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by Andrea Palmer

The Bog restaurant has re-opened its doors in Cambridge, under new ownership.

Mark Harwood purchased the bar and restaurant in November of 2018, after the passing of previous owner Patrick “Pat” Guidon. The well-known local establishment had been in operation for nearly four decades.

Davin Saari is continuing as bar manager for the establishment. Saari has been with the restaurant for years.

Harwood had been a customer of the establishment for years.

“I bought an airplane from the Cambridge airport about 14 years ago, and I just needed a place to go have a burger and a beer after I flew,” said Harwood, who lives in Argyle. “I went to Cambridge, where I found the restaurant.”

At the time, the restaurant was called Foggy Notions, with the nickname The Bog.

“It was the meeting place in town, where people gathered to get together. Kind of the hub of the town,” said Harwood.

By Jill Nagy

Critical as it is for a recovering addict to remain clean and sober, there is more to sorting out their life. Recovery coach Maribeth Batsford of Adirondack Recovery Care LLC, helps them find the missing pieces and put together the puzzle.

Batsford, a certified recovery coach, partners with recovering addicts and helps them develop strategies and plans for their future. That may include career plans, education options, or strategies to recover custody of their children. She coordinates aspects of a client’s treatment and makes referrals for support groups, treatment, or other types of wholistic services.

“It’s a conversation,” she said.

She sits with the client and together they try to identify recovery goals and create a plan. She emphasized that she does not try to diagnose but rather, to provide motivation for clients “move forward with their lives.”

The Adirondack Thunder has announced the schedule for the 2019-20 season.

Spanning 72 regular season games, the Thunder will take on 12 different opponents, and face three teams that they have yet to see in their four previous seasons as a member of the ECHL.

The upcoming 2019-20 season marks the first time the Thunder will go head-to-head with the Indy Fuel, Allen Americans and Jacksonville IceMen. Adirondack will also travel to play against two Central Division teams, the Toledo Walleye and Wheeling Nailers, while 64 of 72 games will be played within the North Division.

The 2019-20 preseason games are Friday, Oct. 4, at Reading; and Saturday, Oct. 5 vs. Reading at home.

The regular season schedule includes: Friday, Oct. 11 at Maine; Saturday, Oct. 12 at Worcester; Monday, Oct. 14 at Brampton; Saturday, Oct. 19 vs. Worcester; Wednesday, Oct. 23 vs. Maine; Friday, Oct. 25th vs. Worcester; Wednesday, Oct. 30 at Brampton.

The Adirondack Mountain Club’s (ADK)largest one-day fundraiser will take place on July 27.

It raises money for educational outreach, recreational opportunities, and stewardship and advocacy programs important to its mem.bers and supporters.

ADK’s “ididaride!” has grown into a major fundraiser for the club, featuring two distinct courses. The 75-mile route has not changed since the inaugural ride in 2006.

Departing from the Ski Bowl Pavilion in North Creek, riders meander along Peace.ful Valley Road to Route 8 through Bakers Mills, Wells, Speculator, Sabael, Indian Lake, to North River and back to North Creek on Route 28. A long descent begins in the hamlet of Indian Lake and meets the Hudson River in the hamlet of North River, with a relatively easy ride into North Creek.

The entire distance has been designed for the long-distance bike enthusiast, with designated bike routes marked on the wide shoulders.

The new 23-mile off-road course was devel.oped by Paul Abess, one of the ride originators, and is tucked conveniently within the hamlet of North Creek, with a super-scenic mountain/hybrid bike route crossing both Straight and Chatiemac Brooks along with their waterfalls. Riders will continue past Mill Brook, passing through tiny Riparius and its historic train depot, then along rural sections of the Mighty Hudson River as it flows through the village of North Creek. 

Artists’ secrets uncovered in recent conservation projects are on display in “Masterpieces Under the Microscope: Andrea della Robbia and James Brade Sword,” an exhibition running through Sept. 15 at The Hyde Collection in Glens Falls.

The exhibition presents for the first time since their conservation two works from the museum’s collection: a terracotta sculpture, Madonna, circa 1480, by Andrea della Robbia, and a landscape painting, “A Peep Into Lake George” (1873) by Hudson River School artist James Brade Sword.

The projects were completed at Williamstown + Atlanta Art Conservation Center and funded by a grant from Greater Hudson Heritage Network, a partner of state Council on the Arts.

By Christine Graf
Sheetlabels, a company that prints pressure sensitive custom labels, has relocated from Pruyns Island Drive in Glens Falls to 24 Native Drive in Queensbury.
The 30,000-square-foot building it now occupies was formerly Native Textiles. The company’s new location has provided them with an additional 10,000 square feet of space.
“The new location is beneficial for UPS and FedEx pickups. We can get product out later in the day, and this allows us to ship more orders each day and service customers faster,” Sheetlabels owner Adam Gray said. “We have also redesigned our production floor plan dramatically. That’s allowed us to produce product much more efficiently and pass on some of that cost savings to our customers. We’re able to increase our inventory on-hand which has improved our buying power for raw materials.”

Hudson Falls is taking another major step in its ongoing community revitalization moving forward with plans for a $1.1 million refurbishment of Derby Park, the six-acre expanse in the southeast corner of the village a long-time center for recreational and social activities.
Two local businessmen, brothers Brien and Mike Moran, announced they will make a $500,000 donation to kick-off a community-wide capital campaign.