This Month’s Featured Articles…
The 29th Connecticut Infantry
While the Civil War has been the subject of nearly 100,000 books, there are, amazingly, still important stories to be told. One such story is that of the 29th Connecticut Infantry, an African American unit nearly forgotten by history. It is the subject of but one book, and the two monuments to the regiment were constructed within the last twelve years. Yet the story of the 29th Connecticut is an important one; collectively their service had implications for the nation’s future and individually its members [...]
5 Generations of Antiques Dealers
Montage Antiques of “antiques row” (as we affectionately refer to it here at Main Street Magazine) in Millerton, NY, is a true family affair. When did you open in Millerton? We opened our store four and a half years ago, and this summer we bought the building. We find the village so appealing from a retail point of view. There’s no need to drive from store to store, which was the case with our previous shop in Woodbury, CT. Millerton has a wonderful range of [...]
Youth Movements: Collective Forces That Matter
Sitting in my truck on a hot August afternoon in the parking lot of the Bagel Tyme in Valatie, NY, waiting to meet with Youth Voices Matter’s program specialist Lori Teaney for a chat over a cup of coffee about her specialized outreach in the area, it’s hard to comprehend how the forces of time and experience can bring us together just as easily as they cause us to drift down separate paths. For both Lori and myself, having been class-mates in our youth, our [...]
Slightly Off, But Very Good
How do we learn each and every day about what is going on in our area as well as the bigger world? Our local newspapers are published only once a week. Internet news sites and TV cover the world, but not our neighborhoods. Daily newspapers cover what is going on in nearby bigger cities like Poughkeepsie or Hartford. That’s why for our annual learning issue we talked to Jill Goodman (JG) and Marshall Miles (MM) about the mission of our local radio station – Robin [...]
Sketchy Real Estate Scams
I decided to investigate real estate scammers after preventing a potential renter from wiring money to an imposter in South Carolina posing as the owner of the property on a missionary assignment. Scammers are out there on the internet or the telephone waiting to steal your money, your credit rating, or even your property. For the Main Street “Learning issue,” here are some of the most common schemes and how to avoid them. Real estate is an enticing target for scammers because the sums are [...]
