Every Monday we share an image on the Essex on Lake Champlain Facebook page and invite our viewers to play some Vintage Essex Trivia. Do you recognize the site in this painting? How about the artist? Do you spy their signature? Here's what the community already had to … [Read more...] about Old Stump Bridge Painting by Sid Couchey
Archives for 2016
Champlain Valley Films to Show ZOOTOPIA
The Champlain Valley Film Series will present the film Zootopia as a special free family matinee, made possible by a generous contribution from the Stewart's Holiday Match program. The movie will take place on Sunday, December 4 at 2 p.m. at the Whallonsburg Grange … [Read more...] about Champlain Valley Films to Show ZOOTOPIA
R.R. Williams
The phone rings at the RR Williams General Store, Dick answers and a very tiny voice giggles and asks "Do you have Prince Albert in the can?" Yet another Essex youth has played the trick that has become a rite of passage for us all. Richard Williams was born in Wales in March … [Read more...] about R.R. Williams
Protecting Black Bears in New York
A century and a half ago, the great naturalist and wilderness explorer John Muir wrote that if it came to a war between humans and bears, he’d be tempted to side with the bears. So would I, especially after watching nearly half of our country’s voters back a man who seems to … [Read more...] about Protecting Black Bears in New York
Champlain Valley Film Series to Show INDIGNATION
The Champlain Valley Film Series will present the film Indignation on Saturday, Dec. 3, at 7:30 p.m. at the Whallonsburg Grange Hall. Based on Philip Roth's novel, this love story, set in 1951, follows a brilliant working class Jewish boy as he attends a small, conservative … [Read more...] about Champlain Valley Film Series to Show INDIGNATION