Issue: November 2020
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As pandemic limits visitors, museums work to adapt
As pandemic limits visitors, museums work to stay connected After the Covid-19 crisis forced it to close its building from mid-March until July, the Bennington Museum is now operating on a restricted basis. Photo by Joan K. Lentini By EVAN LAWRENCEContributing writer When Covid-19 began to spread into the region in early read more
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Cheese gives new life to landmark
Artisan producer expands to former restaurant at edge of Adirondacks Co-owner Sheila Flanagan displays some of the varieties of Nettle Meadow cheeses at the artisan producer’s new facility in Lake Luzerne, N,Y. Joan K. Lentini photo By STACEY MORRISContributing writer LAKE LUZERNE, N.Y. A long-dormant landmark at the southern edge of the Adirondacks read more
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In taut stories, women explore race, grief
The Mount to host writer Danielle Evans in virtual discussion The writer Danielle Evans will hold a virtual discussion of her new fiction collection on Nov. 15 at The Mount in Lenox, Mass. By KATE ABBOTTContributing writer LENOX, Mass. On a fall evening in the early dark, a woman is reading her stories aloud. read more
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A holiday landscape of light and sound
The grounds of The Mount, Edith Wharton’s historic home in Lenox, will be transformed by NightWood, a holiday season light and sound show that opens Nov. 19 and runs through Jan. 3. Courtesy photo By KATE ABBOTTContributing writer LENOX, Mass. The gardens will wake with elf-light and firelight, a drumbeat and a sound read more
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Push for police reform roils Williamstown
Officials in Williamstown, Mass., say they want to commission an independent review of policies and procedures at the town police department, which in recent months has been rocked by allegations of racial and sexual harassment. But some critics, including members of a town advisory panel, say the Select Board needs to move more swiftly and read more
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After the campaign: It’s the virus, stupid
As this issue heads to press on the eve of Election Day, we don’t know yet whether the coming year will bring a change in presidential administration or control of Congress. But it’s becoming clear that no matter who’s in charge in Washington, the next stage of the coronavirus crisis is upon us. We’re facing read more
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In priest’s garden, Old World methods yield bounty
The Rev. Alexis Hanna, never contrary, didn’t wait for a newspaper reporter to ask, “How does your garden grow?” Every year at harvest time, the Orthodox priest from South Glens Falls visited the office of The Post-Star to drop off a basket filled with “massive tomatoes,” some weighing more than 2 pounds, and other vegetables, read more