This Month’s Featured Articles…

By Christine Bates | info@mainstreetmag.com Dick, do you have a favorite section in your book stores? Definitely the kids’ section with toys and books. It’s more fun and less work. We bought the children’s store building on South Center Street in Millerton in 1994 because our main store on Main Street was getting too crowded. Our childrens’ section accounts for about 20% of our business. […]

By CB Wismar | info@mainstreetmag.com The quote has been credited to two imaginative thinkers: “Those who can, do. Those who can’t, teach.” Was it H.L. Mencken or George Bernard Shaw who initiated the challenging, ironic, and slightly deprecating thought? Does it really matter? Not only does it not matter, it certainly doesn’t apply when one steps into the quietly creative world of Warren Prindle. Warren is an artist … and he teaches art. He can, he does … and, he teaches, too. […]

Kevin and Michael Bacon’s band, The Bacon Brothers, first made it onto my radar when I stumbled across a Youtube video from 2009. Though they had already been performing as a band for a dozen years by the date of the video, I had never crossed paths with their music, but this time I was intrigued. The video showed them sitting in a semi-circle with Daryl Hall (Hall and Oates) and several other musicians and they were all playing a favorite song of mine, Paul [...]

By Lindsey Clark | info@mainstreetmag.com Before the thought of a fire department in Millerton, NY, even came to mind, a bucket brigade and the aid of the townspeople were the two main assets to putting out fires. However, an especially large and devastating fire struck a hotel located on John Street around January of 1891, and the bucket brigade, which extended all the way to the Webutuck Brook, failed to control the flames. The building burned to the ground because of the unsuccessful efforts, which [...]

The tavern has been a part of everyday life in America since the country’s very outset. Ironically, those supposed teetotallers, the Puritans, are reported to have established the first tavern, then called an “ordinary” in 1634. It is believed that the White Horse Tavern in Newport, RI, may be the tavern located in the oldest building. Reportedly, the Blue Anchor in Philadelphia swung open its doors and welcomed thirsty customers in 1681. And some believe that the oldest continuously operating tavern is Jean Lafitte’s Black [...]