This Month’s Featured Articles…

By Dominique De Vito | info@mainstreetmag.com “You’re not gonna find the cache!” That’s not something you want to say to a police officer as you’re heading out of the woods at dusk, but it’s what made sense to Kathy Gwozdz at the time. She’s a passionate geocacher, and she was just walking out of the woods after finding a “cache” that she was naturally excited about. She was sure that the person coming out of the car was there for the same reason. After all, [...]

By Mary B. O’Neill, Ph.D. | info@mainstreetmag.com | Photos by Lazlo Gyorsok | Featured in the July 2016 Issue Food is integral to our survival. Yet, some evidence suggests that the food we consume is increasingly devoid of the nutrients, vitamins, and ingredients that promote our health, and full of ingredients that don’t. Obesity, type-2 diabetes, and heart disease are only some of the maladies we cope with at an ever-decreasing age with an ever-increasing frequency. Often, with our busy schedules, convenience and pre-prepared meals [...]

By Carol Ascher | Photos of the Won Dharma Center by Olivia Markonic, all other photos by Carol Ascher or provided by the house of worship. | Featured in the June 2016 Issue Most of us easily recognize our New England countryside by the traditional white or brick Protestant churches that anchor the villages, their white spires often visible from a distance. Yet these days most New England communities are also home to Catholic churches, as well as smaller Protestant denominations that may not be [...]

By Dominique De Vito | Featured in the May 2016 Issue A beautiful day. A light breeze. A hawk soaring overhead, wings outstretched, floating, flying. Who hasn’t wished they could extend their arms and take flight? Well, wishes can – practically – come true right here. How? Paragliding. Yes, paragliders are a presence right here in the upper Hudson Valley! The flyers have flocked here on the wings of a French-born outdoorsman whose journey led him to the foothills of the Taconics in Millerton, NY, [...]

By CB Wismar | Featured in the April 2016 Issue “Just look at this floor! We found it yesterday when we pulled up the old carpet. It goes all the way to the front door.” John Hoffman and Betsy Maury are sharing the latest discoveries as progress continues on the dramatic “make over” of the Scoville Memorial Library, the imposing stone building that has been a centerpiece in central Salisbury for over 120 years. Their enthusiasm is infectious. The result of this process will be, [...]