that Jeff passed away yesterday (Sunday).  An automobile accident several years back left Jeff severely injured and unable to continue his oral surgery practice in Oneonta, NY.  Moira had their home built on their property on Redwing Rd. in Adirondack that was Jeff’s favorite place and where they had planned to eventually retire.

Those of us who were fortunate enough to know Jeff saw that although each day was a struggle he never lost his sense of humor and purpose....a great tribute to Moira.

Rest in peace, Jeff. If you wish to send condolences (only please):  PO Box 195, Adirondack NY 12808"