Last Updated: Tuesday, January 31, 2012 7:08:54 AM
The sixth annual Zippy’s Crusade for Kids Charity Snowmobile Ride took place Friday, Jan. 27 and Saturday, Jan. 28, at the Ole Barn in Inlet.
Greg Zipadelli, competition director for Stewart-Haas Racing founded the event with his wife, Nan, as a way to raise funds for children’s charities. The star-studded event was packed with celebrities including Tony Stewart, 2011 NASCAR champion.
The event gathers funds through silent and live auctions, raffles, and ride tickets.
The Cousins ...
Last Updated: Tuesday, January 31, 2012 7:08:55 AM
By Chrissy Prichard
Express News Staff
Dave and Debbie Langworthy of Thendara have been chosen as the King and Queen to reign over the Old Forge Winter Carnival this year. The carnival is scheduled to take place Friday, Feb. 3, through Sunday, Feb. 5.
Carnival weekend will kick off in town with a parade and ice skating party Friday night. McCauley Mountain will host snowshoe races, torchlight skiing, daredevil jumping, fireworks, and the Coronation of the King and Queen on Saturday, followed b ...
Last Updated: Tuesday, January 31, 2012 7:09:54 AM
Martin is a very cute, neutered male, 8-month-old, gray and white kitty. He is sweet and affectionate and he loves to play. Martin is a little shy around new people, but once he gets to know someone, he is a lovebug. He likes other nice cats, but is scared of dogs. Martin is such a nice boy, so take him home today.
For more information call the Humane Society of Rome at (315) 337-1434 or email them at humanesocietyrome-@hotmail.com. The web site can be found at www.humane-societyrome.com.
Last Updated: Tuesday, January 31, 2012 7:08:41 AM
The library will be celebrating Valentine’s Day with the annual Sweetheart Dessert Contest on Tuesday, Feb. 14. There are four categories: youth student, teen student, adult and master. To enter the contest, create your favorite dessert and bring it to the library from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Feb. 14. Judges this year are Beverly Burnap, David Aliasso and Lisa Parent. A reception will be held at 7 p.m. and the contest winners will be announced at 7:40 p.m. Prizes are provided by the Fri ...
Last Updated: Tuesday, January 31, 2012 7:04:23 AM
Lowell Seifter of Raquette Lake and Syracuse, a founding member of Green & Seifter law firm in Syracuse, was named General Counsel for St. Joseph’s Hospital Health Center in Syracuse managing the Hospital’s legal needs in-house. With expertise in healthcare, commercial real estate and business law, he will give up his ownership stake at his Law Firm where he has been for 35 years. He has worked for St. Joseph’s over the last year while the Hospital recognized that its legal ...
Last Updated: Tuesday, January 31, 2012 6:56:17 AM
The New York State Snowmobile Association (NYSSA) has just completed an economic impact survey. Previously completed in 1998 and updated in 2003, NYSSA invests in the survey to undertake an economic assessment of the contribution of snowmobiling to the New York State economy. The SUNY Potsdam Institute of Applied Research is now analyzing the data of the survey, which was distributed to all snowmobilers who registered a sled in New York State last year.
“Our most recent survey from 2003 sh ...
Last Updated: Tuesday, January 31, 2012 6:54:16 AM
School names interim principal
The Town of Webb Union Free School District has named Carl Klossner as the school’s interim principal effective Jan. 26, 2012.
Klossner was the principal at the TOW UFSD from 1992 to 1996 and he began his teaching career at the Town of Webb in 1973, teaching math.
He retired as a school superintendent in another district.
“I thought it would be nice to come back and help out if I could,” said Klossner.
—M. Lisa Monroe
Board of educatio ...
Last Updated: Tuesday, January 31, 2012 6:49:44 AM
RPM Snowmobile Rentals, located at 2508 State Route 28 in Thendara, burned down in a fire early Saturday, Jan. 28.
Old Forge Fire Chief Charlie Bogardus said that the fire began around 8 a.m. in the garage of the structure.
Mike and Windy Kelly, owners of the business, were inside the building when the fire broke out. They called 911.
When volunteer firefighters from Old Forge, Inlet, Big Moose, and Otter Lake responded they found the garage fully engulfed. Bogardus said that there were around ...
Last Updated: Saturday, January 28, 2012 5:48:01 PM
The Town of Webb Union Free School District has named Carl Klossner as the school's interim principal effective Jan. 26, 2012.
Klossner was the principal at the TOW UFSD from 1992 to 1996 and he began his teaching career at the Town of Webb in 1973, teaching math. He retired as a school superintendent in another district.
"I thought it would be nice to come back and help out if I could," said Klossner.
--M. Lisa Monroe
Last Updated: Tuesday, January 24, 2012 6:48:41 AM
The Webb and Adiron-dack communities Health Care Research Committee has sent out a survey to taxpayers of the towns of Webb, Inlet, Long Lake (Raquette Lake), Forestport (Woodgate, White Lake and Otter Lake).
The purpose is to obtain input about health care services provided to our communities by the town of Webb Professional Offices, and health care services that the public would like to have provided in the future.
The committee asks that you take a moment and participate in this survey by c ...
Last Updated: Tuesday, January 24, 2012 7:30:53 AM
The sixth annual Zippy’s Crusade for Kids charity snowmobile ride is this weekend, and will feature an appearance by reigning NASCAR champion Tony Stewart.
The event is Friday and Saturday, Jan. 27 and 28, at the Ole Barn in Inlet and founders, Greg and Nan Zipadelli are fueling up to make it one of the best rides so far.
Zippy’s Crusade for Kids snowmobile event will begin at 5 p.m. Friday with a meet-and-greet, autograph signing, hors d’oeuvres and raffle prizes. Loca ...
Last Updated: Tuesday, January 24, 2012 6:46:21 AM
The Central Adirondack Association will hold Old Forge’s 2012 Winter Carnival celebration Feb. 3, 4 and 5.
Winter carnival weekend in Old Forge originated in 1930 and has been highlighting the area’s variety of outdoor winter sports since.
And this year expect the same good time as always with a theme of “2012 — The Super Bowl of Winter Carnivals.” The carnival committee chose the theme because Super Bowl Sunday falls on Feb 5.
The weekend activities will kick of ...
Last Updated: Tuesday, January 24, 2012 7:11:31 AM
Setting it straight
Last week, in an article about the Webb town council, John Mitchell was incorrectly identified as John Murphy. Mitchell has accepted the position of chief operator at the town’s wastewater treatment plant. He has served as assistant operator at the plant since 2006.
Photography exhibit discussion slated
John Radigan, Director of the Adirondack Photography Institute, will lead an informal group discussion at View on Sunday, Jan. 29 at 1 p.m. about selected work ...
Last Updated: Tuesday, January 24, 2012 7:05:36 AM
By PETE KLEIN
For the Express
INLET – The Inlet Town Board has authorized First Energy Group, Phoenix, N.Y., to go over the town’s last two years of electrical bills to see if the town might have been overcharged for electric service.
There is no direct charge to do the research, though the company will take a percentage of any savings (discrepancies) it finds.
The board could authorize First Energy to research further back, but there would be an up-front charge. Authorization would ...
Last Updated: Tuesday, January 24, 2012 7:03:59 AM
Tom Yacovella of Old Forge and Utica, award winning wildlife artist and author of Wildlife Art of Tom Yacovella: Keep Looking for a Bluebird, will be among the authors, outdoor writers, and wildlife artists at the 2012 CNY Sportsman Show on February 4, 2012 at the Kallet Civic Center in Oneida from 9 a.m. ñ 4 p.m. Also featured will be Leo Maloney of Oneida, Outdoor Columnist for the Oneida Dispatch, Staff Writer/Editor for New York Fishermen, Great Lakes Fisherman and Empire Outdoor Jour ...
Last Updated: Tuesday, January 24, 2012 6:55:13 AM
Enjoy dinner and support the Community Transportation Services, on Thursday, Jan. 26 at Billy’s Italian-American Restaurant. Twenty percent of the dinner costs will go to CTS. CTS is an all volunteer van service that provides over 1,000 rides per year to seniors and others needing transportation to primarily medical appointments, but also to pharmacies, grocery stores and churches. If you wish to know more or how you may help, call Ray Schoeberlein at (315) 369-3550.
Last Updated: Tuesday, January 24, 2012 6:52:07 AM
By Chrissy Prichard
Express News Staff
The DEC has initiated enforcement action against Scott Thompson of Beaver River for violations of the temporary revocable permit (TRP) that allows him to use portions of the DEC’s boat launch site in Stillwater. Thompson, who operates the Norridgewock in Beaver River, uses the site in the warmer months to load and unload passengers and vehicles that utilize his taxi and ferry services to access Beaver River.
The Thompson’s use of the boat launc ...
Last Updated: Tuesday, January 24, 2012 6:59:56 AM
On Friday, Jan. 20, the Adirondack Park Agency voted to approve project 2005-100, the Adirondack Club and Resort.
The Park Agency Board’s action is the culmination of a thorough and extensive review process which included three consecutive monthly Board meetings, an adjudicatory hearing, mediation sessions, public informational meetings and a conceptual review process. The Park Agency’s approval includes a project order and fourteen permits for the various project components. ...
Last Updated: Tuesday, January 17, 2012 6:49:57 AM
By Chrissy Prichard
Express News Staff
Builder William Rockhill of Woodgate has recently completed some “tiny” projects that are being seen by big audiences on TVs across the country. He and his crew built four “tiny houses” to be featured on HGTV’s Design Star, The Nate Berkus Show, and Travel Channel’s Extreme RVs.
Rockhill founded Bear Creek Carpentry in 1993, and has been working in the construction industry since long before that. Among the many types of ...
Last Updated: Tuesday, January 17, 2012 6:45:31 AM
The Town of Webb Union Free School District has announced that principal Rex Germer will be the district’s new superintendent.
Germer is a graduate of Webb school and will take over for Don Gooley Feb. 1.
During the past several months the board of education has spent many hours on the search for a new superintendent. The board says they appreciate the time that the faculty, staff, students and community devoted to participating in the interview sessions for the three candidates. The com ...
Last Updated: Tuesday, January 17, 2012 6:40:55 AM
By Chrissy Prichard
Express News Staff
A summer music festival at McCauley Mountain, winter fireworks during an upcoming carnival, and trail permits for charity snowmobile rides were among the items discussed when the Webb town council held its January meeting last week.
Council members present Jan. 10 were Councilwoman Kate Russell, Councilman J.B. Herron, Councilman Mike Ross, and Town Supervisor Ted Riehle. Also in attendance were Town Clerk Nanci Russell and Town Attorney Richard Frye. Coun ...
Last Updated: Thursday, January 19, 2012 4:19:47 PM
A Lowville man has been charged with assaulting a woman in his cabin near Beaver River in the Town of Webb.
Jeffrey Jordan, 41, of 109 George Road in Lowville was arrested Saturday night, Jan. 13, after the female victim of the alleged assault called 911. Forest Rangers and Town of Webb Police arrived at the cabin by snowmobile and found a 42-year-old female who had apparently been beaten.
The victim was transported to Utica to be treated for a broken bone in her face as well as some other minor ...
Last Updated: Tuesday, January 17, 2012 7:01:44 AM
By Chrissy Prichard
Express News Staff
Inlet will soon be the host of the Fourth Annual Adirondack Ice Bowl. The pond hockey tournament will take place Friday, Jan. 27 through Sunday, Jan. 29, on Fourth Lake in front of The Woods Inn. This is the second year the event has been held at this venue. Play is scheduled to begin Friday morning and end with the championship games Saturday evening, followed by an awards ceremony.
Organizers have been working hard gathering equipment, sponsors and volun ...
Last Updated: Tuesday, January 17, 2012 7:00:19 AM
Gabriella Pedraza, a senior at the Town of Webb High School, was named the January Student of the Month by The Kiwanis Club of the Central Adirondacks in the Club’s senior student recognition program, done in cooperation with the Town of Webb Schools, based on her community service, academic record, athletic and other extra-curricular activities as well as student need. She and her parents, Maria and Victor Pedraza of Old Forge, will be guests at a Kiwanis Recognition Event where she make ...
Last Updated: Tuesday, January 17, 2012 6:58:17 AM
Join the Adirondack Museum’s wildlife biologist Paul Jenson at 1:30 p.m. on Jan. 29, as he explores the ecology, conservation, and management of big cats in the Adirondacks.
Big cats once roamed the wilds of the Adirondacks and some still do — fascinating the naturalist with their secretive behavior and stirring emotions of all who catch a glimpse of these awesome predators.
Learn about the current and historical distributions of Canadian lynx, bobcat, and mountain lions in New Yor ...
