Deer flies have speeds up to 25 miles an hour. And despite my best efforts, I wasn’t pedaling that fast on my mountain bike, the day hubby Bill and I rode into Camp Santanoni. It’s been a hot, humid summer, so those little buggers have flourished. That the five-mile road to the camp was ...

It has been hot. And I’ve been craving something cool with just a little spice. Gazpacho. Icy, thirst-quenching and invigorating, gazpacho is perfect for hot summer days. Because it is a blend of fresh vegetables, it is also a healthy treat. There are many variations — some more like ...

A strong New York State Police crackdown over the July 4th weekend (July 3 to 6) resulted in 10,497 tickets. The campaign included sobriety checkpoints, more DWI patrols and an extra eye out for people illegally using electronic devices while driving, according to an article from the NBC ...

With fall sports season approaching, parents have been tackling me with lots of questions about whether their young athlete could injure themselves from too much practicing their desired sport, resulting in what we call an overuse injury. - What is an overuse injury? - An overuse ...

It seems that many times I take “things” for granted that have existed longer than I have. One of those “things” is the beautiful highway that brings us to the top of beautiful Whiteface Mountain. Imagine for a minute, in 1929, the construction of an eight-mile, 20-foot wide highway ...

Last week, I survived a brief — but not brief enough — encounter with The Number One Gothamite: Benjamin Franklin Fairbanks XIV. Though he claims he’s related to the original Ben Franklin of kite-flying and bifocal-inventing fame, he’s as directly related to Old Ben as I am to Jesus. ...