Issue: November 2018
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Saving a country crossroads in Craryville
Gas station proposal draws backlash, spurs test of a town’s newvision for development A proposal for a large new gas station and convenience store in the vacant lot across from the Craryville United Methodist Church, above, has set off a controversy in the town of Copake, N.Y. The project’s developer announced in late October that read more
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A slice of Vermont to sip and savor
In a former dairy barn, Poultney vineyard bottles wine, creates memories The rows of grapevines stretch out beneath a moody sky at Whaleback Vineyard in Poultney. The vineyard’s large barn, renovated last year, now provides space for weddings and other events.Joan K. Lentini photo By STACEY MORRISContributing writer POULTNEY, Vt. On a quiet autumn read more
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State rewrites manure rules for large farms
After legal fight, many N.Y. farms opt for alternative set of regulations State environmental regulators in New York have drafted new rules aimed at preventing water pollution from large dairy farms — after a judge tossed out an earlier rewrite of the rules. Rob Barendse file photo By EVAN LAWRENCEContributing writer New York read more
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From Japan, fine art for the masses
Hyde exhibit explores Ukiyo-e prints and their influence in the West The printmaker Tsuchiya Koitsu’s “Snow at Zojoli” (1933) is among the works included in an exhibit of Japanese woodcuts that opens this month at The Hyde Collection in Glens Falls. Syracuse University Art Collection/courtesy The Hyde Collection By KATE ABBOTTContributing writer GLENS FALLS, read more
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Advocates push for more trains from Saratoga
Passenger-rail advocates and local officials have begun lobbying New York state to increase the number of daily Amtrak trains between Saratoga Springs and New York City. Proponents say more frequent service is the logical next step now that the state has completed long-awaited projects to add track capacity and upgrade stations along the route north read more
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Lessons from the ‘professor’ of the road
It doesn’t rise to the level of a bucket list item, but for about three decades I’ve contemplated traveling coast to coast by Greyhound bus and writing a travel narrative. You can imagine my intrigue recently when I came across the epic poem “A Gregarious Greyhound” that Walter Brown Leonard wrote in 1936 about a read more
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Test for smart growth: Where do cars fit in?
In the many conflicts over development around our region in recent years, the issue of whether a project contributes to sprawl or helps to produce “smart growth” really boils down to one question: Are the buildings and their arrangement on the landscape scaled to people who approach them on foot – or in cars? The read more