As I write this, college students have returned to campus, and elementary teachers are readying their rooms to welcome smiling young faces back to class. I stand in awe of those who mold young minds, instill a love of reading, math and science, and create the...
The housing stock in upstate New York, where we primarily work, tends to be older, and many of the older homes need some level of repair. We are seeing a flurry of renovation and repair activity going on in communities large and small. We can’t help but...
At the end of July, the Centers for Disease Control lifted the national moratorium on eviction of apartment tenants due to the Covid 19 pandemic. The eviction moratorium was intended to prevent homelessness, thus preventing overcrowding in homeless shelters and...
So here is my unsolicited opinion on the debate on whether Washington County should be recategorized as North Country rather than Capital Region. I understand the basis of that argument. We are rural. Why should our county be tied to the fate of cities an hour or more...
