Issue: June 2021
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Culture clash
Cambridge NY Board of Education President Neil Gifford considers how best to protect the diverse members of the student body. By Craig Idlebrook read more
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Healthy food and fine art
The artist Laurie Goodhart worked at painting ceramic shards in her Cambridge, N.Y., studio last month in preparation for an upcoming exhibit. Joan K. Lentini photo By STACEY MORRISContributing writer CAMBRIDGE, N.Y. Just up the hill from a blossoming magnolia tree sits the lifeblood of Laurie Goodhart’s 8-acre property: the garden. Stepping inside… read more
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New role will test Stefanik’s green positions
Rise into GOP leadership creates new pressures to adhere to party line By MAURY THOMPSONContributing writer U.S. Rep. Elise Stefanik, recently elevated to the House Republicans’ No. 3 leadership post, has a significantly more moderate record on environmental issues than Liz Cheney, the Wyoming congresswoman Stefanik replaced. That’s prompting some environmental advocates and political… read more
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A season of sculpture
From the Berkshires to Vermont, outdoor shows return and expand The artist Peter Gerakaris has created a series of Byzantine-style paintings of owls. This spring, he has been working the mosaic artist Stephen Miotto to scale up one of his images for an outdoor installation at the Berkshire Botanical Garden in Stockbridge. Courtesy photo… read more
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Presidential loss cost local congressman his seat
President Chester Arthur, who was born in Vermont and lived for a portion of his childhood in Greenwich, N.Y., was loyal to his friends. “His credo was stay by your friends — fight your enemies,” The Granville Sentinel wrote on Nov. 26, 1886. U.S. Rep. Henry G. Burleigh, R-Whitehall, was “a warm personal friend” of… read more
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In debate over mascots, choose right side of history
Perhaps we should have seen it coming. But even in our current era of partisan polarization, it still is sometimes surprising to discover which issue or situation will become the focal point of the next culture-war battle. As our cover story this month details, public school officials in a handful of districts around the region… read more