Rest in Peace Betty F. Tyrrell: 1930 - 2017

We are just leaning of the passing of Betty Tyrrell, who passed away Thursday, Oct. 26, 2017 at the Moses Ludington Nursing Home in Ticonderoga.

A memorial service will be held tomorrow, Saturday, November 11, at 11 am, at St. Andrews Episcopal Church, 999 US Rt. 9 in Schroon Lake. Interment will follow in the Severance Cemetery.

From Betty’s official obit:

“Betty was born April 24, 1930 in Port Henry, the daughter of the late Joseph and Helena Blanchard Forgette.

In addition to her parents, Betty was predeceased by her husband, Gilbert L. Tyrrell Sr.; her granddaughter, Helena Buhler; and several sisters and brothers.

Betty was an excellent cook and a former employee at Pitkin’s Restaurant in Schroon Lake at Frontier Town, as head chef in the restaurant in North Hudson, and at Jean Egan’s Originals Christmas decoration manufacturing shop in Schroon Lake.

Betty enjoyed painting, needle work, knitting and crocheting, and was a nature lover.

She is survived by her son, Gilbert L. (Lanny) Tyrrell, Jr. of Metairie, Louisiana; her daughter, Deborah Buhler of Schroon Lake; her grandchildren, Steven Tyrrell, Christina Bennett and Michael and Mary Elizabeth Buhler; seven great-grandchildren; her sister, Charlene Phinney of Glenwood Springs, Colorado; and many nieces, nephews and cousins”.

A memorial service will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 11, at St. Andrews Episcopal Church, 999 US Rt. 9 in Schroon Lake. Interment will follow in the Severance Cemetery. The family suggests memorials take the form of donations to the Schroon Lake Emergency Squad, Schroon Lake, NY 12870. Funeral arrangements are under the direction of the Edward L. Kelly Funeral Home, 1019 US Rt. 9, Schroon Lake, NY.

To express online condolences, please click here.

Solar and Schroon This Saturday

Joan Cunningham, a coordinator from Solarize Eastern Essex County, will host a talk about the benefits of solar power, Saturday at 2 pm at the Adk Works Center (1061 Main Sreet, in Schroon Lake).

“The process began in March 2017, when we, the Town of Elizabethtown and ADK Community Works, were chosen by NYSERDA (New York State Energy Research and Development Authority) to sponsor a solarize campaign for eastern Essex County,” she said. 

“We then completed our request for proposal to obtain a contractor/installer partner to work with us. The request resulted in five bidders competing to provide the lowest cost to eastern Essex County for solar installation"

Solar Liberty, one of the largest solar panel installers in New York, won the bid. For more information, contact Joan Cunningham of Solarize Eastern Essex County at adkcommunityworks@gmail.com or call 518-351-5012.

Big Open Mic Night at Witherbee’s Thursday

The last of this year’s Open Mic Nights at Witherbee’s is tonight at the famous roadhouse. Emcee Mark Piper, tells us that the owners are taking a winter break. So there’s sure to be a big crowd at the upstairs bar.

In the meantime,  Mark has fallen head over heels for a new love: his cigar box guitar. From Mark:

“It’s a real cool thing. I have been investigating them for a few months and decide to buy one. It is hand made in the USA. I love it, and have converted all my songs. The one I own was made by Rob Wroble, in Florida. It is made out of a Le Voyage cigar box. I have a FB page devoted to my playing it. There is a huge sub culture.”

Meanwhile, the Thursday night crew are investigating a new venue for this classic Schroon tradition.

Schroon Election Results

Another election (and chicken and biscuits dinner!) is in the books, and those candidates running in Schroon were all re-elected. And because this is Schroon Lake, there’s always an interesting twist. In this year’s Town Board election, it was the number of folks who voted for Don Miller, a write in candidate.

Meanwhile, Tammy Whitty-Brown, the executive director of the Schroon Lake area Chamber of Commerce, failed in her bid to win a town board seat in her native North Hudson.

A referendum issue – which affects many towns in the Adirondack Park -- passed. It involves the use of a land bank, which can be tapped into, to allow towns to carry out – among other things – road and bridge improvements, which encroach on protected land. You can get a full download of how this works, from the good folks at Adirondack Explorer, by clicking here.

You can access all of the Essex County election results, by clicking here.