COMMUNITY CALENDAR
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Deadline for submissions: 5 p.m. the Tuesday before Friday publication. The next two weeks of events will be displayed that Friday.
Friday, MAY 2
EVENT
Kids’ Nite Out. 6 to 9 p.m., Memorial Hall, SUNY Plattsburgh, 23 Rugar St., Plattsburgh. For ages 5 to 13, $15 per child. Registration opens at 5:30 p.m. Games, movies, arts and crafts and more.
TALK
“A Very Fine Appearance: The Civil War in Photographs by George Houghton.” 7 p.m., Old Clinton County Courthouse, Margaret Street, Plattsburgh. Presented by Don Wickman. Regular meeting of the Algonquin Chapter of the Adirondack Mountain Club to follow.
Saturday, MAY 3
EVENT
Sunrise Rotary Community Tag Sale. 8 a.m. to 2 p.m., VFW Post 125, 116 Boynton Ave., Plattsburgh.
Tuesday, MAY 7
TALK
Talk and Walk Wednesdays. Noon, Clinton County Historical Association, 98 Ohio Ave., Plattsburgh. A virtual tour of Lake Champlain lighthouses and a tour of the military gallery.
Wednesday, MAY 8
TALK
Clinton County’s Amazing Women: Part 1. 2:30 p.m., Meadowbrook Healthcare, 154 Prospect Ave, Plattsburgh. Stories of suffragist and community leader Marie Parkhurst Booth and the first female State Judge Luella Robinson North presented by Helen Nerska.
Saturday, MAY 10
EVENT
Plattsburgh Farmer and Crafters Market Opening Day. 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., 26 Green St., Plattsburgh.
Ticonderoga Downtown Community Clean-up Day. 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., in front of Ticonderoga Area Chamber of Commerce office, 94 Montcalm St., Ste 1, Ticonderoga.
‘Round the Mountain Canoe & Kayak Race. 11 a.m., Ampersand Bay Resort, Lower Saranac Lake. Register or find more information at tinyurl.com/apvu5hf9
Corrections Officer Benefit. Noon to 4 p.m., American Legion Post 1623, 3909 State Route 374, Lyon Mountain. Spaghetti dinner, piewheel, Chinese auction and 50/50. Drawings are at 4 p.m.. Twisted Country band from 7 to 10 p.m. For donations, call Wendy Bourgeois at 518-578-0000 or Laura Poupore at 518-566-0264.
John Brown Day. 2 to 4 p.m., John Brown Farm State Historic Site, 115 John Brown Rd, Lake Placid.
Sunday, MAY 11
MEAL
Mother’s Day Pancakes Plus Breakfast. 8:30 a.m. to Noon, St. Augustine’s Parish Center, 3035 N Main St, Peru. $10, adults; $5, ages 5 to 11; free, ages 4 and under. Takeouts $10.
Tuesday, MAY 13
TALK
The Davidson Sisters: Darkness and Light. 6:45 p.m., Lake Forest Retirement Community, 8 Lake Forest Drive, Plattsburgh. Presentation by Lisabeth Guay on poets Lucretia and Margaret Davidson.
MEETING
Champlain Valley Toastmasters. 6:30 to 8 p.m., Cornell Cooperative Extension, 6064 State Route 22, Plattsburgh. Also available over Zoom: tinyurl.com/3ryhh552
Thursday, MAY 15
EVENT
Saranac United Methodist Church’s 61st Annual Spring Rummage Sale. 9 a.m. to 8 p.m., Saranac United Methodist Church, 8 UMC Road, Route 3, Saranac. All items full price.
TALK
Dangers Lurking Online. 6 p.m., Ward Hall Room 110, SUNY Plattsburgh, 34 Draper Ave., Plattsburgh. Presentation on online dangers for teenagers and kids featuring Senior Investigator Tim Connolly of the Troop B- Computer Crime Unit from the NYS Police.
MEAL
Chicken & Biscuit Dinner. 4:30 p.m., Westport Federated Church, 6486 Main St., Westport. Eat in or takeout. $14, adults; $6, ages 5 to 12; Free, ages 4 and under.
Friday, MAY 16
EVENT
Saranac United Methodist Church’s 61st Annual Spring Rummage Sale. 9 a.m. to 8 p.m., Saranac United Methodist Church, 8 UMC Road, Route 3, Saranac. 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., items half price; 4 p.m. to 8 p.m., items $1 per bag.
May Day Festival. 10 a.m. to Noon, Lakeside School at Black Kettle Farm, 6 Leaning Road, Essex.
TALK
“Remembering Clinton County’s World War I Veterans.” 12:30 p.m., Plattsburgh Senior Center 5139 North Catherine St., Plattsburgh.
Saturday, MAY 17
EVENT
Saranac United Methodist Church’s 61st Annual Spring Rummage Sale. 9 to 10:30 a.m., Saranac United Methodist Church, 8 UMC Road, Route 3, Saranac. All items free.
Granny’s Attic Boutique Indoor Garage Sale. 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., Peru Community Church Fellowship Center, 13 Elm St., Peru. Donations accepted until May 15 (no clothing, call 518-565-6263 for more details).
Babbie Rural & Farm Learning Museum Plow Days and Opening Weekend. 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., 250 River Road, Peru.
Sunday, MAY 18
EVENT
Granny’s Attic Boutique Indoor Garage Sale. 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Peru Community Church Fellowship Center, 13 Elm St., Peru. Most items half price.
Babbie Rural & Farm Learning Museum Plow Days and Opening Weekend. 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., 250 River Road, Peru.
PUBLIC BROADCAST
TWC Channel 30, Saranac Lake Channel 2 and Charter Channel 192: Monday, May 5, 7 p.m., and Tuesday, May 6, 8 p.m.
Home Town Cable’s Calvin Castine covers the recent Steven Frederick presentation on the historic thriving blueberry business in the Altona Flat Rock area, followed by Chazy vs. Boquet Valley varsity softball and NCCS vs. Moriah JV and varsity boys basketball.
Home Town Cable’s Spectrum Cable-TV schedule for Monday, May 12, and Tuesday, May 13.
TWC Channel 30, Saranac Lake Channel 2 and Charter Channel 192: Monday, and 7 p.m., and Tuesday, 8 p.m.
Home Town Cable’s Calvin Castine chats with North Country Honor Flight leaders to learn the plans for the 2025 flights, followed by NCCS vs. AuSable Valley varsity baseball, Northeastern Clinton vs. Saranac JV boys basketball, NCCS vs. Northern Adirondack varsity girls basketball and West Chazy vs. Saranac mites soccer.