Schroon Lake, Circa 1924

Photo: Courtesy of EBay

There’s an incredible piece of Schroon Lake history on the auction block at EBay right now, with a 1924 edition of a Camp Red Wing book up for grabs.

From the description, it appears it could be part sales pitch and part year book:

Here is an overview of what is inside.  After title page is a listing of The Editorial Staff with Editorial page, Dedication page, The First Pill, Skanawaco Staff, Prize Song, Honor Roll and Ganeshaho, Extracts from the Pill, Athletic Meets with listings by date, Hiking, Basket Ball, Base Ball, Swimming, Tennis, Bat Ball, The Severance Meet, Camp Counselor Competition, Shut-Tup a poem, Horse Back Riding, The Inquiring Reporter,

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The Big Dump of 2013 Heading Our Way?

A major winter storm is heading our way – and could dump anywhere from 7 – 15 inches in our area.

Further south and to the east that prediction could go even higher and get a lot more complicated and dangerous with wind gusts potentially in the range of 60 – 75 miles per hour. (That’s as of 3PM Thursday)

The headlines for our area from the National Weather Service:

LOCATIONS...ALL OF NORTHERN NEW YORK...AS WELL AS CENTRAL AND NORTHERN VERMONT.

HAZARD TYPES...MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW.

ACCUMULATIONS...7 TO 15 INCHES OF SNOW.

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Fire Damages WOL Dorm

A fire caused severe damage to a dorm at the Word Of Life Campus at Pottersvile on Friday morning, according to the Post-Star.

No one was hurt in the blaze. Five studented wil be relocated, accoring to WOL spokesman John Nelson. From the Post Star:

“There was significant property damage to the building and contents and as well as to the personal belongings of the students who resided in the dormitory,” Nelson said.

Schroon's Superbowl Wing Smack Down

Who has the best wings in town? There’s a Super Bowl wing-down between area restaurants during the big game.Find out in Food

It’s Chilly Outside – and Chili Inside, Too!

One of the entries destined for the big cook off

In less than three weeks (Feb 23, 2013) there’s gonna be a chili smack-down, with restaurants, home cooks and emergency services folks battling it out for bragging rights  as to who has the best, darn tootin’ chili around. Get all the details in Food.