This Month’s Featured Articles…
The Little Guild: Saving Animals, One Life at a Time
By Richard Schlesinger | info@mainstreetmag.com At the beginning of 2017, Justin Vagliano’s varied career took a surprising turn. He had known about The Little Guild in West Cornwall, CT, for years through his wife, Dr. Katie Vagliano, a vet at Millerton Veterinary Practice. And when he heard about their search for a new Executive Director, he decided to put his experience as a businessman and entrepreneur to work to solidify the foundation of the venerable animal shelter and begin charting its new future. Justin recently sat [...]
Service with a Smile: REFLECTIONS ON VOLUNTEERING WITH SIMPLY SMILES ON THE CHEYENNE RIVER SIOUX TRIBE RESERVATION
By Olivia H. May and Mary B. O’Neill, PhD | info@mainstreetmag.com Last summer Olivia May (18) and her mother Mary O’Neill volunteered with the non-profit Simply Smiles on the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe Reservation in La Plant, South Dakota, where they have worked since 2009. Olivia was a summer intern and Mary was one of the scores of weekly volunteers who come to the Reservation each summer. […]
Telling the story: PARRY TEASDALE, EDITOR AND PUBLISHER, THE COLUMBIA PAPER
By Christine Bates | info@mainstreetmag.com Why are we interviewing and, in effect, promoting what some might view as a direct “competitor” of ours? Local newspapers and magazines are after all fighting for much of the same readership and advertising dollars. But what some might not realize is that quite a few of our local publications work together in different capacities (i.e. reprinting stories, sharing camera-ready ads for our advertisers). I have known Parry since the inception of his Columbia Paper, and he and his staff have [...]
Healing in Nature: The Many Health Benefits of Spending Time in Nature
By Claire Copley | info@mainstreetmag.com Winter is closing in on us – again. For many, this means spending more time indoors. According to one government estimate, the average American spends 90% of his or her life indoors, and as we get older we can become even more housebound, especially in winter. Cold temperatures, icy conditions and snow – covered ground limits where and how we can spend time outdoors. But we should consider the health benefits we are sacrificing by foregoing outdoor activities. There is a [...]
Walking for Body, Mind, and Art
By Dominique DeVito | info@mainstreetmag.com It’s January. It’s cold. The leaves are off the trees. Get outside and walk? It’s not exactly the most motivating time of year to get started – but it is the perfect time of year to get started. Why? Because it’s a new year, first of all; because you want to do something healthy after all the indulging over the holidays, right?; because it’s easier to start with short walks when it’s not quite so nice out – and you want [...]
