Every year, from this time right up until Columbus Day, I fret about peak leaf. For those unfamiliar with northern climes, the term “peak leaf” describes the all too brief moment in autumn when leaves are most colorful. Here in the Adirondacks, the yellows, reds and oranges of maples and ...
Many readers of my recent two-part column were curious about my father’s sentence to12 years of hard labor by the Czechoslovak High Court for being a master spy for the Hungarian Army 80 years ago. Their questions opened a Pandora’s box. My readers were curious to learn how my father ...
It’s getting close to that time of year when, traditionally, we would hear honking and peer into the sky, anticipating a glimpse of the Canada geese migrating from northern Canada to points south. It used to be a sure sign that summer days were behind us. But now, when we see and hear the ...
For the past seven years, we’ve conducted intensive monitoring of Mirror Lake, making it part of our core water quality work at the Ausable River Association. In 2014, AsRA’s science staff first documented elevated chloride concentrations in the bottom waters of Mirror Lake. In 2015, we ...
Daylight time - If you’re guilty of attending church or meeting a bus or train an hour ahead of time on Sunday morning, it will be because you neglected to turn your clock back an hour before retiring Saturday night. Daylight Saving Time ends officially at 2 a.m. Sunday, Sept. ...
On Saturday, Sept. 11, the town of Wilmington celebrated what’s great about their community during their annual Festival of Colors at the Preston Festival Field. They held a moving tribute to those who lost their lives during the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001, and honored those who ...