The Census and Seasonal Home Owners

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The good folks at the East Shore Schroon Lake Association sent an email blast to its members reminding them that seasonal and second home owners need to complete a census form for every property they own.

Here is what you need to do:

For each property you own but use only part of the time, please follow these instructions:

1. Visit www.my2020census.gov.
2. Enter the Census ID or address for your secondary property.
3. Enter “0” for the number of people living at this property.
4. Hit Next, and when a “soft error” occurs, click Next again.
5. Select “No” when asked to confirm no person lives at this property.
6. Select primary reason – for example, "Seasonal."
7. Complete!

And we are hearing from Joe Steiniger  that Schroon Lakers in Essex County need to be counted.

“As of last week (8/26), only 40% of Essex County residents and only 24% (!!!!) of Town of Schroon residents had responded to the census! It is urgently important for our area residents to be accurately counted for our community to receive its proper amount of federal benefits (and Congressional representation). If you are not SURE you have responded, please click on the link in the post and BE COUNTED! Please forward this to anyone you think might not have responded to a census questionnaire. Time is running out!

For more information, please go to 2020census.gov.

Schroon Lake Dog of The Week: Ezio

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Meet Ezio, our Schroon Lake Dog oof th Week. From Ezio’s proud parents:

“Ezio is an 8-year-old German Shepard and loves swimming on Schroon Lake. Photos from Taylor Point looking across the lake just north of Adirondack. Ezio hails from Bowling Green, KY “Home of the Chevrolet Corvette”. He summers on the Schroon River and is constantly in and out of the water. Ezio joins his mom & pop on many hiking trails throughout the region. He always looking for someone to play freebie with”.

Want your pooch featured here? Email us at schroonlaker@me.com.

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Schroon Lake's New, Improved Boat Ramp

Photos: Bill McGhie

Southern access to Schroon Lake at the Horicon Boat launch  -- closed for several weeks as improvements were made by the DEC -- could be restored as early as this weekend.

The DEC added 14 feet of concrete to lengthen the ramp. Baring any unforeseen hiccups, the new ramp could be open as early as this weekend, we hear from Bill McGhie, President of the East Shore Schroon Lake Association.

The work was completed earlier this week and the coffer dam surrounding the project has been removed. Bill says the new, improved ramp should alleviate props, license plates and trailer lights “bottoming out.” 

See more of the project in the photos taken by Bill after the jump:

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