Essex, New York Guide and Community Blog
Saturday, May 25 8:00 pm At Whallonsburg Grange Hall Tickets are $5 for adults and only $2 for those under 18. Fort Apache Trailer from Addison Mehr on Vimeo. The film will be introduced by Westport writer/director Addison Mehr! Filmed in Westport, Moriah and Lake Placid, this coming of age story follows Walt, a precocious young [...]
Have you heard of kickstarter? It’s a great way for individuals or groups attempting to start up a project to raise support and money. Learn more about kickstarter here. But why am I bringing this up? Well, there is a kickstarter project underway that would take place on Lake Champlain! The Vermont Sail Freight Project is going [...]
Why are barns red? Are they? Returning to Essex, NY from yet another sensational Adirondack Coast bike ride last fall, I was struck by the abundance of red barns in the Champlain Valley. While I’m likely betraying a Northeastern United States bias, I suddenly realized that barns — almost all barns — are red. Before [...]
Whallonsburg Grange Hall is beginning its new lyceum series. This time the theme is “Land and Labor: The Past, Present and Future of Farming in America.” This will be an 8-week series with lectures occurring on Tuesday nights at 7:30 pm. The first Grange Lyceum event: Date/Time: Tuesday, January 29, 2013. At 7:30 pm. Topic: Creating the Land: Deglaciation of the [...]
It sounds strange, but feral pigs (wild boars/razorbacks/wild hogs–whatever you call them) seem to have made a home in New York State. Normally we hear about these animals in states further south, but somehow this summer they had made their presence known locally! These animals are not a natural species in the Champlain Valley, and hence [...]
Another one of the stories entered in this round of the Champlain Area Trails (CATS) writing contest is E. C. Hughes‘ Visiting Coon Mountain: A Walking, Hiking and Boating Adventure! If you haven’t yet, you should go vote in the contest. Voting ends today! Hughes and a friend decide to travel to Essex, NY, to hike Coon Mountain. Taking the ferry [...]
A Visceral Acknowledgement by Jessica Wimett is another one of the stories entered in this round of the Champlain Area Trails (CATS) writing contest. If you haven’t yet, you should go vote in the contest! Voting ends tomorrow! Wimett discusses the changing of the seasons in a very poignant way. She goes on a hike on the Split Rock Wild Forest Trail with her [...]
A Place to Unwind by Jillian S. Getman is another one of the stories entered in this round of the Champlain Area Trails (CATS) writing contest. If you haven’t yet, you should go vote in the contest! Getman writes about a vacation to the Champlain Valley that fills her with peace, and is an escape from the high-traffic stress of her life [...]
Another one of the stories entered in this round of the Champlain Area Trails (CATS) writing contest is Paula Castner‘s The Experiment. If you haven’t yet, you should go vote in the contest! I love the way Castner begins her aptly named story by actually introducing her tale as the parameters of an experiment! The grand experiment began six summers ago: Could [...]
This season’s Champlain Area Trails Travel Writing Contest submissions are in, and now it is your job to read through the entries and vote for your favorite. Writers have created informative short stories about adventures they have undertaken on one of the Champlain Area Trails (CATS) and other local natural or community sites throughout the Champlain Valley. [...]
