When it comes to paddling long distances, one person stands out above all others — the short, barrel chested, full-white bearded Verlon Kruger. My introduction to Verlon was at the beginning of a trip in 1989 down the Churchill River to Hudson Bay. Our float plane had just dropped its ...

I’ve been part of a book club for years. The people in my group are some of my closest friends. The “book club” has evolved from reading assigned books to making book suggestions to the occasional dance party and cocktail mixology experiments. We can take a hiatus and then come back ...

Spring has sprung! Winter’s snow seems like a distant memory. Everything is leafing out in beautiful green. Wildflowers adorn the forest floor. Daffodils and tulips embellish our garden. Farmstands are back! Each year, I eagerly await the arrival of fresh, seasonal produce from our region ...

It’s about to get harder to get away with illegally passing a stopped school bus in the city of Syracuse. In an article from WSYR-TV and an April 21 news release by the city, the city activated its fleet of cameras that automatically record traffic passing a school bus when its red lights are ...

The first sliders in America were the U.S. teams that participated in the 1932 Olympic Winter Games in Lake Placid. And son-of-a-gun did the sport ever grow after that. The following information fell into my hands when John Morgan (of the Morgan Bobsled dynasty) gave me a beautiful ...