By M. Lisa Monroe Express News Staff The Town of Webb Union Free School District underwent a routine state audit covering the time span of July 1, 2005 through June 30, 2007. The audit found that eight of TOW UFSD’s employees had been overpaid by a total of $17,074. Some of the overpayment was due to an unusual fiscal year that resulted in 27 pay periods instead of the usual 26. When weekly payments were ...
The following awards were distributed at the graduation ceremony Friday, June 27 in the Webb school gym. Valedictorian: Morgan Levi Salutatorian: Adam Josephson Laureate: Trey Socash The J. Perry Smith Citizenship Award: Ashley Heroux Town of Webb UFSD Teacher’s Association Scholarship: Kathryn Brophy Town of Webb UFSD Academic Awards Mathematics: Morgan Levi Science: Adam Josephson Social Studies: Morgan Levi Spanish: Morgan Levi Physical Education: Audrey Cross, Christopher Morin English: Morgan Levi Instrumental Music: Brandon Castille ...
The program, “Three days at Gettysburg: July 1-3, 1863,” will be presented by Cheryl Pula at 7:30 p.m. on July 1 at the Old Forge Library. Pula, a reference librarian, will give a presentation on the events leading up to the battle and the three days of the battle itself, including why General Robert E. Lee undertook the campaign, the response of the Federal Army, and why Gettysburg became the site of the battle. She ...
A July 4th weekend tradition is a Saturday morning stop at the annual Woodgate Library book sale to be held from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday, July 5 at the library on Woodgate Road. Good used books can be donated to the library until 3 p.m. on Thursday, July 3. Magazines and Readers Digest cannot be accepted.
Kay Benedict Sgarlata, author of “The Class of ‘60,” will speak from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. at The Adirondack Reader in Inlet on Sunday, July 6. Benedict Sgarlata, a summer resident of Inlet, will sign her books at the conclusion of her talk. “The Class of ‘60” is a memoir of the author’s graduating class from West Genesee High School, outside Syracuse. The author chronicles the lives of children born in the early 1940’s who ...
Work by The Adirondack Woodturner, Ken Gadway of Morrisonville, is an example of what will be for sale at the Craft Fair on July 5 and 6 at the North Street Pavilion in Old Forge. This popular annual event will be open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. both days.
Adirondack storyteller Bill Smith will return to the Old Forge Library at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, July 8. Smith shares with audiences the humorous tales he learned from his father who was a logger, hunter and trapper, and songs and poems taught to him by his mother. “Bill Smith’s Tales from the Featherbed,” published in 1994, is a collection of many of those stories. Many know Smith as a skilled basket maker, a craft he ...
Tuesday, July 1 8:30 a.m.: Senior Shopping Bus departs from Long Lake Town Hall. 9 a.m.: North Country Crafters at Byron Park Building (Indian Lake). Call (518) 648-5819. 9 a.m.: Long Lake Archives Building open to the public. 10 a.m.: Water sample pick up at Forestport Town Hall or by noon at The Tavern in Eagle Bay or Rocky Point Properties in Inlet. 11 a.m.: Lakeside II-Social Adult Day/Respite Care at St. Mary’s Catholic Church ...
Flawed assessments in Inlet To the Editor: The recent assessments in Inlet have numerous errors and possible violations of the assessment laws. I strongly urge all taxpayers and property owners in Inlet to avail themselves of the S.C.A.R. Program. It stands for “Supreme Court Assessment Review.” The cost is $30 to file the complaint in Hamilton County. You can do it all by mail. Fellow citizens and taxpayers: enough is enough! This assessment is flawed ...
The Elegua Duo, consisting of Claire Black playing piano and Ginevra Ventre playing cello, will open the summer concert series in Long Lake with a performance at the United Methodist Church at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday evening, July 3. Black is a native of Long Lake and an award-winning pianist who has performed solo and chamber music recitals extensively throughout North America. Ventre, from Silver Springs, Md., is an active champion of both classical and ...
St. Bartholomew’s Church will host a chicken barbecue and bake sale on Sunday, July 6. The barbecue starts at 11 a.m. and goes until the chicken is gone. The menu includes 1/2 chicken, salt potatoes, coleslaw, salad, rolls, and a beverage, all for $8.50. There will also be a children’s menu available for $2.50 featuring macaroni and cheese and hot dogs. St. Bartholomew’s Church is located on Crosby Boulevard between the Old Forge Hardware and ...
The Women’s Fellowship of Niccolls Memorial Presbyterian Church in Old Forge will host its annual “Fashions by the Lake” fashion show and luncheon at North Woods Inn at noon on Wednesday, July 9. This year’s theme is Pretty in Pink. Due to limited seating, it is recommended that tickets be purchased in advance by calling Niccolls Church at (315) 369-3475 or stopping by the church office on Crosby Blvd. Tickets are $18 and include a ...
St. William’s on Long Point will present a free concert by performing artists Christopher Shaw and Bridget Ball on Thursday, July 3. A boat will leave the dock in Raquette Lake at 6 p.m. and return at about 8:30 p.m. In case of poor weather, the program will be held at the Raquette Lake Chapel. St. William’s on Long Point is a lakeside retreat and cultural center accessible by boat on Raquette Lake. For more ...
“Making the Rounds,”a photography exhibit by Dr. Daniel Way of Glens Falls, will be on view at the Old Forge Library during the month of July. Way, an Adirondack physician specializing in family practice, is also a professional photographer. The exhibit is a combination of photographs of his patients in their home settings as well as Adirondack landscapes. “I have been fortunate to have had the opportunity as a physician to photograph some of my ...
The Arts Center/Old Forge is pleased to host country/pop singer/songwriter Winifred Adams in Concert at 7 p.m. on Monday, July 7. There will be a wine and cheese reception at 6 p.m. Tickets are $12, or $10 for members. Call (315) 369-6411 for tickets. The Arts Center/Old Forge is located just north of the village of Old Forge on Route 28.
The Inlet Common School graduated one of its smallest classes, in number and height, on June 25. Johanna Lutz and Natalie Brownsell graduated from Kindergarten. Usually, the graduation is held for the Kindergarten and sixth grade students, but since there was only one sixth grade student this year, she attended the sixth grade in Old Forge instead. As part of the graduation, the school students performed a musical program. The two graduates are dressed for ...
Thendara resident Richard Myers’ wooden, model train is a new addition to the railroad exhibit “All Aboard – Up the Tracks,” currently on display at the Town of Webb Historical Association’s Goodsell Museum. Myers’ wooden, hand-crafted, 11-foot long train complete with engine, four cars and caboose is now on display in the Museum’s front parlor. In addition to the photos, tickets, maps, lanterns, tools, and much more, visitors will find a collection of cross-stitched, railroad-related ...
McLachlan returns to library The Town of Inlet Public Library welcomes back Bob McLachlan for the summer story time program. McLachlan will read story favorites to your children and grandchildren as well as tell his famous “Moosie and the Bear” stories every Friday morning at 10:30 a.m. beginning July 4. The program, for children ages two and up, will finish on Aug. 29. Children must be accompanied by an adult. Golfers rally for a good ...
The Sunday evening summer concert series held in July and August on the Old Forge lakefront will feature John Rossbach and Perry Cleaveland on July 6. The free concert, which starts at 7 p.m. It is recommoned that people should bring a chair or a blanket to sit on. Rossbach and Cleaveland are members of the award-winning bluegrass quintet John Rossbach & Chestnut Grove.
Harvey H. Kaiser will offer a program entitled "Great Camps of the Adirondacks, 25 Years Later" at the Adirondack Museum in Blue Mountain Lake on Monday, July 7. The slide-illustrated presentation will be held in the museum's auditorium at 7:30 p.m. Kaiser's talk is based on his book "Great Camps of the Adirondacks," a study of rustic architecture from 1870 to 1930. Kaiser will preface his talk with a history of the Adirondacks, and he ...
The Woodgate Volunteer Fire Department is accepting donations of items that are in good shape for its annual rummage and bake sale planned for Saturday, July 12. The event will be held at the fire hall from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. To donate or to arrange pickup of your items, you may call (315) 392-3394 or (315) 392-2142 and leave a message.
The next meeting of the Old Forge Garden Club will be at 11 a.m. on Tuesday July 8. The meeting will feature a tour of the deCamp’s Moose River House Bed and Breakfast gardens on Birch Street in Thendara. Following the tour, there will be a picnic at Michele deCamp’s Moose River home, also on Birch Street across from Van Auken’s Inne. Members are asked to bring a dish to pass, flowers or foliage for Lakeside ...
The Arts Center/Old Forge has announced that the following workshops are being offered: • Kimberly Berkstresser, Registered Yoga Teacher, will teach yoga from 9 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. on Fridays, from July 4 to Aug. 29. • Khoros Performing Arts Company for Kids director Patricia Rickard-Lauri will teach a basic theater workshops from July 7 to 11, July 14 to 18, and July 21 to 25. • Bruce Thomas will teach pottery classes from 6 ...
All around the Town of Webb, businesses are making improvements and sprucing up for the summer season. In the week prior to the big Fourth of July holiday, there were many examples of businesses improving their appearances and looking to the future.
Superintendent grateful for support On behalf of the Town of Webb UFSD, I would like to thank all of the groups, individuals, businesses, and other organizations for their contribution to this year’s Commencement Awards and Scholarship Program for the Class of 2008. Your generous support of our community’s young adults is greatly appreciated by those of us who are associated with the school. On behalf of the graduates and their parents, I thank you for ...
Nancy Sander’s Puppets with Pizazz will return to the Woodgate Community Hall at 6:30 p.m. on Monday July 7 to begin the summer series of programs sponsored by the Woodgate Free Library and Central New York Community Arts Council. This year’s show, “The Monkey King, Superhero of China,” is a traditional epic Chinese folktale. The program is the winner of the 2007 Marty Stevens award. Sander is celebrating her 35th year in puppetry, having written ...