Whether we shop at the supermarket or the farmers market, the foods we purchase have a wide variety of labels. And we rely on those labels to provide us with information on, among other things, how the food was grown and/or prepared, or in the case of meat and meat products, how the animals ...

There’s no getting around winter. So you might as well get into it. Right? Enjoy a good book, binge-watch Netflix, savor warm drinks and cozy up beside the wood stove or fireplace for hours with your music (and your sweetie). But being active and getting outside are vital for our ...

As winter sets in across the North Country, devoted bird enthusiasts resume feeding overwintering birds. They take both pleasure and pride in helping their feathered friends survive the harsh winter months, by dutifully providing them with food, water and shelter. Feeding birds during the ...

In the face of the new COVID-19 variant (omicron) and a precipitous rise in the number of infections on college campuses across the country in the weeks following Thanksgiving, administrators found themselves confronted with having to, once again, put measures into place aimed at limiting ...

“Deck the halls (With Boughs of Holly).” It’s a fun-to-sing Christmas song (with its fa-la-la refrain) and perhaps one of the most widely recognized and most-often caroled. First published in 1881, the song is generally believed to be American in origin, although the author remains ...

According to the United States Energy Information Administration, there are approximately 2,500 commercial solar photovoltaic (PV) energy gathering and generating stations currently serving the nation’s electric grid. Most produce 1 to 5 megawatts (MW) of power. A 5 MW facility requires ...