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April 2, 2011
New owners take over at Basil & Wicks
Beard growers unite
By Lindsay Yandon
A dozen men gathered in North Creek on St. Patrick’s Day to compare their Donegal beards. See them all on page 2.
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Long Lake to host community night LONG LAKE — Long Lake Central School will host a Community Connections evening from 5 to 9 p.m. Thursday, April 7. The purpose is to bring district residents together to share a healthy meal and an evening of workshops. All activities will be held at the school and are free. After dinner, there will be three 55-minute workshop tracks, each with a choice of sessions ranging from Zumba! with Mechelle Roy to Wild Game Cooking with chef Stephen Topper. Free childcare is available. Register for dinner and childcare by calling the school at 624-2221.
THIS WEEK North Creek...................2 Indian Lake ..................3 Minerva ........................4 Opinions ......................6,7 Calendar ......................8 Outdoors ......................13 Regional ......................14-15 Classifieds....................13-14 Auto Zone ....................15-16
see BASIL & WICKS, page 4
NCS in conversation with town board about dorm project By Lindsay Yandon
lindsay@denpubs.com NEWCOMB — Newcomb Central School (NCS) superintendent Skip Hults met with the Newcomb Town Board earlier this month to present a project that could result in a multi-use dormitory facility being built at the school. To fend off declining enrollment at NCS, Hults introduced an international student program in 2007 and the school has hosted 30 students from 19 countries since. “We realized that our building is highly underutilized,” said Hults. His solution seems to be working as 2006 k-12 enrollment numbers were at an all-time low in the mid 50’s and this year are up to 85. He now hopes to make the visits of international students more permanent. They are currently housed in the homes of community members for six months to a year. “This just isn’t feasible as a long-term housing option,” Hults said. Hults, therefore, proposed a multi-use dorm facility to the town board. “The project is very preliminary,” said Newcomb Supervisor George Canon. “We are willing to listen and be helpful, but definite plans are probably a year out.” The preliminary proposal requests the town to build the facility and the school would pay for its use during the school year. It would then be used at the town board’s discretion during the summer. Canon has reached out to the Housing Assistance Program of Essex County and the Essex County Industrial Development Committee regarding the project.
Owner Jane Peter, beverage manager Jeannie Russell and chef Felipe DeJesus prepare for a Friday evening at Basil and Wicks, which opened under new ownership in January.
see NEWCOMB DORMS, page 4
Photo by Lindsay Yandon
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BLUE MT. LAKE — The final installment of the Adirondack Museum’s Cabin Fever Sunday series will help to reveal what a jitterbug, a car saw and a water bicycle have in common, Sunday, April 10. Associate curator Laura Cotton will reveal the secrets of these and many other Rube Goldberg contraptions in a presentation entitled Adirondack Ingenuity. The program will begin at 1:30 p.m. in the auditorium. Cabin Fever Sundays are offered at no charge to museum members or children of elementary school age and younger. The fee for non-members is $5.
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Johnsburg Central School art students worked with resident artist Kate Hartley last year in preparation to have their work displayed at Ski Bowl Cafe last month. The students painted and wrote about an image from their childhood as part of the collaborative project.
NORTH CREEK — A familiar sight has returned to Route 28 in North Creek. A sign for Basil & Wicks restaurant has returned to the side of the highway in front of what was last Kelly O’s and Casey’s North restaurant. New owner Jane Peter officially reopened Basil & Wicks under its original name in early January and is riding the tide of ski season in North Creek, preparing for her first summer with the restaurant. “I knew it as Basil & Wicks when I grew up here,” said Peter, a 1970 graduate of Johnsburg Central School. “The name carries many memories for local people. It’s where I came to hang out.” Peter received permission from original owners Nathalie Martin Sharrow, her husband Wick Martin and her parents Ruth and Basil LaPointe to retain the name. The deal resulted in a trip back in time for Route 28 travelers. The original Basil & Wicks closed in the early 1990s. Peter recently returned to the North Country after spending almost 30 years living in Vermont. Since her return, she has been assessing the restaurant’s needs.
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