Issue: February-March 2018
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A new model of care
Region’s peer-respite homes offer alternative approach to mental health The weekly staff meeting at Alyssum, a peer-respite house in Rochester, Vt., is unlike any other gathering of its kind. The focus is on team building through an approach called “co-supervision.”Courtesy photo By TRACY FRISCHContributing writer For many people in the grip of a read more
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From life’s apples, gourmet vinegars
Fruit reductions highlight flavors as orchard-based distillery branches out Derek Grout shows off a couple of varieties of his new Hudson Valley Vinegar brand, produced from apples grown at his family’s Golden Harvest Farms in Valatie. Joan K. Lentini photo By STACEY MORRISContributing writer VALATIE, N.Y. The 200 acres of spindly, gray apple trees read more
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State, watchdogs urge more work on PCBs
Reports suggest high levels of contamination remain in Hudson River New studies show the upper Hudson River, seen from North River Road in Fort Edward, remains burdened by PCB pollution despite completion of a seven-year, $1.7 billion cleanup. Joan K. Lentini photo By EVAN LAWRENCEContributing writer FORT EDWARD, N.Y. A series of new federal read more
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Spreading solar by the share
Community-sponsored energy project is first for Columbia County A new 214-kilowatt solar power installation in the town of Clermont, N.Y., was built using a “community solar” concept in which local people could buy a stake in the project in exchange for credits on their home utility bills. Courtesy photo By JOHN TOWNESContributing writer CLERMONT, read more
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In teaching, a chance to learn
Artist finds inspiration through roles at museum, college Jenny Hutchinson works on a project last year at her studio in the Shirt Factory building in Glens Falls. Hutchinson is education director at The Hyde Collection museum but sees her real work as her art. Courtesy photo By TELLY HALKIASContributing writer GLENS FALLS, N.Y. By read more
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Are the pundits wrong about Elise Stefanik?
Among the professionals who monitor Washington politics, everyone seems to agree that freshman Republican U.S. Rep. John Faso of the Hudson Valley is one of the most endangered incumbents in the nation. In this year’s hotly contested midterm elections, control of the U.S. House could be at stake. Democrats need a net gain of 24 read more
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Local malls wither as shoppers go online
From the Berkshires to Rutland, indoor shopping malls are seeking a new purpose as major retail chains abandon them in the face of online competition. At the Berkshire Mall in Lanesborough, four anchor stores – Best Buy, Macy’s, JCPenney and Sears — have pulled out since 2015, and one of the largest remaining retailers, American read more