Join us for more “Tall Tales and Short Tunes, Family Literacy through Stories and Song” as we welcome the Adirondack Museum for a free program on Saturday at 11 AM. Museum educators will help us create our own Adirondack family adventure tale! A great family program for all ages!

The Zucchini Brothers Program at the Indian Lake Theater has been POSTPONED until May. We hope that snow will NOT be a factor then!  Thanks for your understanding. Keep reading…

This project is made possible, in part, with funds from the Decentralization Program, a regrant program of the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature and administered by the Adirondack Lakes Center for the Arts.”

Both the Wednesday finger weaving program with Cate and evening program, Japanese cultural field trip with Jim Curry were well attended and very cool.

The Tuesday program on Survival Skills was super!

Tuesday, February 21 ,  Make Tracks at the Indian Lake Library!  At 1:00 PM, Adirondack Naturalist will host a program for kids, “On your Mark, Get Set, SURVIVE!”.  Learn about survival strategies through books, crafts and activities.

Wednesday, February 22, Make Tracks at the Indian Lake Library! At 1:00 PM children aged 3 and up can join Cate Smith for Finger Play and Finger Knitting.  Bring your child to a class that will begin a journey of deepening wisdom and patience as they explore simple finger knitting and finger weaving and develop fine motor skills.

Friday, February 24, Make Tracks at the Indian Lake Library! At 1:00 PM children aged 5 and up can join Cate Smith for an hour of Spool Knitting. Bring a paper towel roll for toy knitting. This teaches hand eye coordination and deepens attention span through learning, play and fun.

A draft of the new Town of Indian Lake Comprehensive Plan is available here for download or at the Indian Lake Library.  It’s available for for check-out, just tell us how long you need it.

Next steps:

Moving forward, per NYS Town Law Section 272-s, the Town Board is responsible for conducting a final review and adoption. This includes the following steps:

Submit copies of the draft plan to Hamilton County and the APA for review

Set a Town Board Public Hearing date for public input (this may occur during a regularly scheduled Town Board meeting or a special Town Board meeting). It must follow NYS Public Hearing Law (i.e., proper notice, etc.).  The  Public Hearing will include a brief presentation/overview of the recommendations. After the Hearing is closed,  if necessary, any additional edits based on Town Board and Public Hearing input and APA and County review will be incorporated.

The Town will then conduct SEQR review,  adopt the Comprehensive Plan and submit a copy of adopted plan to NYS Department of State.

It is the business of libraries to provide information. Help us keep fact separate from fiction.   Since we rely on government data for everything from the local census of our community to local weather, it should be important to you as well!   Here is a list of known fake news websites that “purposefully publish fake information or are otherwise entirely unreliable”  and steps you can take to be critical when reading the news.