By John Waldman | john.waldman@qc.cuny.edu
John Waldman is a professor of biology at Queens College, NY, with a focus on aquatic conservation biology. Previously, he worked for twenty years at the Hudson River Foundation for […]
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 […]