“The staff of PMOEC is starting to get back to work at Pok-O. Work projects that were left undone at the beginning of the month are getting finished. The feeling of an impending snowfall is thankfully overshadowed by the inevitability of warmer spring temperatures. Even the plants that got an early start during last week’s [...]
Polar Plunge Success!
March 30, 2012 by Leave a Comment
“Fling into Spring Polar Plunge for Planned Parenthood Mohawk Hudson was a great success with 20 hearty (or crazy) adults, kids and Griffin the dog all jumping into the 37-degree water of Lake Champlain on Sat. March 24. Now in the event’s third year, protesters were present for the first time. The attempts at harassment by [...]
Full and By Farm: Grains Drain the Wallet
March 29, 2012 by Leave a Comment
The good news is that we found local-ish organic wheat for the season, six tons were delivered from Vermont yesterday. With last year’s flooded season we were not able to get any grains from our usual Essex/Willsboro farms. The bad news is that the scarcity and high gas prices mean that we are spending almost twice as much [...]
Essex Inn Looking for Musicians
March 29, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Essex Inn on the Adirondack Coast is currently looking for musicians. If you are interested in the possibility of playing at the Inn, email your youtube demo link or any other information to essexinnessex@gmail.com. Related articles Essex Inn Photo Contest (essexonlakechamplain.com) Rejuvenated Essex Inn Has Become a Social Hub (essexonlakechamplain.com) Essex Inn Fridays (essexonlakechamplain.com) Happy [...]
Dinner and Blues
March 28, 2012 by Leave a Comment
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Painting Party
March 24, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Sunday, March 25, 10am – 4pm The Whallonsburg Grange is undergoing renovations. All help is welcome! Join other volunteers tomorrow to paint the ground floor. Join the effort to finish this stage of Grange renovations. Feel great for helping and have fun doing it! Contact the Grange for more information: Phone: 518-962-4386 E-mail: ghall@westelcom.com Related [...]
Signs of Spring | Kristin Kimball
March 23, 2012 by Leave a Comment
“Mark and I took a farm walk this morning [around Essex Farm], and it felt like the launch of the 2012 growing season. Here is what we discovered. This morning’s rain carried the softness of spring with it. The frost is out of the ground now, all trace of snow is melted. The tulips that [...]
Polar Bear in March? Oh yeah!
March 23, 2012 by Leave a Comment
“For three years I have seen the staff of PMOEC excitedly walk down to the pond every few days in the early spring. Each trip back, their grins have grown wider until they can finally tell us all that the ice has gone out and it’s time. It’s time for insanity. The insanity of which [...]
Full and By Farm: A Stolen Month
March 22, 2012 by Leave a Comment
We’ve yet to take down the buckets but it seems that sugaring season has come to a close, a full week before we had even tapped last year. The grass is greening in front of our eyes now, and the soil thermometer registered 75 yesterday in our sandy field. Even more than the t-shirts and straw hats we’ve all [...]
Champlain Valley Films: Page One
March 21, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Saturday March 31, 8:00 pm * Whallonsburg Grange Hall Tickets are $5 for adults and only $2 for those under 18. Plattsburgh Press-Republican Editor Lois Clermont will introduce this film and answer questions from the audience afterward. “With the Internet surpassing newspapers as our main news source and papers all over the country going bankrupt, Page One [...]
