Lending Others A Helping Hand For North Country Foster Kids

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We’ve said it before and we will say it again – there’s never a shortage of folks in our area who will step in and do the right thing. Tina M Plumstead, via Facebook, shares her mission in helping out kids in foster care. Here’s a how to guide on how to donate.  From Tina:

“I spoke with someone at our local DFS (Essex County, NY) yesterday, regarding donations they accept for children entering, or are in, foster care. They will accept backpacks & duffel bags. Due to storage reasons, they are unable to accept small suitcases at this time; backpacks and duffel bags are easier to store.

These items can also be used if the child is of school age. She also said they are ALWAYS accepting donations of items such as toothpaste, tooth brushes, combs, hair ties, feminine items for girls, Axe body spray, loofah sponges, combs, lotions, shampoo & conditioner, lice products, socks, school supplies, etc. Basically anything that your own children, or the children in your life, need.

If anyone would like to drop off any items to me, I will be happy to deliver them once the event ends. I will be contacting her at the end of next week to make arrangements for a time/day to meet with her. Thank you all, and PLEASE continue to help spread the word about this event and Wyatt's Wranglers!

The State of The State and Schroon

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The State of The State and Schroon

Photo Courtesy Jack Riepe

Schroon Lake was used as an example of how major thoroughfares -- like the proposed  Interstate 98 "Rooftop Highway" between Champlain and Watertown along U.S. Route 11 -- aren’t necessarily always a good idea.

Reacting to Governor Andrew Cuomo’s State of the State address where the governor mentioned that project, Assemblywoman Janet Duprey said state officials should be cautious about the project, according to a story in today’s Adirondack Daily Enterprise written by Shaun Kittle and Chris Knight.

"My concern is, I go up and down the Northway now, and I see some of the small communities where we used to stop: Schroon Lake, Newcomb, North Hudson," Duprey told the ADE.

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The North Country Underground Railroad Connection

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The Steamer Burlington: Courtesy Schroon-North Hudson Historical Society

The North Country played a vital role in helping thousands of slaves escape to Canada using the Underground Railroad (UGRR). But how did those who ran the railroad in Albany and the Adirondacks succeed in getting those freedom seekers so far North?  You can find out tomorrow night (Wednesday, April 18) at a special presentation sponsored by the Schroon-North Hudson Historical Society.

The UGRR talk will be presented by historians Mary Liz and Paul Stewart and Don Papson. The Stewarts are co-founders of the Underground Railroad History Project of the Capital Region, Inc. Papson is the founding President of the North Country Underground Railroad Historical Association.

“We’ve had a lot of interest in the Underground Railroad,” Schroon North Hudson Historical Society President Loris Clark told Schroon Laker today.

“I often hear from people who think their homes may have been part of the railroad. This presentation will hopefully help those people find out how to investigate if their homes were part of the railroad.”

Through slides and a power point presentation, The Stewarts and Papson will explain how the Champlain Line of UGRR spread its branches across Northeastern New York, Vermont and Canada. There will also be a question and answer session.

Where & When: 7 pm.  North Hudson Town Hall, 3024 Route 9, North Hudson, NY 12855; (518) 532-9811