Issue: November 2019
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Legal fight over an epidemic
Local governments push drug industry over costs of opioid crisis Tom Haley, executive director of the Turning Point Recovery Center in Bennington, stands in the meeting room of the center, which helps people who are recovering from addiction. photo by Joan K. Lentini EVAN LAWRENCEContributing writer BENNINGTON, Vt. As opioid addiction has devastated read more
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Local fruit, hand-rolled crust
Katie Daino works on making pies in the kitchen of Smith’s Orchard & Bake Shop in Charlton. Daino’s mother, Shelley Smith, started the orchard’s baking operation in 1999; now they turn out more than 100 pies on an average day. Joan K. Lentini photo By STACEY MORRISContributing writer CHARLTON, N.Y. At first glance, read more
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Brookside Museum seeks funds to stay open
Local history venue for Saratoga County aims to broaden mission K. Michelle Arthur, the executive director of the Brookside Museum in Ballston Spa, stands near a hands-on exhibit. The museum’s leaders say it may be forced to close unless it can raise $100,000 in emergency funds by March. Joan K. Lentini photo By read more
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Exploring a vibrant arts scene in Los Angeles
Williams professor helps reunite works from group of Chicano artists Mundo Meza’s painting “Merman with Mandolin” (1984) is among the works brought together for the exhibit “Axis Mundo: Queer Networks in Chicano L.A.” — now on view at the Williams College Museum of Art. Photo courtesy of Williams College Museum of Art By read more
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Family story behind the music
Indie rock veterans The New Pornographers set for Mass MoCA show The Canadian indie rock band The New Pornographers will perform Nov. 14 at the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art in North Adams. Courtesy photo By JOHN SEVENContributing writer NORTH ADAMS, Mass. When the New Pornographers take the stage at Mass MoCA on Nov. read more
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Local cities left off list of early polling sites
New York voters were able to cast ballots early for the first time this fall, but the list of early voting sites left out several of the region’s urban centers. In Rensselaer County, election officials set up two early voting sites, in the suburban towns of Brunswick and Schodack. But the Republican-controlled County Legislature refused read more
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To New York’s reform list, add selection of judges
When New York voters go to the polls on Nov. 5, they’ll get to choose from among an array of candidates for local and county offices – and for state Supreme Court. When it comes to choosing justices for the Supreme Court, which is actually the state’s trial-level court, most voters aren’t likely to read more
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Paying an extra penny for the day’s news
Hundreds of daily newspapers went out of business a century ago, and others raised prices and cut expenses as they dealt with shortages of newsprint that sent the industry’s costs soaring. The Post-Star of Glens Falls, in an urgent alert to readers and advertisers, described what happened in Winnipeg, Manitoba, when that city’s daily newspapers read more