Our family (Mike Catanzaro and Linda Potter; kids Nicole, Tucker and Arlo) moved to nearby Canton, NY in 2008 when Mike became the pastor of the Canton First Presbyterian Church (www.ChurchOnThePark.org). Our house in town is the church owned manse, and our purchase of the North Shore was to provide equity for our family, a place to enjoy as our kids grew up and, hopefully, a home to which Linda and Mike will move to full time when they retire.
When not being 'Rev. Mike,' Mike plays guitar and sings in the Hazel Pearl Band, does projects in the shop, is learning Tai Chi and is an avid fisherperson running a modest charter business on the lake ('Fishing For Kids').
Linda has worn many hats in her life (running non-profits, working in development, managing the local Farmers Market, artisan baking) but really found her 'thing' while in Canton becoming a retreat coach for women and following a trip to Malawi (East Africa), and together the five other woman on the trip, went on to establish the 'Widows of Grace Widow's Fund' which endeavors to assist women and orphans living in extreme poverty in that country (www.womenofgracewidowsfund.org). Linda currently serves on the board of St. Lawrence Valley Hospice and Palliative Care.
Daughter Nicole is the Curator of Collections at the Margaret Chase Smith Library in Skowhegan ME, and gets back to the lake to water ski every chance she gets; son Tucker is an excellent fisherman and recent graduate of Hampshire College we he studied Recreational Fishing Management (shocker); and, last but not least, Arlo is a recent graduate of Ithaca College majoring in sound and audio.