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LAPLAND LAKE NORDIC VACATION CENTER’S ANNUAL OPEN HOUSE
Lapland Lake Nordic Vacation Center will host its two-day annual Open House Saturday and Sunday, November 21 and 22 from 9:00am – 4:30pm each day.
During the two-day Open House all in-stock merchandise, which includes ski equipment, apparel, specialty foods and gifts, is 10 – 60% off. Season-long ski equipment rentals ($80 – $180 plus deposit) will be available. Receive expert advice from our staff including resort founder and former U.S. Olympian Olavi Hirvonen.
Lapland Lake Season Pass Memberships will be available at normally reduced early-season rates; regular Membership rates will go into effect Tuesday, December 1st.
At 11:30am and 2pm each day Pat Ferri, PSIA-certified instructor and Assistant Nordic Director, will offer free hour-long wax clinic and ski care tips sessions. All are invited!
Hourly door prizes will be drawn.
Attendees may visit with Lapland Lake’s pet reindeer, Viima, at his new trailside home and enjoy complimentary cookies, hot chocolate, coffee and tea at the resort’s Kuuma Feeding Station located in the Finnish Line Ski Lodge. Visitors are welcome to tour the Lodge, rental-retail shops, tupas (housekeeping cottages) and authentic Finnish sauna.
Open House is free of charge. Facility use fees will be half-price both days for those wishing to ski, snowshoe and tube (conditions permitting). If there is no snow, visitors are welcome to enjoy complimentary hiking on the resort’s 50km trail system.
Lapland Lake has been the recipient of numerous awards and honors including Number Four among the Top Ten Snowshoe-friendly Nordic Centers in North America by Snowshoe Magazine;
Best XC Ski Resort in the Mid Atlantic Region and Best XC Ski Resort for Families, Best XC Ski Resort Poll; Top Ten XC Ski Resort Catering to Families, xc ski resorts.com; Adirondack Regional Tourism Council’s Private Sector Tourism Partnership Award; and Fulton County’s Tourism Partner Award.
A complete cross country ski and snowshoe facility, Lapland Lake offers fully equipped rental and retail shops, a comfortable warming lodge, food service and overnight accommodations in private housekeeping cottages. The trail system has 50km of trails for all ability levels. 38km are marked, mapped and snowcat groomed with trackset and skating lanes; 12km are ungroomed, marked, mapped snowshoe trails. Cross country ski lessons are offered daily by the resort’s staff of PSIA-certified instructors. Other activities include ice-skating, tubing, sledding, kicksledding and wilderness ski touring. A full winter Calendar of Special Events is also offered.
Located in the south-central Adirondacks, Lapland Lake is conveniently located just over an hour’s drive from Schenectady; 60 miles from Albany and Utica; four hours from New York City and Boston. Interested individuals may visit online at www.laplandlake.com or contact Lapland Lake for information at 518.863.4974 or vacation@laplandlake.com.
Soroptimists 2015 Craft Fair
Soroptimist International of Fulton County has announced the 34th Annual, pre-Thanksgiving Craft Fair that will support their mission to improve the lives of women and girls. The Craft Fair, which continues a tradition begun by the Hadassah organization 34 years ago, will be held on November 22, 2015, at the Gloversville Middle School from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. 
According to Soroptimist spokesperson, Sandra Peters, Fulton County Soroptimists are pleased to offer over 125 professional crafters and their diverse, handcrafted merchandise for our shoppers. “While we (Soroptimists) are seeking ways to improve on various facets of the Craft Fair, “patrons will find all the usual, great features of this event, including easy parking, inexpensive admission ($2.00 – children under 12 free), yummy food at the kitchen concession and bake sale, and gifts, gifts, gifts of all kinds, GALORE!” Again, this year, “there will be a raffle and lots of themed baskets for a chance to win!”
“This craft fair offers something for everyone! So add this annual event to your family’s ‘must do’ list to get in the mood for the upcoming season or even to find that something special just for you. So join your neighbors, they are all going to be there, between 10:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. on Sunday, November 22nd at the Gloversville Middle School, 234 Lincoln Street, Gloversville, NY!”
Fulton County Foliage Report: Week of October 14-20
I LOVE NY started the “New York Fall Foliage Report” on September 9 and continue until the end of the foliage season, around the first or second week in November. Fulton County has its own “foliage spotters” to participate in this annual report. 
Reporting station: Gloversville
Percent of trees predicted to have changed by the coming weekend: 90%
Brilliance: Average
Predominating colors: Yellow, Red, Orange, Rust, Purple, some green in lower elevations
Rating: Near Peak to Peak
The leaves are fully changed in higher elevations with red, orange, and yellow being the predominating colors. Lower elevations still have hints of green and leaves are starting to fall in some locations. This weekend may be the last good viewing weekend before more leaves fall.
Call for Harvest Tour, Great Sacandaga Lake, and Route 29A Chain of Lakes Maps
1.800.676.3858
Fulton County Foliage Report: Week of October 7-13
I LOVE NY started the “New York Fall Foliage Report” on September 9 and continue until the end of the foliage season, around the first or second week in November. Fulton County has its own “foliage spotters” to participate in this annual report. 
Reporting station: Gloversville
Percent of trees predicted to have changed by the coming weekend: 50-60%
Brilliance: Average
Predominating colors: Yellow, Red, Orange, Rust, some Green
Rating: Midpoint
Leaf peeping will be ideal for this weekend and possibly into next weekend. More colors have come out over the past week. Higher elevations such as Caroga Lake and Pine Lake are reporting a lot of beautiful colors.
Call for Harvest Tour, Great Sacandaga Lake, and Route 29A Chain of Lakes Maps
1.800.676.3858
Northville Business District Historic Walking Tour
Fulton County is rich is history. Northville has recently created a walking tour to highlight the buildings dating back to the mid-1800s. The first settlement of Northville was in the late 1780s and the village was incorporated in 1873.
The walking tour brochure contains information on 20 historic businesses in Northville; each of these buildings is identified with a metal information sign on them. Also for purchase is the Northville Business District Book ($10) with detailed information about each building. The free brochures are available in many of the Northville businesses as well as the book (a list is provided below).
Northville Business District Historic Walking Tour Book purchasing locations and hours:
School House Museum, 412 S. Main Street, Northville, NY 12134—Hours vary; call 518-863-4040
Town and Village Offices, Bradt Building, 412 S. Main Street, Northville, NY 12134—Hours M-F 8:30AM-3:30PM
Northville Public Library, 341 S. Third Street, Northville, NY 12134—Hours M-9AM-Noon; T-9AM-8PM; W-9AM-4PM; Thurs-9AM-4PM; F-9AM-Noon(Sept.-Mar), 9AM-4PM(Apr-Aug); Sat-9AM-Noon
Sacandaga Valley Arts Network (SVAN) Gallery, 132 S. Main Street, Northville, NY 12134—Hours F-2PM-5PM; Sat-10AM-5PM; Sun-10AM-4PM
Adirondack Country Store, 252 N. Main Street, Northville, NY 12134—Hours M-Sat-9AM-5PM; Sun-10AM-3PM (Jan-Apr—Closed Mon. and Tues.)
The Red Barn, 202 S. Main Street, Northville, NY 12134—Hours vary; call 518-863-4828
2015 BIG BUCK CONTEST AND GAME DINNER: Weekend-Long Event features prizes and wild game dinner
The Fulton Montgomery Regional Chamber of Commerce is pleased to announce that it will present a weekend-long 2015 Big Buck Contest on Saturday and Sunday, November 21 and 22, which is the opening weekend of southern zone deer season (rifle/shotgun/crossbow). For this event, the Chamber is partnering with Tom Georgia, Brent Phetteplace and a host of volunteers to help promote the great hunting resources and related businesses in our region.
Weigh-ins, lunch and dinner will all take place at Loopie’s Pub, 410 Mohawk Drive, Tribes Hill. Participants are also invited to enjoy a luncheon each day from 11am-3pm at Loopie’s Pub. Entry fee will be $25 for adults 16 and over, and $20 for youth ages 14 and 15.
A Wild Game dinner will also take place at Loopie’s Pub for participants on Sunday, November 22 at 6:30pm. Keynote speaker will be Assemblyman George Amedore. Prizes will be awarded at the dinner and raffles will take place at that time. Paid participants will also be entered into a drawing for a Rifle, a Muzzleloader and hunting-related table prizes.
There will be cash prizes totaling $800 including for Heaviest Buck; Heaviest Doe; Most Points (1 inch or more); Largest Outside Spread; Tallest Spike Horn; and Closest Deer (buck or doe) to 125 lbs. without going over. Entry forms can be found on the Chamber website and at the following locations:
• Chamber offices at 2 North Main Street, Gloversville and 1166 Riverfront Center, Amsterdam
• Frank’s Gun Shop, 3549 State Highway 30, Gloversville
• The Sportsman’s Den, 36 Canal Street, Fort Plain
• Loopie’s Pub, 410 Mohawk Drive, Tribes Hill
• Fuel-N-Food, 3006 State Highway 30, Mayfield
• Pine Tree Rifle Club, 419 Johnson Avenue, Gloversville
• Jim’s Bait Shop, 118 Ext. Second Avenue, Mayfield
• Runnings, 233 Fifth Avenue Ext., Gloversville
Fulton County Foliage Report: Week of September 30-October 6
I LOVE NY started the “New York Fall Foliage Report” on September 9 and continue until the end of the foliage season, around the first or second week in November. Fulton County has its own “foliage spotters” to participate in this annual report. 
Reporting station: Gloversville
Percent of trees predicted to have changed by the coming weekend: 40-50%
Brilliance: Average
Predominating colors: Greenish-yellow, touches of reds and oranges are becoming more prominent and brighter
Rating: Midpoint
The red and orange colors are starting to become brighter and the yellows are becoming more prominent than the green. We are about midpoint especially in the higher elevations. The vibrancy of the color has improved from dull to average. There are touches of bright color especially when the sun hits the leaves. There is still a lot of leave coverage on the trees making the next few weeks optimal viewing.
Call for Harvest Tour, Great Sacandaga Lake, and Route 29A Chain of Lakes Maps
1.800.676.3858
Fulton County Foliage Report: Week of September 23-29
Fulton County Day on the Farm 2014 at Rogers Family Orchard
I LOVE NY started the “New York Fall Foliage Report” on September 9 and continue until the end of the foliage season, around the first or second week in November. Fulton County has its own “foliage spotters” to participate in this annual report.
Reporting station: Gloversville
Percent of trees predicted to have changed by the coming weekend: 20%
Brilliance: Dull
Predominating colors: Greenish-Yellow, Rusty Red with touches of Orange
Rating: Beginning
Average fall temperatures have set in this week. The weekend forecast looks to be part cloudy and lower 70s making it a nice weekend for scenic drives and autumn events. Spend the day on a farm, enjoy a craft fair or learn about our local history! Visit our calendar for more details and plan your getaway.
Call for Harvest Tour, Great Sacandaga Lake, and Route 29A Chain of Lakes Maps
1.800.676.3858
Fulton County Foliage Report: Week of September 16-22
I LOVE NY started the “New York Fall Foliage Report” on September 9 and continue until the end of the foliage season, around the first or second week in November. Fulton County has its own “foliage spotters” to participate in this annual report.
Reporting station: Gloversville
Percent of trees predicted to have changed by the coming weekend: 10-15%
Brilliance: Dull
Predominating colors: Greenish-Yellow, Rusty Red with touches of Orange
Rating: Beginning
The days are warmer than average and the leaves are slowly starting to change. Higher elevations tend to turn faster than the lower elevations. Scenic rides will be picturesque, as always, but there is still time for leaf peeping.
The apple and pumpkin season is upon us! Call for a free copy of our Harvest Tour map to accompany your Fall Foliage ride. The Harvest Tour map will assist in finding apples, cider, pumpkins, mums, baked goods, and so many more seasonal products.
We also have the Route 29A Chain of Lakes map and the Great Sacandaga Lake map; both maps include attractions, shopping, dining, and much more to help plan your Fall Getaway! Popular harvest season events are starting this weekend. Visit our calendar for more details.
1.800.676.3858
Record Northern Pike Historical Road Marker
The Fulton County Baseball & Sports Hall of Fame (HOF) will be dedicating its next Fulton County Sports Historical Road Marker to denote that the World Record Northern Pike was caught on Great Sacandaga Lake.
Dubuc Family with Northern Pike Replica
The historic fish was caught by area angler Peter Dubuc on September 15, 1940. Measuring 52.5” and weighing 46 pounds and 2 ounces, it was the heaviest northern pike ever caught in the world at that time. Heavier fish have since been caught in Germany and Canada, and the Fulton County Fish is still recognized by the International Game Fish Assocaition as the United States record.
To commemorate the 75th anniversary of this historic catch, two historical road markers have been created to be placed on the Great Sacandaga Lake. The Great Sacandaga Lake Fisheries Federation (GSLFF) is the sponsor of the first marker, which will be dedicated on Saturday, September 19th at the corner of Benedict Loop and County Highway 110 in Broadalbin. According to HOF representative Mike Hauser, “We are excited to be honoring the legacy of Peter Dubuc and his historic catch 75 years ago. To know that the largest northern pike ever caught in the United States (and one of the largest ever in the world) came from right here in Fulton County is truly amazing.” The ceremony will take place at noon and members of Dubuc’s Family and the GSLFF will be on hand for the unveiling. The public is invited to attend. A second Marker created by the friends of Andy Luey will be dedicated in his memory later in the fall near Lanzi’s on the Lake on Route 30A in Mayfield. 
For more information visit the Fulton County Baseball & Sports HOF Facebook Page.