Little Jan and the Radiants
I recognized the song at once – the harmony and especially the plaintive, faintly nasal falsetto of the female lead voice. It was Little Jan…
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Eager Skiers
He was wearing a yarn hat that was shaped like a horse. I would have been very interested in that hat were I not…
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Village Contemporary
By Rebecca Rafferty When a historic building in Clifton Springs went up for sale in 2013, Marjorie Morris bought it, seizing an…
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Excerpts from Watkins Glen: Water’s Sculpture in Stone
A “book of nature” is how local journalist and promoter Morvalden Ells described Watkins Glen in the 1860s, and travel writer Tip Roseberry wrote…
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Porches of Penn Yan
In the days before the car, the front porch was the approved spot for courting couples, kept under the watchful eye of family. Hearts…
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The House that Smith Built
There is a moment when the tour guide squeezes thumb and index finger together — almost touching — to emphasize that in 1979, the…
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