Turnings by Robert Gessner
I understand in the schools today they call it general technology. Before that, industrial arts. And when I was in grammar school, it was…
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Francois Boeres Keeps Tradition Alive
Cortland, like so many upstate areas, blossomed and prospered because of New York’s fertile farmlands. From their first cash crop, potash, settlers who trickled…
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The Ontario County Agricultural “Agventure” Trail
Which of these were invented or perfected in Ontario County? A) cabbage harvester; B) Traminette grapes and wine; C) Empire and Northern Spy apples;…
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Sherman Moreland
In 1894, with his Cornell law degree in hand, Sherman Moreland returned home to Van Etten, in northeastern Chemung County, poised for a career…
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Views from Above
“Paul Middlebrook took me up on a flight one afternoon in Dave Shaw’s restored 1943 Stearman. I suggested that we fly low over Hemlock…
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A World Above
“Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear, not absence of fear.” – Mark Twain It’s a pity Mark Twain and Eileen Collins never…
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Step-by-Step: The Genesee Valley Greenway
The Genesee Valley Greenway is a trail following a corridor comprised primarily of old, smoothed-out railways alongside the old Genesee Canal bed. We found…
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Find Fun for Families in Cortland County this Summer
It had been quite a while since I had been in Cortland County. My memory of that trip was that of rising hillsides and…
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The Creation of a Winery
How do you improve upon an already much-loved 1880 stone castle on the shores of Seneca Lake? That’s the question the Reeder family pondered…
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Hot Cars, Cool Treats
“If you like Corvettes, you’ve got to like ice cream,” explained Bob Fleck, who, with his wife Sheila, is a three-year member of the…
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