Our weekly “This is Our Home” series led us to Rouses Point, New York — a small, lakeside village with spectacular views at the Canadian border. It’s not hard to imagine what might draw someone to live in the village. But, just to be safe, we asked some patrons at area businesses to get their take. “Not a big place, but just right,” Gary Rowe said. “A lot of good people who live here and we enjoy it. It’s the people who live there that make the North Country village stand out.””We all pull together — if somebody’s down, the community rallies around them,” Dennis Phillips said. Our day began at the popular Lakeside Coffee, though the unbreakable sense of community and welcoming spirit followed alongside us everywhere we went. “My son has the same friends he’s had since preschool,” Lisa Durocher told us at the coffee spot. “And it’s so much fun watching them grow up together. They’re in fifth grade now, and it’s just a wonderful community.”A short walk up Lake Street took us to Kelsey Reif’s Nutrition Club, where its namesake continues to give back. “We do a lot of stuff for the community — fundraises, events for the town,” Reif said. Of course, the village is expected to be even more lively as summer weather arrives and bitterly cold temperatures are left in the rearview mirror. “The past couple years it’s been more sunny, but it’s a lot to get used to 17 below zero in the morning,” Durocher said. So, next time you’re around, take a stroll along the water, grab a bite to eat and enjoy all this humble village has to offer.
Our weekly “This is Our Home” series led us to Rouses Point, New York — a small, lakeside village with spectacular views at the Canadian border.
It’s not hard to imagine what might draw someone to live in the village. But, just to be safe, we asked some patrons at area businesses to get their take.
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“Not a big place, but just right,” Gary Rowe said. “A lot of good people who live here and we enjoy it. It’s the people who live there that make the North Country village stand out.”
“We all pull together — if somebody’s down, the community rallies around them,” Dennis Phillips said.
Our day began at the popular Lakeside Coffee, though the unbreakable sense of community and welcoming spirit followed alongside us everywhere we went.
“My son has the same friends he’s had since preschool,” Lisa Durocher told us at the coffee spot. “And it’s so much fun watching them grow up together. They’re in fifth grade now, and it’s just a wonderful community.”
A short walk up Lake Street took us to Kelsey Reif’s Nutrition Club, where its namesake continues to give back.
“We do a lot of stuff for the community — fundraises, events for the town,” Reif said.
Of course, the village is expected to be even more lively as summer weather arrives and bitterly cold temperatures are left in the rearview mirror.
“The past couple years it’s been more sunny, but it’s a lot to get used to 17 below zero in the morning,” Durocher said.
So, next time you’re around, take a stroll along the water, grab a bite to eat and enjoy all this humble village has to offer.
