Brotherhood Winery blends history and good vintages
Spoiler alert: it is not, as the name led me – and, I have discovered, others – to believe, associated with any brotherhood as in a religious order.
LLAMA YOGA, GOAT WALKS, WEAVING CLASSES – A LOT OF IRONS IN THE FIRE AT CLOVER BROOKE FARM
But she’s definitely not just sitting back, and those ‘few’ animals have led to a host of things happening with them at the family’s Clover Brooke Farm near Hyde Park, NY.
IT’S ATTAINABLE
“I went into this feeling I was the most qualified person for the position – who happened to be a Black female,” Columbia County Sheriff Jackie Salvatore said about her recent history-making election as the first Black woman elected to that position not only in that county, but also in the 400-year history of New York State.
Michael Bucci’s goal: “Hope for kids and the future”
“It’s not how old you are, it’s how you put in the time,” Michael Bucci said. At an age when many have retired, he is still putting in time at his Tomorrow, Tomorrow Sanctuary and Healing Center in Livingston, finding ways to help children and animals.
A TRIBUTE TO HEART ANIMALS
February is all about love and hearts. Granted, that usually assumes we’re talking about people, but animal owners know that love also extends to their pets.
“We just want to help people,” rescue squads say about potential insurance reimbursement cuts
As of this writing, the government shutdown has just ended. One contentious impasse involved potential reductions to Medicare and Medicaid. Another issue is depletion of health insurance availability. Much has been said about the fear of small, rural hospitals having to close as a result of these changes. A less-mentioned effect is, “Not only that, but you won’t have an ambulance to take you to wherever the nearest open one is.”
Good food, good wine, good friends… there’s no better experience
The holidays are coming, the holidays are coming! Gifts, parties, dinners, family gatherings, and OMG, we need the right wine for all those. But, what to choose? There are so many options, from local vintners with one-of-a-kind specialties to vast world-wide assortments.
Enter Dylan Baker at Sharon Package Store, Hillsdale Fine Wine and Spirits manager […]
Outdoor sculpture spaces
Art Omi grows contemporary work in former farm fields
It would be blasphemy to talk about outdoor sculpture exhibits in this area without including Art Omi in Ghent, NY, where modest to massive contemporary works become part of the landscape, owning hilltops, filling fields, and tucking into hedge-rows of a one-time 120-acre dairy farm.
Francis J. […]
Moving Honors national tour honors Copake EMT, Claverack firefighter
Above: Community Rescue Squad’s ambulance, followed by New York State EMS personnel, the Red Knights riders, Moving Honors ambulance, and fly car led the procession down the Taconic Parkway near Chatham. Photo by Richard E. Lindmark.
National events do not happen often in quiet, rural Columbia County. But on June 28 and 29, the […]
Shop, stay, gather at the Copake General Store
Above: Deli counter worker Elizabeth serves up a slice of blueberry pastry that was hard to resist. The blackboard lists daily specials and where to find them.
In days (all right, decades or even centuries) past, the general store was the heart of a community, a place to meet and make friends, get your supplies and […]