Ithaca’s First Scottish Festival Takes Shape
Deep in the woods outside of Ithaca, bagpipe players, dancers and athletes will gather to compete in the First Annual Ithaca Scottish Games and…
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Homer’s Sig Sautelle
George Satterlee always had a flair for the dramatic. Too young to serve as a soldier during the Civil War, he joined the Union…
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Great Campgrounds
Bristol Woodlands Campgrounds 4835 South Hill Road Bristol NY 14424 585-229-2290 www.BristolWoodlands.com Hosts: Ken and Marlene Hansen Bristol Woodlands offers camping and recreation on…
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From the Water to the Grill
It’s 6 a.m. and grandpa is persistent. “Get up and out on the water!” he says, even though we’ve never had a bite until…
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Togas, Tastings, and Treats at the Finger Lakes Wine Festival
The Finger Lakes Wine Festival is truly New York wine country’s premier event. In mid-July, over 80 of New York state’s finest wineries will…
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The Narrative Banners of Alice Gant
Alice Gant of Trumansburg creates banners, sometimes as large as 12 feet square, using scraps of fabric of all different kinds. “I use anything…
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The Many Lives of Hiawatha Island
Sitting in a bend of the Susquehanna River between Owego and the hamlet of Apalachin is a roughly triangular, mostly-overgrown piece of land called…
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The Greyhounds are Coming
Among the Cayuga Wine Trail’s scheduled events this summer is a wine tasting specifically designed for greyhound owners and their pets. The Grapehound Wine…
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Tastes Like the Finger Lakes
The local focus of the handmade ice cream at the Cayuga Lake Creamery in Interlaken sets it apart from other ice cream spots in…
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Stars Shoot Over Seneca Lake
Attentive watchers on the shores of Seneca Lake must have wondered about the 50 or so small keelboats skimming fast over the water at…
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