Monthly Archives: February 2023

  • Eagle Successfully Recovering At Wildlife Center In New York

    Once again the Friends of the Feathered and Furry Wildlife Center (FFFWC) in Hunter New York have been able to come to the rescue of an American treasure. They recently Took in a Bald Eagle and it appears the Eagle has thrived in their care. The FFFWC has been…

  • NY Tobacco Tax Proposal Has Advocates and Critics Speaking Out

    So today I learned something I hadn’t previously known. A recent report from the federal government showed that the state of New York over the last 20 years has not met the federal government’s recommended number of dollars committed to curbing tobacco usage in the state. This report follows…

  • 100-Year-Old Home and 83 Acres For Sale in Dutchess County

    This hidden Hudson Valley find may need a facelift, but it has ideal access to the Taconic and the Village of Rhinebeck. We can’t always judge something off its looks, if we did we’d miss out on some pretty cool opportunities. That’s definitely the case with a property located in Salt…

  • 42 Students’ Passports “Destroyed”, Currently Stuck in New York

    Nearly 50 students from the United Kingdom are currently stuck in New York after a bizarre mishap left them without their passports and no way home. International travel is always stressful, let alone when you add a literal busload of young adults to the mix. My international trip to Spain…

  • Buffalo Bills defensive coordinator Leslie Frazier to take year off from coaching

    Bills defensive coordinator Leslie Frazier is taking a year from coaching.      

  • Buffalo Bills defensive coordinator Leslie Frazier to take year off from coaching

    Bills defensive coordinator Leslie Frazier is taking a year from coaching.      

  • Police in Lower Hudson Valley Get Special Assist From Pedestrians

    Police say a pedestrian chased a robbery suspect down and held him until officials were able to catch up. The incident happened Saturday afternoon, when police in the lower Hudson Valley said they received word of a robbery in progress. Police say the suspect has been charged with 2nd degree…

  • NY COVID vaccine mandate for health workers remains in effect after court issues stay

    An Appeals Court issued a stay temporarily halting enforcement of a lower court’s ruling that NY’s COVID vaccine mandate was null, void. What to know      

  • These Are Upstate New York’s 12 Biggest Shopping Malls

    When shopping malls first appeared in New York State and all across America, for the most part, they consisted of long strip malls with a variety of individual storefronts.  Years later in the 1960s, enclosed shopping malls became all the rage allowing shoppers to have a day at the…

  • Middletown, NY Schools Locking Students Cell Phones in Pouches

    Middletown School District is partnering with phone pouch company Yondr to enforce the existing cell phone policy. I graduated from high school nearly 30 years ago (yikes! I feel old just thinking about that), and throughout high school, cell phone use was never an issue, because it wasn’t really…