Issue: August 2019
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With good, healthy food for all
Nonprofit Hudson store tests a new model for reaching ‘food deserts’ Selha “CeCe” Graham, the retail co-manager of Rolling Grocer 19 in Hudson, N.Y., says the nonprofit store’s mission is to “provide access to quality food for people at all income levels.” Scott Langley photo By JOHN TOWNESContributing writer HUDSON, N.Y. For local people… read more
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Lush gardens, growing mission
Pact with neighbors allows Berkshire Botanical Garden to expand A winding path is lined by lilies at Berkshire Botanical Garden, which recently expanded its land area for the first time in its nearly 90-year history. Susan Sabino photo By STACEY MORRISContributing writer STOCKBRIDGE, Mass. Winding trails curve through a peaceful setting where towering pines… read more
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Creating a community forest
Deal preserves land at a village’s edge for education, recreation A group visiting the new Cambridge Community Forest last month included Alex Dery Snider, Elliott Norman, Bill Arnold, Sarah Ashton and Jared Woodcock. George Bouret photo By EVAN LAWRENCEContributing writer CAMBRIDGE, N.Y. A wooded hillside on the edge of the village of Cambridge, the… read more
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Ida O’keeffe – Forgotten sister finds new light
Exhibit is first to gather works of Ida O’Keeffe Ida O’Keeffe’s oil painting “Variations on a Lighthouse: Theme IV” (1933), from the collection of Jeri Woflson, is among the works now on view at the Clark Art Institute. courtesy Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute By KATE ABBOTTContributing writer WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. She is making… read more
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Local scenes, literary themes
Exhibit samples works of longtime area artist, teacher Harold Keller Harold Keller’s oil painting “The Birth of Venus near Saratoga Springs” (1966) is among works spanning several decades of his career that will be on view this month at McCartee’s Barn Fine Art & Antiques in Salem, N.Y. Courtesy photo By STACEY MORRISContributing… read more
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Groups fight county’s bid to share data with ICE
A coalition of civil rights and voter advocacy groups filed a federal lawsuit late last month in an effort to block Rensselaer County from sharing voter registration information with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. The four groups went to court after the county’s leading Republican officials announced they would ask ICE to review local voter… read more
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Expanding the links to fresh, healthy food
It has been an inspiration to watch the blossoming of the local food movement in our region over the past two decades. Farmers markets, community supported farms, and locally crafted food businesses of every variety have sprung up and thrived in our small cities and rural towns as consumers increasingly seek out food that’s local,… read more
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Of candy, conquest and the space age
My childhood whimsy in the early 1960s was influenced by the space race, but my imagination extended far beyond the moon. I would hop on the backyard swing set, and after swinging a bit, I’d count down, very loud, in a deep voice in the style of a Mission Control television announcer, from 10 to… read more