Tag: New York

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    Lively service, vital flavors

    Fryer foods showcase cousins’ sauces, spice blends By STACEY MORRISContributing writer SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y.   Jude Goldberg and Reuben Schwartz tend the Vital Eats booth on Sundays at the Spa City Farmers Market. Stacey Morris photo On a summer Sunday afternoon, a line is beginning to form at the Vital Eats booth at the Spa read more

    Lively service, vital flavors
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    Hudson River artistry, past and present

    Show sets contemporary works at historic homes of Cole, Church By JOHN TOWNESContributing writer HUDSON, N.Y.   Chuck Close’s self-portrait adds a touch of the surreal to Olana, the historic home of the Hudson River School painter Frederic Edwin Church. Peter Aaron photo/courtesy Olana State Historic Site Visitors to the historic homes of 19th century read more

    Hudson River artistry, past and present
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    Brush strokes for conservation

    Cambridge artist’s paintings illustrate new book on farming By STACEY MORRISContributing writer CAMBRIDGE, N.Y.   Adriano Monacchio’s oil painting “Almost Time to Cut” is among 28 works he created to help illustrate the new book “On The Farm: The Uncertain Future of an American Legacy.” Ronald G. Dodson says his lifelong interest in farming is read more

    Brush strokes for conservation
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    To protect honeybees, start with straight talk

    The little tags, stuck into the soil of virtually every potted plant at the local Home Depot, display a mastery of corporate obfuscation. “This plant is protected,” each tag says, “from problematic aphids, white flies, beetles, mealy bugs and other unwanted pests by neonicotinoids.” It all sounds good, no doubt, to the large majority of read more

    To protect honeybees, start with straight talk
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    Reviving the Corkscrew route

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    Newly opened rail trail feeds dreams of a wider hiking network By JOHN TOWNESContributing writer STEPHENTOWN, N.Y.   A sign welcomes visitors the newly opened Corkscrew Rail Trail in Stephentown. The trail extends along 2.5 miles of a long-defunct railroad route that once stretched nearly 60 miles from Chatham to Bennington, Vt. John Townes photo read more

    Reviving the Corkscrew route
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    Alliance boosts a fledgling arts temple

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    Performing arts venue in former church joins forces with Proctors By THOMAS DIMOPOULOSContributing writer SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y.   Universal Preservation Hall, a performing arts center in a former church in downtown Saratoga Springs, has formed a new operating alliance with Proctors, the historic theater in Schenectady. Joan K. Lentini photo A long-running effort to transform read more

    Alliance boosts a fledgling arts temple
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    Equal before the law?

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    New York counties face push to upgrade public-defender system By TRACY FRISCHContributing writer HUDSON FALLS, N.Y.   Michael Mercure took over as Washington County’s public defender about five years ago after two of his predecessors in the office were disbarred. Now he’s working with the state to carry out the terms of a settlement in read more

    Equal before the law?
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    Mold forces removal of artwork

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    Georgi Museum seeks funds for repairs, restoration By EVAN LAWRENCEContributing writer SHUSHAN, N.Y.   The Georgi Museum has closed and more than 60 works of art have been removed from the property while the museum’s leaders raise funds to remedy a mold infestation. George Bouret photo An infestation of mold has forced the Georgi Museum read more

    Mold forces removal of artwork
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    Fixing the failures of a legal system

    Back in 2004, the first issue of this newspaper featured a story on Ansar Mahmood, a legal immigrant from Pakistan whose pursuit of the American dream was wrecked in part by bad legal advice. Mahmood was in his early 20s when he came to the United States in 2000 and got a job as a read more

    Fixing the failures of a legal system
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    Along the Hudson, some see Dollar General as a poor fit

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    By THOMAS DIMOPOULOSContributing writer SCHUYLERVILLE, N.Y.   Byron Peregrim says his grocery store in downtown Schuylerville, which has operated under various owners since the 1920s, could be driven out of business if the Dollar General chain wins approval to build a new store on the outskirts of town. Thomas Dimopoulos photo Byron Peregrim has much read more

    Along the Hudson, some see Dollar General as a poor fit