To the editor:

The St. Armand Youth Task Force would like to thank everyone who attended, participated, volunteered and donated to this year’s Bloomingdale Block Party.

The weather was beautiful and we had an amazing day filled with family fun, carnival games, craft vendors, bounce houses, mist tunnel, live music, beer tent, chicken BBQ, funnel cake and so much more.

We would like to thank the members of the St. Armand town board for the support that we receive to host this event; they make it possible.

Thank you to live music bands: Frankie & the Moonlighters — Frank Whitelaw, Donna Fortune, Jessica Kemp, Megan Land, Barb Curtiss, Sue Grim, Kevin McLaughlin, Mike Harrigan, Russ Feher — and Bitter Sweeter — Nicole Darrah Branch, Dave Fisher, John Lefbvre, Tom Snye. Thank you to live music acts: Ebyn Kriplin, Vic Burman and Izzy Burman. Thanks to Hyde Fuel, Woods & Waters, Kinney Drugs of Saranac Lake, NBT Bank, the United Way of the Adirondack Region, Nori’s Village Market, Community Bank — Amy Oliveras, Jonathan Swinyer — Moody Tree Farm and all of the Youth Task Force members who donated items for the ticket Auction.

A huge thank you to all of the Youth Task Force volunteers and the other volunteers who help us put on the Block Party — we absolutely could not have done it without you: Jelley Taylor, Tyler Chase, Jaron Thurston, Greg Walker, Barbara Darrah, Greg Hayes, Tom Burman, Karl and Rebecca Law, Paul Fletcher, Vic Burman, Jeff Walton, Kelsey Travis, Jonah and Shania Trembley, Dot Brown, Barbara Ryan, Judy Chartier, Susan Willette, Teddy’s Ice Cream, Emily Gay, Elliott McCormick, Romano’s Saranac Lanes, Raine DeLancett, Mirra Wheeler, Carol Willette, Dean Kidder, Nathan Kidder, Gabe Kidder, Michael Kidder, Avery Kidder, Toni Kidder, Hazel Hagan, and Tilly Myatt.

We also would like to give major props, kudos and thanks to the St. Armand Crew: Doug Snickles, Christopher Willette, Robert Stephenson, Devan Snickles, Russell Farrell, Jonathan Nielsen, Lance Kriplin, Kyle Kriplin and Josh Woodruff. These hardworking individuals assisted in countless ways to help us put on this event.

We would like to thank all of the other groups and vendors who joined us for the event: The Skeleton Crew Stilt Walkers and face painters, Bloomingdale Volunteer Fire Department and Auxiliary, Saranac Lake Fire Department, New York State Police, Essex County Sherriff’s Office, Joanne Bevilacqua, Sandy Martell Hazen, Good Guy Productions, Tiger White Claw Productions, Bloomingdale/Saranac Lake Girl Scouts, Saranac Lake Central School District, Saranac Lake Moose Lodge 457, Saranac Lake Elks Lodge 1508, Rotary Club of Saranac Lake, Ask Me Crafts, Tangled Up In Jewels, Mountain Munchies, Luxe Resin, Moon Lake Energy, Epic Dermis Soap Company, Pulsifer Crafts, Saranac Lake Youth Center, Jill Lintner Designs and Tina Blinn Crafts.

See you next year at the Bloomingdale Block Party on Aug. 1, 2026.

Thank you,

Davina Thurston, Aleacia Landon, Diane Burman, Donna Whitelaw, Angela Yorkey, Kate Lynch Lewis, Mick Changelo, Dave Trost, Val Trost, Ed Lewis, Maureen MacDowell, Keith Freeman, Lance Kriplin, Gaelle Guiewi, Diane Chase, Jamylin Gardner, Jonathan and Andrea Nielsen

St. Armand Youth Task Force