Issue: August 2011
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Creating in the open air
Painting competition draws artists, spectators to North Bennington By STACEY MORRIS Contributing writer NORTH BENNINGTON, Vt. There’s nothing quite like the immediacy of watching an artist in the act of creating a painting. And that simple principle is what powers the North Bennington Plein Air Competition, a “paint-out” in which professional artists vie to capture read more
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Art for the birds
By STACEY MORRIS Contributing writer GLENS FALLS, N.Y. An art exhibit next month at Crandall Public Library will help to protect the population of short-eared owls, northern harriers and other raptors that depend on the Washington County Grasslands, a 13,000-acre network of farm fields that has been threatened with development. The juried art show, Birds read more
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Reviving a cheese-making culture
Farmstead producers restore a tradition that faded a century ago By STACEY MORRIS Contributing writer WEST PAWLET, Vt. In 1864, as the Civil War was nearing its end, Consider Stebbins Bardwell set up a cheese-making co-op at his farm along the New York border. The co-op collected cows’ milk from area farms and made it read more
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Saratoga line puts tourist trains to test
Ambitious new operation creates a link to the Adirondacks By EVAN LAWRENCE Contributing writer SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. For the first time in 55 years, regularly scheduled passenger trains started running last month between Saratoga Springs and the Adirondack village of North Creek. The tourist trains, following a scenic route along the upper Hudson River, have read more
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Markets with a mission
Food co-ops expand their reach – and goals – around the region They did far better than that. By the time of its official grand opening on July 23, the co-op, with its old-fashioned barrels of bulk goods and signature 1950s appliances, had signed up 213 members. Those members paid either an annual $20 fee read more