By Shawn Dell Joyce
If everyone in America spent just ten percent of their disposable incomes on locally-produced goods and services, it would generate millions of dollars in local economic impact in spite of the recession.
By Michael Kaufman
According to the New York State Depatment of Criminal Justice Services, Jews were the top targets for hate crimes in the state last year. And there was plenty of other hate to go around.
By Michael Kaufman
What do Abe Reles, David Berkowitz, Bernie Madoff and Sheryl Weinstein have in common? They’re “bad for the Jews.”
By Beth Quinn
I suspect every teacher in the land has a litany of back-to-school rules that they’ve been repeating since the Ice Age. So do parents. To that end, I hereby offer a brief course that I call “Back To School 101: A Primer on How to Reduce Everyone’s Irritation With You.”
By Jeffrey Page
His name appeared in one frame of a new movie about Woodstock and I was flooded with memories.
Zoe the Wonder Dog, along with other paintings by Carrie Jacobson and George Hayes, are on display for the month of September at the Wallkill River School Gallery, Route 17K, Montgomery.
Little blind Zoe and her big friend Kaja are well on their way to find Zoe’s owner, when they meet Ashton and Samantha Morrone, whose parents run a hotel on the Delaware. Ash and Sam want to adopt the two dogs, but their dad is not so happy with the idea.
“Hoeffner’s Farm” (Montgomery, NY) from Orange County Bounty cookbook, a local foods cookbook available from the Wallkill River School.
By Shawn Dell Joyce
There is much more to the ubiquitous water bottle than meets the lips. It actually takes three to five times more water to make and fill one plastic water bottle than the bottle contains. If you add to that the average energy cost of making the plastic, filling the bottle, transporting it to market and then processing the empty bottle, you begin to see the hidden environmental costs.
Photography by Rich Gigli
GLOBAL WARMING?
According to The Old Farmers Almanac, watch for a snow storm around Thanksgiving and other snowy periods in mid-and late December. Winter will be colder than normal on average for Orange, Sullivan and Delaware county area, primarily cold temperatures in January, with only brief thaws. Photo was taken at the Livingston Manor Covered Bridge, Sullivan County, N.Y.