Come In From The Cold...

...And discover where the hottest musicians gather each Thursday night: Open Mic at Witherbee’s Carriage House. To get you in the mood, enjoy the video below, then watch some more of the action uploaded by Open Mic honcho, the talented Mr. Mark Piper. The action starts at 6:30pm.

Catching A Laker

While many an experienced hand may be hoping to pull a prize fish out of the lake this weekend, it may not offer the same thrill as their first ice fishing catch.

So if you are not on the lake today -- and wanna share the sheer joy of what it’s like to pull up a laker  -- then we hope you enjoy the above video taken last month here in Schroon by a proud dad capturing his son’s first catch.

Enjoy. Got photos of this weekend's big Derby? Email them to us at Schroonlaker@me.com

Relive Schroon's Wild West

Take a ride back in time to Frontier Land via the above video, and you’ll get to experience what this once great amusement park was like, circa the early 1990s.

From the shoot out on Main Street, to the rodeo, to one bizarre moment featuring a chariot race, the home video of one family’s trip captures what it was like at this long shuttered Western Theme Park.

Frontier Town is a featured display this summer at the Schroon North Hudson Historical Society.

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