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03/07/2019

Yes, keep the faith Alex. You've got millions of supporters sending prayers your way.

02/16/2019

I'd like to see Tramp and Trail club campaign for trail development here, but I wouldn't be surprised if the ADK Club starts the ball rolling.

The Adirondack Land Trust has purchased 250 acres on a part of Moxham Mountain that could become part of the state forest preserve for hikers and climbers.

11/13/2018

Pretty...to a certain extent. It doesn't reflect the very cold temperatures, but glad to be viewing it from the comfort of home.

First snow comes to Webb Posted by Lisa Monroe | Nov 13, 2018 | Featured, News, Top Stories | 0 | Winter arrived in Old Forge on Friday, Nov. 10. The Town of Webb and Inlet were covered with about three inches of wet snow. We know it must be winter because the power went out on Friday night for abou...

07/31/2017

Here's my story on the Mohawk Valley's own Dave Huxtable--pedicurist (?) to the cows. 🤣Regardless of what you call him (he's not a farrier as I thought because farrier applies only to those who work with horses), you have to admire his work ethic.

Hey, Check out the latest Issue of CNY 55 Plus!
http://www.cny55.com/wordpress/

07/28/2017

The July issue of In Good Health is good reading: https://issuu.com/ingoodhealthmv/docs/igh_mv__137_july_17 🙂

Issuu is a digital publishing platform that makes it simple to publish magazines, catalogs, newspapers, books, and more online. Easily share your publications and get them in front of Issuu’s millions of monthly readers. Title: IGH MV July Issue #137, Author: Wagner Dotto, Name: IGH MV July Issue #1...

07/28/2017

Press release from the Oneida County Health Dept: July 27, 2017--Kitten in Westmoreland euthanized for rabies. An injured kitten, apparently abandoned or wild, was found and tested for rabies. The kitten was euthanized on July 24. The Oneida County Dept. of Health has a number of recommendations for residents to avoid rabies and protect family pets. Important information to share with children. Go to their website, www.ocgov.net for details.

04/05/2017

My article about Kathrine Switzer--the first woman to officially run the Boston Marathon in 1967, appears in the April-May issue of 55 PLUS. Go to http://www.cny55.com/wordpress/features/the-marathon-lady/. On April 17, Switzer will be honored by the Boston Marathon on the 50th anniversary of her historic run. Topping it off, Switzer is 70 years old! Talk about unstoppable. She continues to turn heads and create new milestones.

Kathrine Switzer, a former SU student, was one of the first females to run the Boston Marathon. Now at 70, she will run in Boston again— and she will celebrate 50 years since her first run

12/18/2016

Erin Hamlin wins gold medal during NBC Sports' live telecast of World Cup luge in Park City, Utah.

11/09/2016

Here are a few of my stories in the Nov. edition of EDITOR magazine. Take note, Scott Wallace. http://issuu.com/editormagazine219/docs/11.11.16_editor

Was it ever? We'll never know. Kind of an if-a-tree-falls-in-the-forest kind of mystery, isn't it? Speaking of trees, thank you for making the world a greener, leafier place by reading on issuu.

10/13/2016

I'll be attending a lecture and slide presentation tonight by Scott Wallace, international correspondent and more recently, contributor to National Geographic about the struggles of the indigenous tribes in the Amazon Forest.

10/04/2016

Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand held a brief press conference at Munson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute today (Oct. 3) to discuss her introduction of bilateral legislationin Congress to commemmorate the 100th anniversary of women's suffrage in 2017.

Utica College's first woman president, Laura Casamento, and the chair of the history department at UC, Sherri Cash, also made brief remarks, along with Anna D'Ambrosio, curator at MWPAI.

Meanwhile, my friend Jane Spellman of Ilion, publisher of Women Belong In History Books, presented both volumes of her book as a gift to Sen. Gillibrand. Volume 2 was just released a month ago and is available for $25 from local historical societies.

Here's a story from the Rome Sentinel:

BOOK OUT — Herkimer County Historical Society staff member Russeen Young, left, with Jane Spellman, editor of Volume Two of “Women Belong in History Books, Herkimer and Oneida Counties, 1700-1950 show copies of the new book. (Photo submitted)

Women Belong in History Books second volume released
Published Sep 28, 2016 at 4:00pm
The new book, Volume Two of “Women Belong in History Books, Herkimer and Oneida Counties, 1700-1950,” edited by Jane Spellman, is now available for purchase.

The book features the stories of 55 women from Herkimer and Oneida Counties, written by 30 authors from the area, like Mary Zoller (aka Polly Jenkins and the Plowboys), a music and movie star from Ilion, Cash Garvey, a golf pro from Utica, and Helen Roosevelt Robinson, the last resident of Gelston Castle.

The book is $25 plus tax and is available for purchase at the Rome Historical Society, Herkimer County Historical Society and other retail outlets including Ace of Diamonds Mine, Adirondack Art and Framing, Adirondack Reader, Dolgeville-Manheim Historical Society, Gansevoort House Books, Gems Along the Mohawk, Munson Williams Proctor Institute, Newport History Center, North Country Books, Old Forge Hardware, Oneida County Historical Society, Town of Paris Historical Society, Town of Webb Historical Association, and West Winfield Library.

For more information, call 866-6413.
On the net: www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~nyhchs/

04/27/2016

A photo - by my friend Annie - is worth a thousand words.

by Pat Malin SYRACUSE, NY – Jared Dueppengiesser and Cooper Galton, both of whom come from family farms in western New York, picked up a couple major awards at the New York Junior Holstein Show on Saturday, April 9 at the New York State Fairgrounds. Actually, that was just a warm up for the Internat…

03/08/2016

by Pat Malin LIVERPOOL, NY — In 2015, New York wine and beverage connoisseurs might have been delighted to find a bottle of vintage wine or a special growler of craft beer under their real balsam Christmas tree. It sounds like a novel gift idea, but it could become more common thanks to the efforts…

03/08/2016

by Pat Malin LIVERPOOL, NY – The unusually mild winter of 2015-16 has been a blessing for some people. Can it also become a curse for Christmas tree farmers in New York State? Many of the farmers were pleased to see a robust business in early November. Farmers attending the Christmas Tree Farmer’s A…

01/11/2016

My reporting for In Good Health, Mohawk Valley edition, helped give me some perspective on the health of farm animals.

by Pat Malin EAST SYRACUSE, NY – The revolution slowly occurring in Americans’ healthcare coverage could be filtering down to the farms. Hospitals and doctors are being judged now on quality of care and discharges, not on the number of patients they treat. Efficiency is about reducing the number of…

01/02/2016

Annual Northeast Hops Alliance conference

by Pat Malin MORRISVILLE, NY – Hop growers and enthusiasts could find everything under the sun at the 2015 Cornell Hops Conference & Northeast Hops Association’s annual meeting on Dec. 5 at Morrisville State College. Wherever you have hops, you will have abundant concerns about the weather, diseases…

01/02/2016

Farmers Confronted by Minimum Wage Standards

by Pat Malin ORISKANY, NY — What will be the impact of a higher federal and state minimum wage on my farm's tax obligations? Are farmers required to pay an unemployment insurance tax for part-time or seasonal employees? Should I be worried about an impromptu OSHA inspection? These were among the con…