This Month’s Featured Articles…

While the seeds of the nationwide coronavirus pandemic response may have been sewn in Washington DC, and the hardline logistics of unprecedented mandates fleshed out on behalf of the most vulnerable within the halls of State Capitol buildings across the country, the brunt of the human response to this generational crisis has hit closer than ever to home. Leaders in county and town governments everywhere have experienced the virus’s on-the-ground impact in a variety of both horrific, and hopeful ways while handling new responsibilities they [...]

It’s a phenomenon most have encountered. The first light snowfall of the winter season fails to accumulate on our modern roadways, but the perceptive driver notes a white dusting that outlines an ancient roadbed in the adjoining woods. Nor is this the only extant vestige of a prior century’s transportation system. Mile markers stand as stone monoliths on the outskirts of towns, while hitching posts and carriage steps are still found around village greens. Roads, then and now The presence of these artifacts should not [...]

Decades after its initial debut, the Old Rhinebeck Aerodrome museum and airfield continues to lure aviation enthusiasts, history buffs, veterans, and families alike. Every summer crowds flock to the active airfield in Rhinebeck, NY, to catch the spectacular weekend air shows and browse the museum’s extraordinary collection of vintage aircraft, which date back to 1900 to 1937. Aviation enthusiast The late Cole Palen was the pilot, aircraft preservationist, and founder of the Old Rhinebeck Aerodrome. The Pennsylvania native spent much of his childhood in Dutchess [...]

The phrase ‘Truth and Justice’ has lost some of its luster in today’s lexicon, more a pop culture artifact evocative of a titular comic book hero or a serial crime drama than the foundation of our American legal system. In the year 2020, the once-canonized notion seems to be even further mired in cynicism – with more than a few justifications – in a world of social media barrage and divisive discourse. Still, the embers of that notion remain alive in many of our local [...]

The very nature of radio broadcasting in the United States has gone through what Shakespeare termed a “sea change” in the 100 years since KDKA in Pittsburgh, PA, took to the airwaves on November 2, 1920 to announce that Warren G. Harding had defeated James D. Cox in the presidential election. Harding won in a landslide. The few residents of western Pennsylvania and neighboring Ohio who had receivers found that out the night before America’s daily newspapers carried the news. Radio had the advantage of [...]