In it’s 35th year, Hardscrabble Day “gives the residents a great day to get together and feel a community energy,” says Ed Blundell, a Red Hook village resident and chairman of the committee, as well as mayor. “The day kind of symbolizes the end of summer, which ties in with the energy, and kind of…
Gianna Beckmann began showing dairy cows when she was only six years old. She started showing Jersey cows after seeing one and telling her father, “I want one of those. They look like me.” They both have brown hair and brown eyes. Prior to that, she had shown Holstein cows. Now, at age 13, Gianna…
Ocean’s Thirteen Karen Fredrickson Frank Sinatra has been an icon in music for decades, and his name is eternally associated with Las Vegas. So begins Ocean’s Thirteen, with Reuben (Elliott Gould) getting conned by Willy Bank (Al Pacino), who backstabs him, leaving him broke and injured. This comes as a complete surprise to Reuben, who…
Clinton Heritage Day offers old-time community spirit by Karen Fredrickson CLINTON CORNERS–When Mary Jo Nickerson moved to the Town of Clinton in 1950, she arrived on Community Day. “There were people everywhere, and I thought that’s how the town was every day,” she said. “When I got up the next morning I wondered, where did…
Karen Fredrickson 