Issue: April 2022
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A gerrymander for the House?
New York’s new maps draw criticism while boosting local incumbents New York’s Democratic-controlled Legislature adopted a new map (below)for upstate congressional districts, right, that shuffles the political terrain of the upper Hudson Valley’s three U.S. House members. Analysts predicted the new map would effectively cut the number of Republicans in the state’s House delegation to read more
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Maps contain big changes for state Senate districts
By MAURY THOMPSONContributing writer As state Sen. Daphne Jordan campaigns for a third term in office this fall, she might have to introduce herself to lots of new voters. The Republican senator’s hometown of Halfmoon in Saratoga County is one of only a few towns she currently represents that would remain in the newly read more
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Restoring the Batten Kill watershed
Groups band together to protect a river famous for its wild trout The Batten Kill rushes under a covered bridge in the hamlet of Eagleville, N.Y. Photo by Joan K. Lentini. By DON LEHMANContributing writer SALEM, N.Y. A man snorkeling in a shallow pool of water in remote Camden Creek is not a read more
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Ceramics and sculpture anchor new shows at Mass MoCA
Ceramics, sculpture anchor new shows at Mass MoCA Tomato frames bound together with kudzu vines form one portion of Lily Cox-Richard’s new installation, “Weep Holes,” at the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art in North Adams. The museum also has a new group show, “Ceramics in the Expanded Field,” with works by eight artists. Photo read more
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Bennington Museum reopens with new exhibitions
Arts & Culture April 2022 BENNINGTON, Vt.The Bennington Museum reopens to the public on April 1 with several new exhibitions.The museum’s major 2022 exhibit, “Parks & Recreation,” will explore the history and artistic depictions of Vermont’s state parks and other formally designated natural areas. From state forests to the Green Mountain National read more
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In redistricting ruling, a glimmer of hope
As this issue goes to press on the night of March 31, a state judge has just tossed out New York’s new congressional and legislative district maps, casting the state’s nascent election year into turmoil. Justice Patrick McAllister ruled that the new maps, passed by the Legislature’s Democratic majority in early February and signed into read more
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Long-serving agent of a Slate Valley lifeline
GRANVILLE, N.Y. The Granville Sentinel was rooting for the hometown underdog. “In the gold watch voting contest of the Albany Journal for the most popular railroad station agent appears the name of J.H. Reynolds of this village, and who has received thirty-nine votes,” the Sentinel reported on Aug. 8, 1890. “Mr. Reynolds is not likely read more