Tag: Cambridge

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    Going phone-free

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    Schools, states push new steps to banish student cell phones from class   Ralph Harrington, the associate principal for grades 7-12 at Cambridge Central School, shows off one of the pouches in which students’ cell phones are sealed throughout the school day. Joan K. Lentini photo   By MAURY THOMPSONContributing writer CAMBRIDGE, N.Y. Cambridge Central read more

    Going phone-free
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    Dark humor meets family tragedy in Fun Home

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    Hubbard Hall presents ‘Fun Home’ musical in shows Feb. 3-12   Some of the younger actors take part in a rehearsal in late January for Hubbard Hall’s new production of ‘Fun Home.’ The musical is based on Alison Bechdel’s 2006 graphic memoir, which focuses on her relationship with her father, the owner of a small-town read more

    Dark humor meets family tragedy in Fun Home
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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

    Culture clash
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    Healthy food and fine art

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      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

    Healthy food and fine art
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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

    In debate over mascots, choose right side of history
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    An editor unmoved by patriotic hoopla

    On March 3, 1876, the Methodist Episcopal Church in Cambridge, N.Y., served a “Centennial Supper” of pork and beans, rye bread and tea. D.R. Byrum, a sewing machine dealer from Whitehall, advertised his upcoming sale as “A Great Centennial Outrage!” Across the region, there was plenty of excitement about the 100th birthday of the United read more

    An editor unmoved by patriotic hoopla
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    A farm, tables and a taste of empowerment

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    Family’s restaurant operation aids immigrants, refugees Jinah Kim, above, welcomes visitors to Sunhee’s Farm and Kitchen, her family’s restaurant in Troy, N.Y. Joan K. Lentini photo   By STACEY MORRISContributing writer CAMBRIDGE, N.Y. Amos Kim is tending to a row of swelling pumpkins as another scorching August day reaches its peak. There are weeds to read more

    A farm, tables and a taste of empowerment
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    A menu of constant change

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    Restaurants struggle to navigate pandemic, partial reopening   Railroad Street in Great Barrington is car-free on a Friday night in June, allowing the street’s many restaurants to serve more customers at outdoor tables. Scott Langley photo   By KATE ABBOTTContributing writer GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass. At the Prairie Whale, strings of lights are gleaming in the read more

    A menu of constant change
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    Creating a community forest

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    Deal preserves land at a village’s edge for education, recreation A group visiting the new Cambridge Community Forest last month included Alex Dery Snider, Elliott Norman, Bill Arnold, Sarah Ashton and Jared Woodcock. George Bouret photo   By EVAN LAWRENCEContributing writer CAMBRIDGE, N.Y. A wooded hillside on the edge of the village of Cambridge, the read more

    Creating a community forest
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    Melding farm and forest

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    Planting of nut trees puts a new agricultural model to the test A volunteer crew works to plant hazelnut tree seedlings at Kevin Maher’s farm in Cambridge, N.Y. photo by Joan K. Lentini     By TRACY FRISCHContributing writer CAMBRIDGE, N.Y. The crew gathered at Kevin Maher’s farm on a weekend in the middle of read more

    Melding farm and forest