Your Schroon Weekend Starts Now

Photo: Courtesy The Artists. The Steven L. Smith band plays Sticks and Stones Friday night. 

The first part of this week was just a warm up: Monday Night’s Jam session, Jay Unger  and Molly Mason at the Boathouse Tuesday and The Seagle Colony’s opening of the Italian Girl In Algiers on Wednesday.

So Thursday marks your official start to another adventure filled weekend in Schroon.  First up today is the Schroon Lake Arts and Crafters Market at 10am at the Town Hall parking lot.

Tonight kicks off a weekend of  music – and there’s plenty of it:  Witherbee’s Carriage House features the best darn Open Mic in the North Country, Sign up at 6.30pm with Maestro Mark Piper.

At the Word of Life Jack Wyrtsen Center, Trevor Morgan perfroms at 7pm in Pottersville.. And it’s the second performance of Rossini’s The Italian Girl In Algiers, at the Seagle Music Colony, which runs through Sunday. Tickets: (518) 532-7875.

On Friday, there’s another embarrassment of riches: Dan Berggren plays a special concert at the Boathouse with his amazing Adirondack stories and songs for this special benefit concert to help restore and rebuild the historic Union Meeting House in Hoffman. Tickets are $12. For more information call 518.532-7383.

Also on Friday night, Steven L. Smith Brings the whole Band for an outdoors concert at Sticks and Stones. The concert starts at 7pm and goes to 10.30pm. Bring a chair or blanket and watch these rockers fireside on the lawn of S&S.

See the rest of what’s happening in our 2014 Summer Calendar Section, here.

Green Backed Heron

Photo by Pat Thorne, 2014, All Rights Reserved

From Pat Thorne, another marvelous picture of our glorious outdoors here in Schroon.

"While out padding, I spotted this little Green-backed heron grooming himself on a log. They favor lake margins and marshes.  They are about the size of a crow with bright yellow legs and chestnut colored chest, and a small black crest on its head".

Fatal Accident Shuts Down Route 74 Tuesday

A large section of Route 74, east of Severance, was closed today after a fatal accident this morning.

Schroon Lake Volunteer Fire and Rescue members turned out to redirect traffic, at the intersection of Route 9 and Route 74.

Ticonderoga Town Police said the accident happened at about 9:25am when Tobia “Toby” J. Secone, 90, of Ticonderoga pulled his SUV into the oncoming path of a tractor trailer on Harris Point Way, a private road that leads to homes on Eagle Lake.

 From The Press-Republican:

“The impact was on the passenger side of the vehicle,” Police Chief Mark Johns said.

The chief said an autopsy will be performed Wednesday at Adirondack Medical Center in Saranac Lake to determine the cause of death.

Secone’s wife, Margaret A. Secone, 81, was airlifted to Fletcher Allen Health Care in Burlington by a North Country Life Flight helicopter. She was in a stable condition late this afternoon, reported the Press-Republican.

Our condolences go out to the families of Toby and Margaret.

A Must See Performance: Jay Unger and Molly Mason Tuesday Night

Folk lovers are in for a special treat tonight when Jay Unger and Molly Mason take center stage at the Boathouse Theatre.

The duo are part of a special series of high profile, internationally known acts, that the Schroon Lake Arts Council is bringing here for their summer concert series.

Jay and Molly have become one of the most celebrated duos on the American acoustic music scene.

“I am very excited that we can bring Jay and Molly to Schroon,” Jack Osborne, from the Arts Council told Schroon Laker.

“To have such an act of this import here, will be a treat for all music lovers.”

The duo’s consummate musicianship, and incomparable warmth and wit have delighted audiences worldwide, said Jack.

They have been featured on A Prairie Home Companion, have their own public radio program “Dancing on the Air”, on WAMC's Northeast Network, and have performed on film soundtracks such as Legends of the Fall and Brother's Keeper.

But it is their work on Ken Burn's Civil War PBS mini-series, they may be best known for and the series' signature tune: Jay's haunting composition of Ashokan Farewell.

The soundtrack won a Grammy and Ashokan Farewell was nominated for an Emmy. Watch them perform Ashokan Farewell in our 2014 Music and Arts Scene, by clicking here.

Where and When: Tonight, Tuesday July 15. The Boathouse Theatre, Dock Street. 8pm.  SPECIAL NOTE: Adult tickets for this performance are $25 each.