Community Supporting Eric Wemett

Our community is coming out to support friends and family I hate to of Eric Wemett, who was diagnosed with Lou Gehrig’s disease, also known  as ALS.  And tonight there is a Spaghetti Dinner fundraiser the Schroon Lake Fire House tonight from 4 pm.

From the organizers.

“Due to the progression of his disease he is no longer capable of working full time and is struggling to pay his bills and pay medical expenses… Anyone who knows Eric knows he has worked his whole life two  jobs sometimes three, to try to keep his family afloat and if you needed help with anything he was probably there by your side helping you. Please come out and help him in his time of need. Dinner will be $8.00 for adults, $5.00 for kids 12 and under and $30.00 for a family of 5 . We will also be holding an auction. Any thing anyone can do to help would be greatly appreciated. Take out will also be available".

Winter's Wet and Snowy Weekend

Watch Out, Winter's Back!  The National Weather Service has issued a winter storm warning in for our area starting at around 4pm, Saturday, through to 10am Sunday.

It’s going to be a wintry mix of snow and ice, with projected accumulations of between 4 to 7 inches, depending where the storm system decides to exact its wrath. Be careful driving Sunday, as the National Weather Service  has predicted snow and ice covered roads. Get the full Winter Storm Warning from the National Weather Service, here.

New Gas Options For Locals and Northway Travellers

Photo: Muhammad “Moe" Ahmad. SCHROONLAKER COLLECTION. COPYRIGHT 2015.

Schroon Lakers, residents from North Hudson and Northway travellers have a new option for fuel, with the re-opening of a gas station just off Exit 29. The new Sunoco Station, opposite the abandoned Frontier Town’s main entrance, opened on December 24. The station was purchased at the April 30, 2014  Essex County Tax auction in by Muhammad “Moe" Ahmad.

The once abandoned gas station – part of the Frontier Town property – sold for $130,000 at the auction, part of what turned out to be a controversial sale of the rest of the Frontier Town parcel.

“So far business has been good, as the word gets out about us being here,” Moe told Schroon Laker this week. The station is co-owned Zohabe Shahid, who also own the Sunoco Gas station on Route 9, right off route 74.

The new station sells coffee and a small selection of goods. “Once we get more established, we will have much more in stock,” Moe said.

GAS PRICES AS OF DECember 29, 2014

Happy New Year

Image Courtesy: Marcia Tonner

We wish all of our readers a happy, healthy and prosperous 2015. We all share a collective love of the Adirondacks and all she has to offer, with many of us having a special relationship and connection to our lakes of Schroon,  Paradox, the Schroon River, and our many nearby ponds.  Our community of greater Schroon is blessed with an embarrassment of natural and cultural riches, which benefit all full time residents, second homeowners, holiday-makers and day trippers.

What will 2015 bring for our community? What changes would you like to see in the year ahead? Let's start a civil discussion in our comments section.