Issue: August 2024
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Swing district — Molinaro, Riley face off again for crucial Hudson Valley House seat
Molinaro, Riley face off again for crucial Hudson Valley House seat U.S. Rep. Marc Molinaro, R-Catskill, narrowly won an open seat in New York’s 19th Congressional District two years ago. Now, in a high-turnout presidential election year, he faces a rematch with Southern Tier lawyer Josh Riley in a district that’s a top target for read more
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Reinventing a dairy farm
Fifth-generation homestead finds rebirth through raw milk, farm store Willow Marsh Farm in Ballston, N.Y., had been a conventional dairy operation until a new generation of family owners began making cheese and Greek yogurt and shifted to retail sales of raw milk. Joan K. Lentini photo By STACEY MORRISContributing writer BALLSTON, N.Y. Despite read more
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A mad world of illustration
Exhibit celebrates the images and humor of MAD magazine George Washington morphed into Alfred E. Neuman in a cover illustration Norman Mingo (1896-1980) created for MAD magazine in 1976 as the U.S. bicentennial neared. James Halperin collection, courtesy of Heritage Auctions, HA.com. By JOHN TOWNESContributing writer STOCKBRIDGE, Mass. An irreverent icon of publishing is read more
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A month in the hills — NY correctional facility
New York’s plan to close Great Meadow Correctional Facility has set off an outcry in northern Washington County, where the maximum-security prison has long been a major employer. The state Department of Corrections and Community Supervision announced July 18 that it plans to shut Great Meadow and another maximum-security prison in Sullivan County effective Nov. read more
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19th-century editor tested libel laws’ limits
W.W. Bingham, the editor and publisher of the Salem Sun in the late 19th century, appears to have subscribed to a kind of yellow journalism that was more prevalent in major cities of the era.At least twice he was accused of libel by local public officials — a sheriff and a judge — and wound read more