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*Sticks and Stones, starting Friday, will have a portion of their restaurant and bar open for inside dining. Outdoor seating still available.
*Pitkin’s Restaurant is open for breakfast, lunch and dinner until 8pm.
*DeCesare’s Pizza now has outdoor dining.
*The Adirondack Café is offering inside dining starting Friday.
All restaurants offer takeout and request the wearing of a mask until seated.
Lisa Hess Marks, proprietor of Pine Cone Mercantile, is the featured speaker in the third video to help raise awareness of the challenges faced by many Schroon Lake businesses in the pandemic. The Schroon Lake Area Chamber of Commerce has produced the videos as part of a fundraising effort to keep local businesses afloat. You can watch all three videos, by clicking here.
From Lisa:
“Like every other small business in America ,COVID-19 has had a major impact on how we do business. Everything is geared toward what the community needs now and then we can get back to a little bit of normal later, but right now we’re here for you and to make here to make a safe and welcoming environment to welcome you back. creativity in rethinking business is how we are all getting through this right now”.
Lisa and her baker husband Edward, the genius behind those delicious treats at North Woods Bread Co., have good news to share: they have been working overtime getting the store ready to receive customers this Friday. Congrats.
More from the Chamber about the fundraiser:
“Many of you have asked how the money raised from the Schroon Lake Cares campaign will be distributed. Our primary focus is the support of Chamber members from the retail, restaurant and lodging sectors who are most affected by the loss of summer tourism. The Chamber's Fundraising Committee identified a list of 42 eligible member businesses who were each contacted and asked to opt in or out based on the criteria established, including the fact that **funds would be equally distributed among recipients**. While there may be some differences between businesses, they are all local, small merchants. Equal distribution of funds eliminates making a judgment as to whether one business deserves more funding than another, and why. A total of 28 member businesses opted in to the campaign. Funds are being deposited into a discretionary account at Glens Falls National Bank and will be distributed in late July. #schroonlakecares
Details on how to participate in the hearing
Town Supervisor Jeff Subra and the board hope to hear from more folks and their views on changing Schroon’s open container law.
Last month only a handful of observers turned up for an online Go To Meeting and Subra said on the call he’d like to have more input from community before it goes for a vote.
An amendment to allow several events this year to obtain a permit to serve craft beer, wine and hard cider at public events on town property was passed three votes to one.
Those events are the recently cancelled Schroon Lake Arts and Crafts Fair, a wine and cheese festival and a beer tent at the finish line of the Adirondack Marathon.
The proposed change -- an exception to the current open container policy originally signed into law in 1968 -- would allow vendors to apply to the town for a permit for the consumption of craft beer, wine and hard cider at public events. The first meeting was on May 4, 2020.
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Our Lady of Lourdes in Schroon Lake will also resume with Mass on Saturday, 6/13, at 6:30 p.m. and Sunday, 6/14, at 11:00 a.m.. Until further notice, all Masses have limited attendance based on diocesan and state guidelines. Please check parish websites and churches for more information
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