Throwback Thursday: 1967 Edition

The Year was 1967, and folks with planes were being encouraged to fly to Schroon. At least that's the pitch in this old advertising pamphlet we dug up from the Schroon Laker Collection.

The glossy ad features a picture with a couple clad in denim shorts looking at a map?, standing next to their plane which presumably has just landed on the "3000' Paved Runway."

Enticing the Adirondack bound pilot/holiday maker, the brochure says the airp

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Yes, There will be a Summer

If Spring ever decides to get its act together, there will eventually be warm, sunny days with blue skies, just like over the 2012 Schroon Opening Weekend. Here to get us all in the mood for Summer, and the opening weekend, is a slide show of what we saw around Town that splendid weekend. What was your favorite memory of that weekend? Tell us in comments.

More 'Love' For Schroon Tennis Courts?

Cracks in the Courts: Summer 2012

Tennis and Schroon Lake go back a long way – from the days of courts at the Brown Swan Lake Club to Scaroon Manor. In more recent decades the town has been the keeper of the  public courts, which we reported last year had seen much better days.

Until recently the Town had seven full working courts,  but disrepair, the elements and age led to only five being opened last summer.

Town Supervisor Mike Marnell heard an earful from tennis lovers last year, dismayed at the current court situation and was blamed for not doing enough.

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Schroon's 2013 Opening Weekend: Bigger and Better

At the Memorial Day Service in the Town Park, 2012, the new monument was unveiled.

This year’s official start to Summer, Schroon Lake’s Opening Weekend – over the Memorial Day holiday – is shaping up to be bigger and better,after a spectacular debut in 2012.

But this year’s events will be more focused , organizers say.

“We are going to be more focused on keeping the activities in one place this year. Some of the constructive criticism was that we were a little too spread out last year and tried to take on too much,” said Shelby Davis, one of the organizer.

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Meet Jane Smith: President of the ESSLA

In our report "Lake News: Spring Edition 2013",  published earlier this week, we goofed by wrongly identifying the President of the East Shore Schroon Lake Association. A thousand apologies to President Jane Smith, pictured above. We had reported that Gretechen Marcell, Director of the ESSLA Scout Program was the Prez! We apologize for the mix up, and continued success to you both in your leadership roles as protecting our lake.