The Ticonderoga Historical Society’s annual Summer A’Fair, will take place at the Hancock House from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. on Saturday, August 12. Each year the Ticonderoga Historical Society presents a bake sale featuring an array of home-baked treats, as well as a “white elephant” sale of gently used goods, along with a vendor area featuring an assortment of high-quality crafts and art items. “The Summer A’Fair has become quite a local tradition,” noted THS President Bill Dolback. It’s … [Read more...]
Adirondack Farmers Markets Open for the Season (THE SUN)
The first Adirondack Farmers’ Markets are open, with Elizabethtown’s started last Friday along with the Saturday markets in Plattsburgh. The Keene market, its vendor slate full, opens on Sunday, Father’s Day, at Marcy Field. A raw and changling spring seems ready to step into summer with the markets opened. The first day here saw some empty slots, often the case as gardens and greenhouses demand time and attention in spring. [...] ESSEX COUNTY Elizabethtown: Pavilion beside Adirondack … [Read more...]
Grange to Host Annual Market and Food Pantry Fundraiser
The Whallonsburg Grange will host its annual Holiday Market on Saturday, Dec. 17, from 1:00 to 4:00 p.m. Donations of toiletries, cash, and food will be collected for distribution to regional food pantries. The market will feature an array of locally grown ingredients for holiday meals, as well as prepared foods ready for the table. Available for sale will be cheeses from North Country Creamery; truffles, candies, nuts and crackers from Clover Mead Café; dried flower arrangements and … [Read more...]
The Magic of Christmas in Essex 2016
Saturday, December 10 is Magic of Christmas in Essex Day! This year's events including Santa and Mrs. Claus arriving by ferry, pancake breakfast, shops, vendors, art show, library silent auction, church bazaar, children's book readings, scavenger hunt, gingerbread houses, children's fun run, photos with Santa, holiday music and more. There are events on The Eve Before Christmas in Essex (Friday, Dec 9) and on Sunday, Dec 11 too! Christmas in Essex is sponsored by Essex Initiatives, with … [Read more...]
Farm Market Opens at Hub-On-The-Hill (Press Republican)
Doors are officially open at the Hub-On-The-Hill market and café on Middle Road here. The farm-to-fork cooperative kitchen and packaging center have new digs for fresh food-shopping options. The front retail market is renovated with wall panels planed from wood from Reber Rock Farm. A set of circa 1950s couches and chairs give the place a retro, practical air. READY-MADE MEALS Refrigerators and freezers share what Flying Pancakes chef Susie Smith has been cooking in the back … [Read more...]
Grange to Host Holiday Market and Food Pantry Fundraiser
The Whallonsburg Grange will host its annual Holiday Market on Saturday, December 19, from 1:00 to 4:00 p.m. Donations of toiletries, cash, and food will be collected for distribution to regional food pantries. The market will feature an array of locally grown ingredients for holiday meals, as well as prepared foods ready for the table. Available for sale will be cheeses from North Country Creamery and Sugar House Creamery; wines from Hid-in-Pines Vineyard; pies, cheesecakes, truffles, and … [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...]
Exploring Essex Day
Were you able to attend Downtown Essex Day last Saturday, August 1st? I thoroughly enjoyed walking around town and exploring the hundreds of items on display at vendor tables from the typical yard sale items to intricate jewelry creations, other crafts and hand-made items, art pieces, farm goods, and more! Many local businesses and organizations were represented with tables along the streets or behind Town Hall, and of course storefronts were open to customers as well — with some taking the … [Read more...]
Town-Wide Market Day
Essex will host its annual Downtown Essex Day on Saturday, August 1, from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Downtown Essex Day was started by a handful of residents who wanted to spice up the last month of summer. Back then folks made and pies, cookies, ice cream. Artists and furniture makers pulled things out of their attics and sold them to their neighbors. Musicians sat on their porches and played for anyone who would listen. It was an old-time market day that has been held every year since. This … [Read more...]
Double Your Christmas Fun in Essex This Season
Our little town is looking a lot like Christmas — more and more everyday. The wreaths are up along Main Street, the greens are in the beautification barrels, the Essex Inn has garland on their porch, and the windows of The Neighborhood Nest are looking cozy and seasonal. Walking along Main Street one feels something in the crisp, cool lake breeze...something magical is coming! This December marks the 21st anniversary of "Christmas in the Village" as it was called back in 1993 when the newly … [Read more...]
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