THROUGH THE WOODS: The power of the Sun
By NANCY JANE KERN THERE IS A LARGE MARSH not far from my house and I often go there throughout the seasons to see what is […]
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THROUGH THE WOODS: The Scent of Rain
By NANCY JANE KERN THIS SEASON IS AN AMAZING MIX of beauty and change. Something we rarely consider is one of our traditional senses, smell. Growing […]
LOCAL HISTORY: The political lift to create GCS
By THOMAS SHANNON THIS SEPTEMBER MARKS 100 years since students first attended Germantown Central School. The path to creating a centralized public high school in Germantown […]
Baron speaks at academy’s Book Festival
By LORNA CHEROT LITTLEWAY MARTIN BARON, RETIRED managing editor of the Washington Post (WP) newspaper, was among several authors hosted at the weekend long 19th Annual […]
THROUGH THE WOODS: The hummers are still at war!
By NANCY JANE KERN Two male Ruby-throated Hummingbirds in my yard fought over the sugar water feeder in May. The females do not have the red […]
THROUGH THE WOODS: When to harvest a field
By NANCY JANE KERN THIS WAS A HOT TOPIC GROWING UP and still is. Farmers must feed livestock and can only harvest in warm weather. Unfortunately, […]
THROUGH THE WOODS: Switchel
By NANCY JANE KERN EVERY ABLE-BODIED PERSON should have to work one day in a mid-August, old-time, blazing hot hay field. I thought I had it […]
Local nonprofits receive donations to support community initiatives
CHATHAM–Representatives from local non-profit organizations were presented with donations to fund a wide-variety of community projects from the Bank of Greene County’s Charitable Foundation at the […]
THROUGH THE WOODS: The root cellar
By NANCY JANE KERN CAVES WERE ONE OF THE FIRST PLACES early man may have learned that food and drink could be cooled and stored for […]
