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The Creaking Season

Think back to fall. We started spending more time inside, but talked (happily) about the crisp air, holidays and family gatherings. It’s always a sentimental season. Now, that crisp air that dries out everything but our floor mats,...

Afternoon read: It’s still cold, but there’s no more heat money coming

The idea of facing winter uncertain about what you’ll do about heat is terrifying. For many people, the federally-funded Home Energy Assistance Program (HEAP) means not having to make decisions like whether they should spend money on food or...

Learning to love winter

When Pierre Nzuah arrived at the Syracuse airport exactly two years ago, he was in the same clothes he’d been wearing when he left equatorial Cameroon 24 hours earlier. Luckily, someone from SUNY Canton met him at the airport and took him over...

Heading south for the winter?

When my parents first began spending winters in Florida, my mom admitted that the topic of conversation at a dinner with friends was, “Do you think our kids wonder what we do here all day?” So, I’m asking: If you’re a retired North Country...

A jump on Spring

Amy Ivy and I talk today about satisfying that itch to rush the gardening season. It’s always there, as the days get longer and the snow clears. There are mornings you walk outside and smell earth and water in a mix that is unmistakeably...

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Commentary: Snow and Ice

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Jan 23, 2002 — Commentator Tim Brookes on problem driveways in the winter--if it isn't snow, it's the ice. Go to full article

Commentary: March Snowstorms

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Mar 23, 2001 — Most of us are digging out from a second March snowstorm--but for commentator Elle Garrell Berger, heavy snowfall in March and even a Nor'easter are just part of life in the North Country. Go to full article

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