This Month’s Featured Articles…
A Return to Reading Romance: Exploring the Genre’s Avid Popularity and What Makes Romance So Special
Last August, in honor of Romance Awareness Month and Read-A-Romance Month, I wrote an article for Main Street highlighting the insights and accomplishments of independently published romance novelists AK Landow, Brooke O’Brien, Jade Dollston, and Maggie Rawdon. According to market research company Circana (formerly IRI Worldwide and The NPD Group), US print romance sales increased to nearly 19 million units as of August 6, 2022, making romance the leading print genre in terms of growth as of September 13, 2022. Therefore, it has definitely been [...]
On a Mission: The Covet Collective in Rhinebeck, NY
Fashionistas who are looking to stock up on fall faves should certainly shop at The Covet Collective – a Rhinebeck-based boutique that opened in April 2024. Yvette Rogers and Kerry Lee Zeff are the girl power and creative energy behind this new retail destination, which offers sustainable, ethical goods. For this duo, dreams really do come true. Rogers and Zeff have been thinking about opening their own shop for quite some time. “This storefront fell into our laps. We decided it was meant to be [...]
I Thrifted It! An Investigation Into the World of Secondhand Clothes Shopping
Throughout my life, I’ve struggled with a bit of a germ problem. Particularly when the pandemic hit, and I barely did anything outside the house, my concern whenever I did branch out was underscored by the threat of getting sick. My approach to fending off the virus, besides masks, looked like: Purell application before and after everything I did, the very adamant “inside” and “outside” clothes distinction (I still adhere to this, more or less); wiping down my phone screen and wallet (any and all [...]
Etsuo and Kae Iwamoto of Hana Sushi: Japanese Fare Created from the Heart
Etsuo and Kae thirty years ago What I was most excited about when I first moved to Rhinebeck, NY, last August was getting to try the variety of restaurant options in the towns along the 9G corridor. Prior to moving to Rhinebeck I lived in a rural spot in Columbia County where the nearest grocery store was a 20-minute drive and finding an open restaurant on a Tuesday night was laughable. Now, the food options seemed endless – I could get Thai, Italian, [...]
Talk of the Towne: Feeding the Millerton Community for 18 Years
If you’re familiar with Millerton, NY, then chances are, you’re also familiar with the Talk of the Towne deli, located off Route 44 near the NY/CT border. Sisters Mary Hosier and Sandy Sherman the owners of Talk of the Towne, are no strangers to food service. They previously ran the Village Diner in Millerton for 13 years and a food wagon at the corner of Route 199 and Route 22 for four and a half years. 18 years ago, they decided it would be a [...]
