Issue: December 2021-January 2022
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A battle over saving bees
Farming, green groups debate New York bill to ban neonic pesticides A close-up view of bees from a hive at Dancing Bee Gardens, near Middlebury, Vt., taken in 2015. Photo by Joan K. Lentini By EVAN LAWRENCEContributing writer New York lawmakers are expected to vote in the new year on whether to read more
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Essential oils, scent power a one-woman micro-business
Essential oils, scented pillows power a one-woman micro-business Gina Grillo started her one-woman business in 1996 after becoming a single parent with two pre-teen daughters. She vowed her new career would be something she could do at home while providing a living for her family. Joan K. Lentini photo By STACEY MORRISContributing writer read more
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Zombie candidates prompt calls for change
Third party decries hostile takeover of ballot line in some local races By MAURY THOMPSONContributing writer SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. In the days leading up to the Nov. 2 election, leaders of the local Working Families Party delivered an unusual campaign message to Saratoga Springs voters: Ignore the party’s candidates for city offices, they said, and read more
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Election 2021
Here are the results of the key races and ballot questions decided by voters in the Nov. 2 elections in Massachusetts and New York. A guide to political party abbreviations is in the box at right. In the tables below, incumbents are marked with an asterisk (*), and winning candidates are in bold type. A read more
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For winter, art inspired by snow and ice
Famed snowflake photos offer starting point for Bennington group show Erik Hoffner’s “Ice Fishing 12” is one of a series of photographs he’s taken of ice-fishing holes that have frozen over. Some of these photos are included in the new group show “Transient Beauty” at the Bennington Museum. Courtesy of Bennington Museum By read more
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A progressive pitch to the North Country
Detailed descriptions of appearance were important to journalism in the era before photographs were common. So The Morning Star of Glens Falls reported on Sept. 17, 1887: “Among the passengers who alighted from the early north train at Fort Edward yesterday morning was a medium-sized man, with full red beard and a florid countenance that read more
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Be thankful, be merry, but try to be cautious
As we enter this holiday season amid a swirl of bad news about the Covid-19 pandemic, it’s worth taking a moment to acknowledge that our situation really is substantially better than at this time a year ago. The difference mostly boils down to one thing, but it’s huge: We now have vaccines. And for many read more