Our Environment, Animal Tips and the Great Outdoors
Our Environment
The Firefly Environmental Arts Project brings together professional and student artists and environmentalists at their launch exhibit at the Millbrook School
The Firefly Environmental Arts Project launch will take place on Friday, February 21 at 7pm at the Millbrook School in Millbrook, NY.
The Firefly Environmental Arts Project, developed by Carl Raab and Deb Schlee, is a collaborative arts and sustainability initiative engaging students and professionals within the […]
Protecting our nights: Envoys of beauty
It’s eighteen degrees out at 9:12pm on December 23, and I’m at a trailhead, fumbling with the buttons of my headlamp. Ten minutes ago, I was in Falls Village, watching the Housatonic boy’s basketball home opener against Thomaston. We lost by fifteen.
We had a respectable first half, though, much like […]
Scenic Hudson’s Northside Hub project will reinvigorate Poughkeepsie neighborhood, bringing sustainability and support to the greater community
Scenic Hudson’s transformation of the 58 Parker Avenue property in Poughkeepsie, NY—“one of the most significant and transformational projects in its 60-year history”—aims to reimagine the former Standard Gage Factory site. The organization hopes to complete this monumental renovation […]
Townscape of Millerton and North East – Celebrating 25 Years
Townscape, a nonprofit, volunteer-based organization that focuses on community beautification and revitalization in Millerton, NY, is celebrating its 25th year! Townscape was originally founded by Catherine Fenn – along with Renee Vollen and Jan Gilmor – as a volunteer committee in 1998, and was adopted by the Village […]
Animals Tips
Great Outdoors
Modern farming: Talking environmental changes, adapting to challenges, and connection to the land with four farms in the region
Above photo courtesy of Maitri Farm
It’s no secret that farming is becoming harder and harder. It’s never been an easy job, but between climate change, the unprecedented environmental changes that come along with it, and constant changes in funding and grant availability, farming seems to be increasingly difficult in recent […]
Protecting our nights: Envoys of beauty
It’s eighteen degrees out at 9:12pm on December 23, and I’m at a trailhead, fumbling with the buttons of my headlamp. Ten minutes ago, I was in Falls Village, watching the Housatonic boy’s basketball home opener against Thomaston. We lost by fifteen.
We had a respectable first half, though, much like […]
Take a Smaller View: The Long Trail
Sometime around last Christmas, it became apparent that I would have a window of time this summer to dispense with as I saw fit. Things playing out as they usually do during the holidays, I began to plan for the best use of that time that I could imagine: […]
Your guide to picnicking in the region
Did you know that July is National Picnic Month in the United States? We at Main Street love a good picnic and put together some of our recommendations for creating the perfect picnic below.
Best picnic locations
Before we can even enjoy our picnic, […]
