Celebrating Mother’s Day and adventuring around Seneca Lake, the largest of all the Finger Lakes by Chris Clemens Each year for Mother’s Day, my mom and I spend the day on some sort of local adventure. At this point, it’s getting tougher to come up with unique ideas without repeating anything. For this year, I […]
Upstate News You Can’t Use is a series to discover real stories, interesting advertisements, and punny headlines in historical newspapers from Upstate New York by David Brooks A few towns claim to be the birthplace of Memorial Day, but the official, on-the-record origin is here in Upstate. Most believe the holiday began with a tradition […]
Birdwatching in Upstate is a huge hobby, and for many, it all begins with bird cams. by Amy Layton We all know that Mother Nature can be a bit of a moody gal, especially here in Upstate New York. Snow on Mother’s Day? Sure, that’s just her way to remind us that she is in […]
by Chris Clemens My first introduction to a Salisbury Steak was one of those plastic compartmentalized frozen meals fit for a Hungry Man. Except, the formed mystery meat patty always gave me mixed feelings. There was the fact that the Salisbury Steak itself was slathered in savory brown gravy and did actually taste great. But, […]
by Chris Clemens Each Saturday morning at the corner of Main and Union in the village of Cobleskill, you’ll find a handful of people calling for peace. Their brightly colored signs are intended to inspire a lot of different things. Some want President Trump to resign. One wants fracking banned. Another just wants people thinking […]