Tag: Salem

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    Health care challenges ahead

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    Clinics, hospitals, nursing homes weigh effects of big Medicaid cuts   Hudson Headwaters Health Network opened its newest family health center in May in Salem, N.Y. Now the center is among the many health care facilities across the region that are likely to lose revenue as the federal goverment cuts about $1 trillion in Medicaid read more

    Health care challenges ahead
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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

    19th-century editor tested libel laws’ limits
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    States upgrade trail along Vermont-N.Y. line

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    Scenic route draws more users, but legal obstacles leave overgrown gaps   The Vermont portions of the D&H Rail Trail, which extends nearly 22 miles along the New York state line, has been resurfaced with crushed stone, making for a smoother ride. This view is in Rupert, Vt. Don Lehman photo   By DON LEHMANContributing read more

    States upgrade trail along Vermont-N.Y. line
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    Bequest for library yielded a grand public building

    When Salem, N.Y., received a bequest in 1890 to create a local library, the village’s leaders embraced it as an economic development opportunity. The soon-to-be-constructed Proudfit Hall would provide space not just for the proposed Bancroft Library but also for retail shops, offices and a 700-seat auditorium. “With the erection of the Bancroft Library, the read more

    Bequest for library yielded a grand public building
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    Restoring the Batten Kill watershed

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    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

    Restoring the Batten Kill watershed
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    Creating art in a holiday season darkened by Covid

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    Artists, nonprofits steer toward light in a darkened holiday season   Michael Scupholm, the glass studio director at Salem Art Works in Salem, N.Y., shapes a blown-glass ornament. The pandemic has forced artists to work alone in SAW’s studios, rather than in groups. Courtesy photo   By KATE ABBOTTContributing writer CHESHIRE, Mass. Rods of glass read more

    Creating art in a holiday season darkened by Covid
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    Local paper’s roots date to abolitionist era

    In the fall of 1842, the agricultural muses visited local poets, inspiring “odes” to be read at that year’s Washington County Fair. “In a sweet healthy air, with a farm of his own, secluded from tumult and strife, the farmer, more blest than a king on his throne, enjoys all the comforts of life,” began read more

    Local paper’s roots date to abolitionist era
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    Local scenes, literary themes

    Exhibit samples works of longtime area artist, teacher Harold Keller   Harold Keller’s oil painting “The Birth of Venus near Saratoga Springs” (1966) is among works spanning several decades of his career that will be on view this month at McCartee’s Barn Fine Art & Antiques in Salem, N.Y. Courtesy photo   By STACEY MORRISContributing read more

    Local scenes, literary themes
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    A farm transformed by and for artists

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    At Salem Art Works, the attractions evolve with the growing creative cast The staff and artists in residence at Salem Art Works gather on the Mark DiSuvero sculpture “Ringer” (1987) with SAW founder Anthony Cafritz, right. The sculpture is one of many displayed at the 120-acre former dairy farm that was transformed into a working read more

    A farm transformed by and for artists
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    In defense of love

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    By EVAN LAWRENCEContributing writer SALEM, N.Y.   The black-and-white photographs could be of almost any happy, affectionate family from the mid-1960s. They show a husband and wife sharing a conversation or tender moment, playing with their three children on the living room couch, working with a friend on a car in the back yard, the read more

    In defense of love