By Ian Strever | info@mainstreetmag.com

It is summer, and I’m sitting in a coffee shop just yards from the Yale University campus, eavesdropping on two families who clearly have their sights set on admission. Two […]

By Lisa LaMonica | info@mainstreetmag.com

Much of upstate New York was Mohican territory. They also dominated the territory spreading west to Windham, north almost to Lake Champlain, west towards Stockbridge MA, and south – almost […]

By Christine Bates | info@mainstreetmag.com

Main Street spent a morning in the office of Ghent Wood Products and Meltz Lumber in Ghent, NY talking with Marie Meltz who manages the administrative and marketing part […]

By Peter Greenough | info@mainstreetmag.com

In the famous 1967 film The Graduate, Dustin Hoffman is advised by his father’s colleague at his graduation party to listen carefully to the one word he is about to […]

By Mary B. O’Neill, PhD | info@mainstreetmag.com

If you think this is going to be an article to make you feel all warm and glowy on the inside, you can stop reading here. If you’re […]

By Mary B. O’Neill, PhD | info@mainstreetmag.com | Photographs by Joseph Meehan

It’s the era of superheroes and their blockbusters – Black Panther, Wonder Woman, and Justice League to name a few. We know […]

By Christine Bates | info@mainstreetmag.com

Kristin Swati started her e-commerce business www.fawnshoppe.com in Lower Manhattan after leaving a career in finance. The internet-only shopping site offers high quality children’s clothing and toys as well as […]

By Regina Molaro | info@mainstreetmag.com

After saying goodbye to winter, we are all eager to embrace the balmier days ahead. With the summer season approaching, it’s an ideal time to go for a country […]

By John Torsiello | info@mainstreetmag.com

Imagine the turn the 20th century. Passengers are lined upon a platform, awaiting the arrival of their train to take them to places far and wide, or perhaps just a […]

By CB Wismar | info@mainstreetmag.com

When Tom and Jacque Schiller took occupancy of their log cabin near Cream Hill Pond, Tom decided to step outside on the porch, just to take a nice, clean […]