Safely Dispose of Your Household Hazardous Waste This Year in Essex County

Essex County is hosting a series of Household Hazardous Waste Collection Events in 2024. Residents are encouraged to dispose of their household waste safely and responsibly by bringing eligible items to one of the collection sites.

What to Bring

• Paints (oil & latex based)
• Hobby Supplies
• Rubber Cement
• Airplane Glue
• Stains
• Varnishes
• Resins
• Rosins
• Adhesives
• Cleaners (for wood, floors, metal, oven)
• Pool Chemicals
• Pesticides
• Herbicides
• Lighter Fluid
• Waste Fuels (kerosene, gasoline)
• Mercury Thermostats
• Mercury Thermometers
• Transmission Fluids
• Car Waxes
• Carburetor Cleaners
• Brake Fluids
• Antifreeze
• Photo Chemicals
• Chemistry Sets
• Fluorescent Light Bulbs
• Batteries (household, camera, NiCD)
• 1lb Single Use Propane Cylinders

What NOT to Bring

• Tires
• Auto Batteries
• Computers & Electronics
• Motor Oil
• Empty Aerosol Cans
• Ammunition
• Fireworks
• Explosives
• Asbestos
• Smoke Detectors
• PCB Capacitors
• Pharmaceuticals
• Controlled Substances
• Unknown Gases
• 20 lb. Propane Tanks

Eligibility: Open to all Essex County residents (sorry, no businesses). Proof of residency is required (drivers license, tax bill, utility bill).

Contact Information: For questions, call (518) 873-3743

Additional Information: The collection is operated by MXI Environmental Services.

Charge your car and get a Free Ice Cream!

Free ice cream compliments of New York Power Authority when charging at the EVolve NY North Hudson site located at Frontier Town Gateway!

Look for the promo code located on the charger to provide the cashier. With these hot temperatures who wouldn't want to enjoy an ice cream while taking a break on their summer road trip travels.

Plus, check out the many other amenities available to include breakfast, lunch and dinner choices. A breakfast buffet is also available on Sat & Sun.

*available at the EVolve NY North Hudson fast-charger location only.

July Fourth celebrations throughout the region offer residents and visitors the opportunity to celebrate together while enjoying parades, concerts, family activities, and fireworks. This list provides information about various celebrations taking place throughout the area to celebrate Independence Day and our local communities.

View the regional lineup of Independence Day Celebrations.

Please join the Schroon Lake Association for the annual Educational Meeting to learn more about our work preserving and protecting the lake.

Treasures galore, live music, food trucks!  Visit our "Junk in the Trunk" flea market starting at 9am. Vendors are invited to donate any items not sold to our Live Charity Auction, beginning at 5:30pm. All proceeds to benefit local organizations: Town of Schroon Lions Club, North Hudson Fire Department, and North Country SPCA.

North Creeks Thursday Farmers Market!

Located in Riverfront Park (next to the train station) in North Creek on the banks of the beautiful Hudson River.  Every Thursday, 2-5:30PM from June 27 - September 19, rain or shine! There is a multitude of vendors selling local crafts, fresh veggies, meats, prepared foods, flowers, local PB&J, libations, weekly musicians and more.  We are doggie friendly too!!  Parking is easy and take time to wander the shops of North Creek. 

Check us out of facebook https://www.facebook.com/northcreekfarmersmarket/

From evening songs around the campfire, Ned’s plein-air paintings, and Anna’s photographs and nature terrariums, and drawings in journals and guest books, art and music played a central role at Camp Santanoni. We invite you to join us at Santanoni to celebrate art and music across the historic site. We will have special art and activity tables, artists and musicians at the Gate Lodge, and art and music tours at the Main Camp. All skill levels are welcome as we celebrate the interconnection of art, music, history, and nature in the Adirondacks.

GATE LODGE

• 10 am - 3 pm: Plein-air Artists Gathering

• 10 am - 4 pm: Art and Activity Table

• 4 pm - 6 pm: Live music by Johnathon Walker

FARM

• 2 pm: Farm Tour

• 10 am - 3 pm: Art and Activity Table

MAIN CAMP

• 11 am, 1 pm, and 3 pm: Art and Music Tours

• 10 am - 3 pm: Art and Activity Table

Craftivism Workshop

Sunday, August 11th – 10am

Join us during Adirondack Water Week for an introduction and workshop developed from Wool and Water - a collaborative data art project of the Paul Smith's College Adirondack Watershed Institute which uses fiber art to illustrate issues affecting our Adirondack waterways and to inspire their careful stewardship. We will learn about the project and ways to get involved, and we'll dive into an activity that gives you a taste for combining data and art. No experience necessary. To register email shample@esf.edu or use the link for easier registration: https://forms.gle/x9uhTFcTD4Q5RaCp8

Laurel and Hardy at the Strand Theatre in Schroon Lake

July 8, 2024 8:00 pm All tickets $15, available at the door

Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy are the movies’ most iconic comedy team, known and beloved all over the globe. What many people don’t know is that they made comedy shorts during the silent film era. Silent film historian and accompanist Ben Model (MoMA, Library of Congress, TCM) will present a program of three of Stan and Ollie’s hilarious slapstick comedies at THE STRAND AT SCHROON LAKE on Monday, July 8, 2024 at 8pm. The boys are convicts whose prison break hardly goes as planned in THE SECOND HUNDRED YEARS, are newly-minted detectives after a dangerous criminal in DO DETECTIVES THINK? and wind up in the biggest pie fight in cinema history in THE BATTLE OF THE CENTURY. Ben Model will introduce these newly-restored classics, and will accompany them on piano with his own original scores.

Ben Model brings silent films and his original piano compositions each summer to the Strand Theater in Schroon Lake.  Ben is one of the nation’s leading silent film accompanists, and performs on both piano and theatre organ. Ben works full-time presenting and accompanying silent films in a wide variety of venues around the USA and internationally, carrying on a tradition he learned from silent film organist Lee Erwin (1919-2000).

Ben at the piano at the Strand Theatre, Schroon Lake

Over the past 4 decades Ben has created and performed thousands of live scores for several hundred silent films. Ben is a resident film accompanist at the Museum of Modern Art (NY) and at the Library of Congress’ Packard Campus Theatre, and performs at theaters, museums, schools and other venues around the US and internationally.