This season’s upcoming events will give us many exciting appearances, including the return of Chilean pianist Paulina Zamora in Duo Mistral, Westport’s stupendous voice and piano duo Alisa Endsley and Russell Ames, internationally-acclaimed violinist Linda Rosenthal with Rose … [Read more...] about Piano By Nature Presents Duo Mistral on Oct. 22 & 23
Archives for September 2016
Polio Epidemic Claims Life of Whallonsburgh Resident Sherman Hoyt Mather
Sherman Hoyt Mather, farmer and District Superintendent of Schools, died in late August of 1951 after contracting polio earlier in the summer. Despite heroic efforts, including the use of the Iron Lung, to save him he became the first Essex County victim of the … [Read more...] about Polio Epidemic Claims Life of Whallonsburgh Resident Sherman Hoyt Mather
State Should Consider Hiking Permits (THE SUN)
We’re ordinarily not in favor of hiking taxes but we’re calling for a hiking tax. [...] If all of them purchased a $10 permit, that’s nearly $4 million in possible revenue — just for the Adirondack Park alone. Imagine the numbers for the entire state, including the … [Read more...] about State Should Consider Hiking Permits (THE SUN)
Vintage Artifact: 1951 Ferry Brochure
Every Monday we share an image on the Essex on Lake Champlain Facebook page and invite our viewers to play some Vintage Essex Trivia. Last Monday we shared the cropped version of the vintage ferry brochure cover seen above. We asked if anyone had seen this brochure and if they … [Read more...] about Vintage Artifact: 1951 Ferry Brochure
Sustainability and Growth on Small Adirondack Farms (THE SUN)
Farmers gathered at the Adirondack Harvest Festival last week in the first of what organizers hope will be an annual event. An old-fashioned afternoon mixer, the kind once held in weekend Grange Halls all over Essex County, drew a large group for a showing of two films made by … [Read more...] about Sustainability and Growth on Small Adirondack Farms (THE SUN)