Every Monday we share an image on the Essex on Lake Champlain Facebook page and invite our viewers to play some Vintage Essex Trivia. The postcard above we shared with the public last week. Our thanks to Susie Drinkwine for sharing it with us! Do you recognize this site? When do you think the photo was taken? The answers are right on the photo: The caption to the left on the photo tells us that this is "St. John's Church and Rectory, Essex, NY." The caption on the right also tells us who … [Read more...]
Archives for November 2015
Upcoming Essex Events 11/29-12/6
Learn about the events happening in and around Essex, NY! Check out the schedule below created from the Essex Calendar of Events to see what's coming up this week. Click on the link to Essex, NY Calendar to learn more about a particular event. Friday, December 4, 2015 Essex Community Bowling Night. 7:00 pm - 10:00 pm. (RSVP) Check Essex, NY Calendar for details. Saturday, December 5, 2015 “Playing in the Snow” Benefit Concert at the Hand House Parlor, Elizabethtown, NY. 7:00 … [Read more...]
Book Lauds College For Every Student’s Success with Schools
Amid increasing challenges facing urban schools because of market forces and standards, College For Every Student (CFES) offers hope and support for city educators and the students they serve, according to Left Behind, a book published by John Hopkins University Press. In this new book, a team of education scholars from the University of Michigan examines reforms in urban schools and reveals challenges faced by educators to develop new courses while providing social support for students to … [Read more...]
Winter Concerts: Local Talent for Local Scholarships
Join Piano by Nature for two special winter concerts worth waiting for! Talented local musicians will be performing Winter Concerts on Saturday, December 5th at 7:00 PM and Sunday, December 6th at 3:00 PM, with proceeds going to the Bruce L. Crary Scholarship Foundation for local college-bound students. It's an organization that has granted more than $8 million to more than 5,000 students from the 5-county region of Northeastern New York State to assist with the costs of their higher … [Read more...]
Shop like a Local (Lake Champlain Region)
"Last Saturday, I decided to attend the annual Farmers' Market and North Country Artisans Craft Fair, held each year at the school in Willsboro. A beautiful, sunny day for a ride along the Adirondack Coast of Lake Champlain, I thought it would be more of a social activity than "shopping," good to support the local vendors there, and knew I’d probably run into some friends, too. [...] I arrived to see a fairly busy parking lot, and once I entered, I wasn’t prepared for how MANY vendors there … [Read more...]
Suggested Thanksgiving Hikes
This Thanksgiving we'd like to say THANK YOU. Thank you for hiking our trails, volunteering on projects, coming to our events, and supporting us with your donations. It's because of YOU that we are able to save land and make trails for you to enjoy. Thanksgiving Day Hike Suggestions Take some time this Thanksgiving to hike a CATS Trail with your friends and family. You’ll find descriptions and directions at our website or in a CATS Trail Map. Here are some short hikes and one long one that … [Read more...]
Silent Auction at Belden Noble Library, Nov 27 to Dec 12
The Belden Noble Library's silent auction opens on Friday, November 27, and runs through 4:00 p.m. on December 12, Christmas in Essex Day. This is our biggest auction yet and includes the following items. All items (or detailed descriptions) are on display in the library. Watch for new items added as comments here or join our email distribution list by sending a message to bnoblelib1899@willex.com. All bidders will be given a bidding number by the librarian or volunteer on duty. Your … [Read more...]
Essex Buzz: Autumn 2015 Snapshots
This has been a singularly spectacular autumn. So many sunny "bluebird days". And the temperature seems to have been more mild than usual as well. In fact, yesterday my bride and I managed an incredibly pleasant windsurfing outing. Not bad for the week of Thanksgiving. Social media has been flooded with handsome "documentary photographs" and autumn 2015 snapshots, so I rounded up a few recent thematically tied (ferry-centric?) highlights. Late Autumn Ferry Rides It seems that one of the most … [Read more...]
Vintage Postcard: Aerial View of Willsboro Point
Every Monday we share an image on the Essex on Lake Champlain Facebook page and invite our viewers to play some Vintage Essex Trivia. The postcard above we shared with the public last week. Do you recognize the landscape in this aerial photo? It's not be Essex, but it's a close neighbor of the town... It's the Willsboro Point to the north of Essex, NY. You can see the entirety of the peninsula in this photo. Did you recognize it before even seeing the caption or other text that identified … [Read more...]
Essex Farm: Soft November
Here’s the recent news from Kristin Kimball at Essex Farm this fall in Essex, New York: What a soft November we’ve had. Last year, the ground was frozen solid by now. This year, we’ve had many days in the fifties, the cover crops are still green and growing, and we have barely put a dent in the woodpile at the farmhouse. Harvest work is so much more fun when there is warm sun on your back instead of sleet. We got the rest of the carrots in and stored this week. It was a bountiful haul of … [Read more...]
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