News & Opinion About Huletts Landing, N.Y.
The Friends of Historic Huletts Landing (FHHL) cordially invites everyone to the 2011 opening of the Gallery and Library located in the old firehouse.
Friday, July 8th from 5:00 – 7:00 pm.
Light refreshments will be available.
Stop by and learn about the programs FHHL is sponsoring this summer.
If you’re not already a member, I would encourage you to join!
Young Ben Franklin as Printer
Joe Brown & Vincent Masylin
1980 Bronze
19″ x 19″ x 19″
Loan of Order of Masons
Philadelphia Chapter
as seen in
University of Pennsylvania Alumni Club
(Click image to see full view)
On Saturday of July 16, the Wildlife Conservation Society will be conducting an annual loon census with the help of local Adirondack residents and visitor volunteers. This data provides a quick glimpse of the status of the breeding loon population in and around the Adirondack Park and across New York State. The results help guide management decisions and policies that affect loons.
The Lake George Association is coordinating census volunteers for the Lake George region. Potential volunteers Census volunteers will monitor a selected portion of the Lake from 8 – 9 am, and report the number of adult loons, chicks, and immature loons they observe. Similar loon censuses are also conducted in other states throughout the Northeast at the same time on the same day, contributing to a thorough regional overview of the population’s current status.
One of the major findings of the 2010 census: The Adirondack loon population has almost doubled since the last pre-census analysis in the 1980s, and now totals some 1,500-2,000 birds.
If you would like to help count and observe the loons, please contact the Lake George Association at 518-668-3558, or info@lakegeorgeassociation.org
On Wednesday, June 29th, the Whitehall School District had a special election to vote on two propositions:
Both propositions passed.
Results for Proposition 1 (Replacement Auditorium Roof $115,000)
65 to 3 in favor of passage.
Results for Proposition 2 (Renovation of Auditorium Interior $510,000)
57 to 5 in favor of passage.
All I can say is that Whitehall is not going to turn its fortunes around going down this path of taxing and spending like crazy while the rest of the town and village are in a state of permanent malaise.
I noticed a new bulletin board in the Huletts Landing Post Office with a public notice and proposal to close the Clemons NY Post Office. This is the Post Office on the other side of the mountain at the base of the hill. Like Huletts, it is also in the town of Dresden.
The Postal Service is currently not doing too well financially but this is the first time I have ever seen a notice such as this.
Please read the notice here and familiarize yourself with the issues and consider making some public comments. (The last page.)
So you roll into Huletts on Friday looking forward to an exciting 4th of July weekend. What is your first stop?
Well if you read the Casino’s July Calendar here, you’ll know that the live band, the Plum Muffin’s will be playing at the Casino on Friday night AND you can get free appetizers while they last!!!
The Plum Muffin’s played in the Casino in 2009 and were well received. They play Irish music, bluegrass and some good old fashion rock & roll.
So I’ll post a link on the left sidebar with the Casino’s Calendar so you’ll always know what’s going on.
The Lake George Association is running a number of advertisements this summer focusing on lake-saving projects they have been involved with over the last few years.
I’ll run some of these after they appear, but I’m happy to announce that one of the ads focuses on their work on Foster Brook in 2009. You’ll remember that this project was named by the Huletts Current as the story of the year for Huletts Landing for 2009.
So if you click on the picture above, you can see the LGA’s new ad, featuring yours truly.
Verizon Cell Phone Service
I’ve heard from a few people that when they called Verizon about the cell tower service, Verizon gives the direct number to tech support, 1-800-483-7356. The agent said there was no work for the area scheduled for the next 6 months but he put in a work order for investigation. In other words, more calls are needed.
Whitehall Graduates Class of 2011
The Whitehall Jr. – Sr High School holds their commencement exercises on Friday, June 24th at 7:00 pm and I was given an invitation (which you can view here).
Friends of Camp Little Notch Raise Funds
Since my May 3rd post on Camp Little Notch I’ve learned that FOCLN has raised more than $150,000 and has done some terrific work on their website! Check out their updated website http://www.friendsofcln.org
Huletts Landing Fire Company volunteers learn how to operate their new fire truck.
Recently, the Horicon Fire Department dropped off the used fire truck that the Huletts Volunteer Fire Company recently purchased from them.
The “new” Huletts truck is a mid-1980’s combined pumper and tanker truck.
Here is a picture of some Huletts volunteer firemen learning how to operate the truck this evening.
(Click on the picture to see full-scale.)
Correction:
I have been advised that a “fire engine” connotes a pumper, which puts out fires.
A “fire truck” connotes a ladder truck, i.e., a “hook & ladder”, now replaced by one-piece aerial ladder trucks, which specialize in rescue.
That’s why a big city fire station will say “home of engine 17 and truck 84,” or something similar, because the station houses the 17th engine company and the 84th ladder company.
More and last but not least technically, real firemen call their engine an “apparatus.”
Thanks to our strong readership, I stand corrected!
A number of people have written to me asking for an update on when the new cell phone tower will “go live” and start relaying cell phone calls to people in Huletts.
This what I can report.
If you are an AT&T customer, AT&T officially is trying to have their cell transmitter working on the tower by July 14th. However, the work appears to be ahead of schedule and it is possible that AT&T customers may be receiving and sending cell phone calls by June 30th.
If you are a Verizon Wireless customer, you need to call customer service at 800-922-0204, go through the prompts and get an agent on the line. (I chose “Tech Support” and kept saying “Agent” to get to a real person.)
You need to request that Verizon Wireless consider co-locating on the Huletts Landing cell tower that was just installed off of County Route 6. My understanding is that it is analogous to a power outage, the more people that call, the quicker they will get to work on getting their customers service.
I will report on other carriers as I learn more.
Calling Verizon Wireless. Can you hear me now? Only if you get your equipment on the new tower!
The Friends of Historic Huletts (FHHL) will be bringing in three guest speakers this summer to speak on interesting, historic, topics of interest.
This upcoming Saturday, June 25th at the Mountain Grove Memorial Church at 7:30 p.m. the first talk of the summer will take place:
Adirondack Ice, a Cultural and Natural History
By Caperton Tissot
Ice has determined the course of Adirondack history in many surprising ways. Ms. Tissot will present a slideshow, talk and book signing highlighting the cultural and natural history of Adirondack ice based on her recently published book. The book traces the evolution of that influence, touching on everything from ice industries and transportation to recreation and accidents.
Caperton Tissot is an author whose fascination with regional history has led to the publication of two books: History between the Lines, Women’s Lives and Saranac Lake Customs and Adirondack Ice, a Cultural and Natural History.
“In Adirondack Ice, a Cultural and Natural History, author Caperton Tissot illuminates the history of our relationship with a defining element of winter. Valued and reviled, ice is an unavoidable fact of life in the Adirondack Mountains. As Tissot points out, it has ‘substantially determined the natural, economic, and cultural history of the North Country, yet it is an often overlooked and underappreciated influence. Filled with surprises, Adirondack Ice is a fascinating look at the many ways ice touches our lives in the Adirondack Mountains.”
Laura Rice,
Chief Curator, The Adirondack Museum, Blue Mountain Lake
So if you’re in Huletts this Saturday, come on out and learn about Adirondack Ice!!!