Meet The Pipers

Photo Courtesy Mark and Sharon Piper

We first met the Mark and Sharon Piper when we stayed at their glorious Bed and Breakfast just after they had become the inn's new owners in 2009. What an experience! And what a breakfast! You may them as inn keepers, but there's a lot more behind this fun loving, dynamic duo, which you can learn about in our Profiles section.

Spring Wakes Up Schroon Lake

With the arrival of spring in the Adirondacks, come the season’s blooms, returning wild life and the opening of camps and seasonal businesses.

And so it is in Schroon, with this weekend’s re-opening of the Patti Mehm’s Towne Store on Main Street.  Spring hours Fri & Sat 10am - 4pm  and Sun 11am - 4pm.

We are also hearing that Drake’s Restaurant is getting ready to re-open, -- but without Chef Lorenzo Cecunjanin and his wife Jasmina. (We will have full report soon!).

DeCesare’s recently hosted a fundraiser for the SLCS Class of 2016.

DeCesare fans rejoice: There are new hours are Wednesday 4pm – 8 pm, Thursday 4pm – 8pm, Friday 4pm – 9pm Saturday 4pm - 9pm and Sunday 11:30 am – 8pm.

And it’s just a short month away until Sticks and Stones goes 7 days a week for lunch and dinner!

Spring hours for the Schroon Lake Fish and Game Club Bar are Friday nights from 5 – 9pm and Saturday from 12pm – 7pm. The club is closed on Sundays.

And Save The Date: Witherbee's Carriage House will be hosting a Kentucky Derby Party, Saturday May 7th at 4:00pm!  There will be Mint Juleps (and other Kentucky Bourbon Specials). There’s a contest for the best "Derby Hat." 

Green Party Forum In Schroon

Photo:  Matt Funiciello

Green Party candidates running in this year’s election will conduct a meet and greet at Witherbee's Carriage House Sunday. Matt Funiciello, Steve Ruzbacki and Robin Barkenhagen will speak and take questions at the forum style event.

 From The Post-Star:

“Funiciello is a bread company owner from Hudson Falls, running in the 21st Congressional District against U.S. Rep. Elise Stefanik, R-Willsboro, and Democratic candidate Mike Derrick, a retired Army colonel from Peru (Clinton County); Ruzbacki is a teacher from Minerva, running in the 45th state Senate District against Sen. Elizabeth Little, R-Queensbury; Barkenhagen is an art and glass gallery owner from Glens Falls, running in the 114th Assembly District against Assemblyman Dan Stec, R-Glens Falls".

The forum starts at 5 pm.

Kick Starting Your Week With Some Upstate Humor

With an upcoming comedy show on April 23rd at Witherbee's, it got us in the mood for some upstate humor. So courtesy of Jeff Foxworthy, here is his take on life in Upstate New York: 

"You might live in upstate New York if..."

"If you consider it a sport to gather your food by drilling through 36 inches of ice and sitting there all day hoping that the food will swim by, you might live in Upstate New York."

"If you're proud that your region makes the national news 96 nights a year because Saranac Lake is the coldest spot in the nation, and Syracuse gets more snow than any other major city in the US, you might live in Upstate NY."

"If your local ice cream stand is closed from October through May, you might live in Upstate New York." (NOT APPLICABLE TO SCHROON -- THANK YOU STEWART'S!!!)

"If you get 131 inches of snow in a week and you comment that 'winter's finally here', you might live near Oswego in Upstate New York."

"If you instinctively walk like a penguin for six months out of the year, you might live, bundled up, in Upstate New York."

"If someone in a Home Depot store offers you assistance, and they don't work there, you might live in Upstate NY."

"If your dad's suntan stops at a line curving around the middle of his forehead, you might live in Upstate New York."

"If you have worn shorts and a parka on the same day, you might live in Upstate New York."

"If you have had a lengthy phone conversation with someone who dialed a wrong number, you might live in Upstate New York."