*An Adirondack Woof Stock:  Great weekend – everyone in attendance had a grin on their face, including the dogs, and our volunteers and committee members were excellent! Numbers were a bit off this year, it was raining in Glens Falls, Albany & North Creek, but not in Chestertown, so that  could have contributed to the low attendance but we’re making plans for next year and will get the date out as soon as it’s decided!

*Woodstock Revisited on the Mill Pond:  Again, a fun night and great success… low numbers compared to past years but fun for locals and visitors alike and a good shoulder event for our area!

*Town Banners:  Up and looking good! If you missed the original order, contact Garnet signs directly to get yours designed and given to the appropriate Town for hanging.

*Chestertown Farmer’s Market:  Opening Day June 14^th with a full field!!!! Runs through Mid-Sept. from 10AM – 2PM every Wednesday! Some new vendors and most of our old, so make sure you stop by! Also have a salad vendor and Vashti’s Kitchen (Caribbean ) for lunch specials as well as Moby Dick, High Noon, Oleyoke Donuts and Dickensen’s crepes so  hope to see you there!

*Car Hops & Octoberfest:  There has been interest in both of these events but we need others to step up and take the lead…. Restaurants and local businesses would benefit from either of these events and the TLCA would be willing to help, possibly along with the Chamber of Commerce, but it’s time for others to get involved.  German food, beer and bands at all establishments on a fall weekend would be great, so anyone willing to Chair and organize a committee, etc…. let us know

* Rotary Cornhole Social: Saturday June 17, 1am to 4PM at the Conservation Club on Knapp Hill. $20 Adult, Age 7-15: $5

*Chestertown Historical Society: All events are held at the Chester Town Hall. They also have a new website at Historical Society of the Town of Chester, NY (chesterhistory.com)  where you can keep up with their events. The museum is open 10AM – 2PM on Wednesdays (same times as Farmer’s Market!) or by appointment.
               June 15: Don Cooper slideshow of Its Sumi’s exhibit. 7PM. He’ll be telling about people identified in the photos and pdf files will be available for the public. THIS EXHIBIT IS COMING DOWN SOON so if you haven’t seen it, make sure you stop by! You can also Google “NYS Digital Heritage” for all sorts of historical documents and photos@
               July 19: Lecture on the Underground Railroad
               August 16: Presentation on Haunted Saratoga
               Sept. 12: Paul Stillman – Presentation on Nasty Ned in the Adirondacks

* Scott Remington Golf Tournament:  July 29^th – A great event for a great cause that donates all funds to the Christopher Reeves Foundation for curing spinal cord injury, if you can volunteer, sponsor, donate or play with a team, contact Christine or Scott at 518-494-7740.

*First Wilderness: Group is updating Town Maps for the Heritage Corridor and wanted people to know there are numerous professional positions open at the County level if interested as well as positions in the DPW. First Wilderness
Next Meeting Friday, July 14, 2023 –  9:00 a.m. at Panther Mt. Inn
We only have two rules:  Meetings last 1 hr.  Only 1 person speaks at a time.

Benefit Concert for North Country Ministry and Helpers Fund: May 22nd at the Chester Town Hall auditorium. Free concert with basket raffles and the North Country Jazz Project playing with area students from North Warren and surrounding schools! 3PM Raffle, Concert begins at 4PM.

Chamber of Commerce VIP Diner will be held May 26th at Forrest Lake Camp honoring this year’s honorees Jim McDermott, Cindy Mead and Mountain Hardware. Contact the Chamber to reserve a seat.

An Adirondack Woof Stock and Woodstock on the Mill Pond  June 4-5. Get out your Tie-Dye and let’s travel back to 1969 at the annual ADIRONDACK WOOF STOCK ….. “A WEEKEND OF PEACE, PAWS & MUSIC” in Chestertown NY. It’ll be the best day of your dog’s life!!!

Let your canine companion try Dock Diving with the Green Mountain Dock Dogs or watch the professional competitions! Take a run through DogLoversDays Agility and Lure Chasing Course, a huge hit with dogs of all ages and sizes and enjoy shows by the very talented Dynamo Dogs!  Live music, food and vendors – June 4th and 5th all day, both days! Watch K-9 Police Demonstrations, sit in on the Blessing of the Animals with Father John, adopt a pet from Adirondack Save-A-Stray, have your dogs nails done or shop with the vendors! Face painting for the kids! Admission is $1 – kids under 12 and dogs are free!

Friday night, listen to “Chicago – Total Access”, a Chicago Tribute Band, at the Carol Theatre in town, live music that will rock you like the originals! Saturday night, help us celebrate Woodstock at “WOODSTOCK REVISITED ON THE MILL POND”, a pet friendly outdoor concert from 6PM-11PM in downtown Brant Lake at The Hub…. Light Show, free boat rides on the Mill Pond by Loon Lake Marina, food, vendors…..and don’t forget to wear your Tie-Dye!
HELPERS ARE NEEDED FOR 2 HOUR SHIFTS TO BE AT THE ENTRANCE TABLE AND SELL T-SHIRTS SO IF YOU CAN VOLUNTEER, SHOOT AN EMAIL TO [email protected].

Carol Theatre: CHICAGO TOTAL ACCESS will be kicking off Woof Stock weekend at the Carol Theatre on Friday June 3rd. Tickets available at https://mailchi.mp/45661c2dbc21/get-your-first-summer-2022-tickets-now-9000009?e=[UNIQID] or at the door! https://mailchi.mp/45661c2dbc21/get-your-first-summer-2022-tickets-now-9000009?fbclid=IwAR1rhFBUfa_OElQDV88JmYtT9aztZiEL4AeCzTo6d5F7xKsm0BKe-wXz_68

Rotary Cornhole Tournament: June 11th, 9AM-3PM at the Chestertown Conservation Club. $50 Team Social / $60 Team Advanced / Double Elimination with $$$ for Winners. Teams age 15 & Under Free Entry. Raffles, Concession Stand, BYOB. Call or text 518-538-5605 for info!

Chestertown Farmer’s Market: Is ready to rock! Opening day is June15th running through the end of September.

Food Truck Fridays on the Mill Pond – beginning July 1st through Sept. 2nd.

Chestertown Historical Society: Sponsoring a photo exhibition August 20-21 of the works of Mr. Sumi (1930’s-1970) who chronicled the life of our area. The TLCA voted to be a $100 sponsor.

North Country Ministries: There are two food pantries in the area and they also supply free covid tests. Clothing center is at the Brant Lake YMCA on Thurs. & Fri. from 1pm-4pm or at the main office across from the Post Office in Warrensburg. More info on this great organization can be found at https://northcountryministry.org and don’t forget to attend the Benefit Concert on May 22nd!

North Warren Central School Scholarship: A vote was taken and a $500 scholarship will again be given to a student at the school.

Chamber of Commerce:  Summerfest – July 9th
Brant Lake Canoe Race – August 13th (Tentative)

• Taste of the Tri-Lakes Tuesday November 30th with the Rotary Memory Tree Lighting in the center of town from 5:30-7:30. Samples of area restaurants dishes, local choirs will be singing Holiday music complete with bonfires, free s’mores making for the children, and the lighting of the Rotary’s Memory Tree at 6:30.
• Winter Carnival: Tentative date is February 19, 2022
• St. Patrick’s Day Parade: March 12th. Volunteers are needed this year to keep the event active so if you enjoy the parade and festivities that day, please volunteer a few hours of your time.
• There is a Local Toy Drive sponsored by Chestertown American Legion Post 964, Mountain Hardware, Dollar General, the Helpers Fund and “Friends of Santa”. New, unwrapped toys can be dropped of at any of the above until Saturday Dec. 11th.
• TLCA received a nice Thank You note from this year’s North Warren scholarship recipient, Tanner Dunkee.
• An Adirondack Woof Stock and Woodstock on the Mill Pond are back on for 2022!!!!  It was unanimously voted that Randy Berg would build a new lure chasing course as Doggie Fun Zone has not returned our calls, and we know this was a major draw for the event. We’re also hoping to have a band ON THE POND for Saturday nights Woodstock. Event will be held the weekend of June 4th -5th so save the date, tell your friends and get ready to howl!
• It was suggested we have a fund raiser for area families that might be struggling this coming winter. Monies raised would be given to the Helper’s fund, North Country Ministries or the North Country Hardship fund for distribution.  Anyone with ideas or to help organize such an event, please email Al at ([email protected]).
• Supervisor Leggett discussed Occupancy Tax changes in the county with less monies being given to the individual Towns and larger requests now needed to be presented at the County level.