"[...] The dairy calves had an exciting week. They are not yet well trained to electric fence, and they are also young, reactive, and energetic. They spooked at a truck and broke out of their pasture next to the driveway, sprinted up Route 22, and then just kept running. Megan … [Read more...] about Essex Farm: Calves Escape
Archives for May 2015
Vintage Artifact: Split Rock Woodcut Print
Every Monday we share a vintage image on the Essex on Lake Champlain Facebook page and invite our viewers to play some Vintage Essex Trivia. The image above was shared with us by Todd Goff (thanks again!). It is an 1874 woodcut print. A woodcut is an image created when an artist … [Read more...] about Vintage Artifact: Split Rock Woodcut Print
Upcoming Essex Events 5/24-5/31
Learn about the events happening in and around Essex, NY! Check out the schedule below created from the Essex Calendar of Events to see what's coming up this week. Click on the link to Essex, NY Calendar to learn more about a particular event. Wednesday, May 27, 2015 Depot … [Read more...] about Upcoming Essex Events 5/24-5/31
Snapping Turtles: Venerable Denizens of Murky Waters
[An introduction to the Common Snapping Turtle (Chelydra serpentine) by John Davis. Special thanks to Lake Placid based nature conservation photographer Larry Master (www.masterimages.org) for permission to feature his Snapping Turtle photographs in this post.] We … [Read more...] about Snapping Turtles: Venerable Denizens of Murky Waters
In Memory: Lawrence M. Bliss (The Valley News)
Lawrence “Larry” M. Bliss October 8, 1919 - May 22, 2015 Lawrence “Larry” M. Bliss of Essex, N.Y., still very young at heart and active, died at the age of 95 Friday, May 22, 2015, at the UVM Medical Center following a short illness. Larry was born October 8, 1919, the son of … [Read more...] about In Memory: Lawrence M. Bliss (The Valley News)