Mohawk Valley Living #96 November 2021

FREE

MAGAZINE TAKE ONE!

featuring our

family fun guide

NOVEMBER 2021

96

Make Lasting Family Memories

Shop Clinton for the Holidays!

THE FAIR T R A DE SHOP at STONE CHURCH 8 South Park Row, Clinton NY 13323

Fair Wages & Fair Working Conditions For Artisans, and Small Farmers Around The World

buildingstonesshoppe.square.site

Hypertufa Art for Home and Garden

Shop kriziamartin.com for curbside pickup or home delivery!

Birdbaths, Candleholders, Planters

clothing and giftware for men, women, children and infants

Complimentary gift wrapping!

20 West Park Row, Clinton, NY 315.853.3650 www.kriziamartin.com Open: Mon-Sat 10-6, and Sundays after Thanksgiving

Dawn Marie’s Treasures Shop Locally for Handcrafted Gifts that Last at:

Artisans’ Corner of Clinton Johnny Appleseed Shoppes in Erieville The Emporium in Herkimer

Janice Wnuk, Garden Mentor

Facebook.com/HyperJanice • email: HyperJanice@yahoo.com

Clinton Holiday Stroll Nov 26 & 27

Vintage & New Gifts

13 College St., Clinton

(315) 796-9099 • Open 7 days a week, 10-6

It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas in Clinton and at Johnny Appleseed!

Open in Clinton every day: 10-6 & at Johnny Appleseeds Wed-Sun: 10-5 We have unique and unusual items that make it worth the trip!

Happy Shopping! Gift cards also available!

Follow us on Facebook!

Enter to win a $250 Clinton Shopping Spree!

Email us with subject

“Riggie’s Shopping Spree” mohawkvalleyliving@hotmail.com

Or enter on our Facebook page

Nolas

Deadline Nov 15, 2021

9 West Park Row, Clinton 315.853.3052 Nolasinclinton.com

Celebrate Celebrate the the beginning beginning of of the the holiday holiday season season in the beautiful Village of Clinton! in the beautiful Village of Clinton!

Friday & Saturday, November November 25-26, & Saturday, November 26 25-26, 2016 Friday & 27,2016 2021 Keep your fingers toasty in the popular “Bernie” mittens!

Home & garden accents, fine art, photography, jewelry, clothes, accessories, soaps and candles, children’s items & much more!

Open 7 days a week at 1 College St, Clinton • (315) 853-1453 Follow us: Artisans’ Corner of Clinton, NY

For For aa complete complete listing listing of of activities, activities, visit visit us us online online

www. www.ClintonNYChamber ClintonNYChamber.org .org

Brought Brought to to you you by by the the Clinton Clinton Chamber Chamber of of Commerce Commerce

Win aWin $250 250 Clinton Shopping Spree!

Clinton Win aa 250 Clinton Shopping Shopping Spree!

Spree! $ $

EnterVisit on Mohawk Valley Living’s MVL page for information Visit MVL Facebook Facebook pageFacebook for more morepage information and to enter the contest. or by mail: MV Living, 30 Kellogg St., Clinton, and to enter the contest.NY 13323

photo photo byby Zach Zach Lewis Lewis Photography Photography

Warm & Cozy Autumn Fashion Fun!

Next Issue:

December 1st Available exclusively from our sponsors.

contents 6 9 12 15 19 22 25 27 28 29 30 36 37 41 47 49 52 54

Oneida County History Center ADK Journal Restaurant Guide Antiques Guide Mohawk Valley Girl Nature in November MV Gardens MV Astronomy Club MV Crossword Valley Artist Family Fun Classical MV On The Farm with Suzie Matt Perry’s MV Nature Gallery Guide Tales from Shawangunk Advertiser Directory Contest Answers & Sponsor News

The Joy of Standing in Line

by Sharry L. Whitney

Recently, my mother-in-law and I were walking around the village of Clinton during a busy, sunny afternoon. It was homecoming weekend at Hamilton College and the shops and restaurants were bustling.

I overheard many happy conversations from families enjoying the day.

“I hate it when it’s busy,” my mother-in-law lamented, to which I replied, “If they’re not busy, they won’t exist anymore, and then all of our fun would be gone.”

She conceded that she hadn’t thought of that.

That got me thinking about the “Shop Small” campaign that began several years back. It may have made the wrong impression. The “command” to shop local may have made us think that we’re helping local businesses. Helping them out. Of course, we are.

But what we need to realize is that it’s a selfish act. It helps us. When we shop at a local jeweler, gift shop, antique shop, etc., it not only helps those businesses directly but helps, say, our favorite nearby restaurant, too. And that local restaurant that draws people in for its famous calzones, inadvertently channels people by the neighboring window displays. So even if you’re not a fan of calzones, that shop next door that you rely on for those gifts you love may be interdependently connected to that restaurant.

Suzie Jones writes this month about the benefits of competition, and I have to agree with her. I’ve worked in marketing for many years and have often told clients—who were fretting over the new competition that opened down the block—that if they’re the only game in town, they’re in trouble. People like to have choices.

If you’re the only jeweler in town, for example, what chance do you have to offer that particular item a customer seeks? If you have three jewelers in town, your town becomes a destination for jewelry shoppers. And what better way for people to celebrate that gorgeous new necklace they found than with a calzone?

So the next time you find yourself in line on a busy day at your favorite shop, think of how lucky you are! •

MOHAWK VALLEY LIVING MAGAZINE November 2021

PUBLISHERS Lance and Sharry Whitney EDITOR Sharry Whitney DESIGN & LAYOUT Lance David Whitney ASSISTANT EDITOR Shelley Malenowski ADVERTISING EXECUTIVE Susan Collea CONTRIBUTORS Peggy Spencer Behrendt, Carol Higgins, Suzie Jones, Melinda Karastury, Rebecca McLain, Matt Perry, Cynthia Quackenbush, Denise Szarek, Gary VanRiper CONTACT US (315) 853-7133 30 Kellogg Street Clinton, NY 13323 www.MohawkValleyLiving.com mohawkvalleyliving@hotmail.com Mohawk Valley Living is a monthly magazine and television show that explore the area’s arts, culture, and heritage.

Copyright © 2021. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced without the consent of Mohawk Valley Living, Inc.

watch mvl every sunday!

7:30am and 11pm on wfxv 11:30am on WUTR 20

Special $250 Village of Clinton shooping spree this month. See below.

Enter by the 15th of the month to be entered.

One entry per household per month.

Mail to: Riggie’s Riddle, 30 Kellogg St., Clinton, NY 13323 or email: mohawkvalleyliving@hotmail.com or visit our Facebook page.

NOTE: Please enter Riggie’s Riddle and crossword puzzle in separate emails.

Riggie has a holiday surprise you’ll see, A Village of Clinton shopping spree!

No need to search our entire book, He’s on the inside cover, just take a look!

See the answer and winner to last month’s riddle on page 56!

Mohawk Valley Living is brought to you by

Steet-Ponte autogroup

~Stocking Luxurious Alpaca Products~

Stocking: Hats, Gloves, Mittens, Fur Hats, Sweaters, Capes, Ruanas, Socks, Slippers, Blankets, Moccasins, Pillows, Boot Inserts, Yarn, Scarves, Jackets and more.

Fully Stocked for the Christmas season!

Everyone loves the Gift of Alpaca!

Skiers - Snowmobilers - Hikers - Hunters - Got Cold Feet?

Looking for the WARMEST Socks on the planet?

Our Alpaca socks are up to 5X warmer than wool, Naturally “water and odor” resistant and Highly Anti-microbial. Alpaca breathes better than any other Natural fiber so your feet stay Warm, Dry and Comfortable! Plus, Alpaca Fiber is Hypo-Allergenic and Smoother than Silk!

Made in the USA!

st e B

er l l e

tS s Be

Outdoorsman Alpaca Sock

Ultimate Extreme Ski & Snowboard Alpaca Sock

er l l Se

Hiker Alpaca Sock $19.95

Skier Sock $26.95

Alpaca Sock Made Especially for Ski $27.95 Everyday Medium $31.95 Boots. Thin with $34.95 Hunting, Hiking, Snowmobiling, Ice Weight Sock. Great for Padding. Moisture Fishing, etc.

Tall & Heavy Weight Winter & Summer Snowmobiling Wicking.70% Baby Alpaca If you can’t make it to our HUGE Follow us on FACEBOOK Over 40 Styles of Alpaca Socks in stock! store, call and we can ship. for more Product info! Dress - Skier - Hunting - Diabetic - Running - Hiking & more.

27 West Main St., Little Falls, NY 13365 Ph. 315-823-1100

Mon - Fri: 10am-5pm / Sat: 10am-4pm Open SUNDAY’s thru Christmas 11am - 3pm

the Oneida County History center

St. Margaret’s House By ro hall

History Center volunteeR St. Margaret’s Ecumenical and Retreat Center is a bucolic respite for anyone in search of a quiet place for study, spiritual refreshment, or new friends. It has provided these opportunities from its Jordan Road location in New Hartford since 1937, and before that, beginning in 1915, from its location at 3 Clark Place in Utica.

To Judith H. Reilly, executive director of St. Margaret’s Corporation of Utica, St. Margaret’s is “a place of community where all are welcome to spend a day or even just a few hours. “And we would love them to come back regularly,” she added. “We love welcoming new and old friends. No one has to worry about not fitting in, because they are all perfect, just as they are.”

“Art thou weary, art thou troubled?” These are the opening words and title of a hymn by John M. Neale (1818-1866), the London-born son of a clergyman who founded the first Society of St. Margaret in that city in 1855. It was named for Margaret of Wessex, a daughter of an eminent 11th century English family (Margaret’s younger brother had a strong claim to the throne though he never reigned), who was known as a pious woman concerned for the orphaned St. Margaret’s Ecumenical and Retreat Center in Utica and the poor. The sisters of St. Margaret, as envisioned by Neale, focused on is “a place of community where all are welcome...” the needs of the women and children in the Victorian era. Neale was witness to their struggle to survive amid overwhelming financial and spiritual poverty. Beginning with the establishment of both an orphanage school and classes teaching women and girls how to read along with domestic skills and needlework, the sisters were providing a multiplicity of social service throughout Great Britain and beyond by the start of the 20th century.

It was early in that century that Rachel Munson Williams Proctor, prominent Utica benefactor, and her husband, Frederick Proctor, having visited the sisters’ London convent, determined that the city to which both their families had given so much, could nevertheless benefit from what the sisters were able to offer. The Society of St. Margaret in Boston, was open to Rachel’s request for help, and it was decided that two of the sisters would be allowed to settle in Utica in 1912. This move led to

The Tepee, no longer a stop along the way.

It’s the destination!

A Unique Array of Sweet Treats!

CHERRY VALLEY NEW YORK Since 1950!

7632 Hwy. 20 607-264-3987 CALL FOR HOURS www.thetepee.biz 6

New Name, New Products!

Christmas Open House • Dec. 11th, 11am-6pm Giveaways, Samples, & Special Sales!

531 Varick St., Utica • 315 765-6463

Open Tues-Fri 11-6, Sat 11-4 • www.facebook.com/sosweetcandyshoppe

the establishment of St. Margaret’s Corporation of Utica three years later and the opening of the first St. Margaret’s House on Clark Place. The site continued in use until the mansion on Jordan Road was completed some 22 years later on land purchased in 1929 with funds originating from the wills of Rachel and Frederick Proctor.

For Elizabeth Gillett, an Episcopal priest and St. Margaret’s House chaplain, the facility has always been “a place of nurture and respite… where people can be inspired.” “It’s homey,” Gillett observed. “There isn’t a lot of noise, there are lots of places to relax both indoors and outside, and it doesn’t look at all like an institution.” St. Margaret’s House offers 21 bedrooms, a chapel, a capacious great room and dining room, a library, a large garden area, and more. The spaces are airy and inviting, seating is comfortable and abundant, and the landscaped grounds provide additional space for those seeking time alone or with friends.

“I think,” Gillett said, “that many are very hungry for this kind of quiet in their lives. In the silence, people have an opportunity to get in touch with their inner selves. This is something they may not be able to do while at home.”

The nuns of the Sisters of St. Margaret remained in residence at the house until 2009, when, death and aging having taken their toll and markedly diminished their numbers, those left returned to their mother house in Boston. But Gillett said that during their many decades of residence, the house was “a place of prayer.” She feels that something, a kind of “residue” that has in some way lingered, serves as a continuing legacy of their tenure.

Gillett conducts services in the chapel on Wednesdays from noon to 12:30 p.m. Lunch follows. People who are regular attenders have come to know each other and developed friendships, but new faces, she said, are always welcome. Organized retreats with various focuses are periodically offered, and rooms are available for those wishing to remain overnight. On the other hand, retreats can also be very informal, defined by however the participants wish.

“Quiet days” are another possibility and are open to anyone, as is true of all house offerings.

These typically run from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. and are divided into 15-minute segments during which participants focus on specific meditations, leave the group to spend time alone, then return to the group. The day is punctuated by time in the chapel and lunch. Although the first sisters were Anglican, St. Margaret’s, with roots in the Episcopal church, is a non-profit, ecumenical organization with a board of directors, and is open to all. St. Margaret’s programs are supported through

SO MUCH MORE THAN A HARDWARE STORE. 8689 Summit Rd., Sauquoit, NY LincolnDavies.com | (315) 839-5740

Rachel Munson Williams Proctor and her husband, Frederick, helped establish St. Margaret’s House in Utica.

Wishing You a Safe and Happy Thanksgiving!

KITCHENS STARTING AT

9 5 1 Kitchens $

/mo

Starting at

$

159

/MO

12 MONTHS NO INTEREST WHEN PAID IN FULL

Specializing in Weddings & Banquets

EXCEPTIONAL CUISINE • COMPETITIVE PRICING PROFESSIONAL WAIT STAFF ACCOMMODATIONS UP TO 200 GUESTS WEDDING RECEPTIONS • REHEARSAL DINNERS • BRIDAL & BABY SHOWERS FAMILY REUNIONS • BUSINESS MEETINGS • ALL OCCASION PARTIES

Now Booking Parties!

Friday Night Fish Fry: 4-8pm Our Dining Room is Open!

16 Erie St. Yorkville, NY 13495 (315) 736-9359 www.clubmonarch.net

7

suggested donations.

In 1987, very much in sync with Neale’s vision, St. Margaret’s founded Emmaus House, a temporary shelter in Utica providing 15 beds for homeless women and their young children. Families, who typically remain from a few days to several months, are placed by the Oneida County Department of Social Services, which provides assistance including counseling and help as residents search for more permanent housing and jobs.

Cheryl Logan, a member of St. Margaret’s board of directors since 2001 and its current president, has been involved with St. Margaret’s in one way or another since she was 12.

She and her sisters participated in the Girls’ Friendly Society, a social group based at Utica’s Grace Episcopal Church. She was essentially unaware of St. Margaret’s until several of the sisters became involved with the Friendly Society, organizing arts and crafts classes, story hours, and providing lunch every weekday between 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. Eventually, the group’s activities were moved to St. Margaret’s. It was Father James Cardone of Grace Church who would eventually recommend Logan for a seat on St. Margaret’s board.

The sisters’ departure from the house following a tenure of 97 years marked a significant change for the local program.

“When they left,” Logan recalled, “it took us about a year to revamp; we had to hire new staff and rethink a lot of things, but we did it. No one wanted us to close our doors.”

Today, St. Margaret’s House, with its welcoming, ecumenical philosophy, substantial interior spaces, and outdoor gardens, functions as a sanctuary, ready and available to meet the needs of both gathering groups and individuals seeking time to think their private thoughts. St. Margaret’s might also prove just the place to enjoy quilting, playing bridge, or singing with a group.

“We try to make everyone feel comfortable,” Logan said. “What can be found at St. Margaret’s is for anybody, from any walk of life, no matter what their religious background.”

“I feel a presence when I go there,” she added, echoing a feeling Elizabeth Gillett had earlier expressed when she noted that whenever she is in the house, she has the sense that the nuns have left something of themselves behind.

Logan couldn’t agree more. “There is a – ‘something,’ “ she said. “It’s just there.” •

WWW.HBEGROUP.COM

St. Margaret’s Ecumenical and Retreat Center in Utica offers a quiet place for study and spiritual refreshment.

Oneida County History Center 1608 Genesee St, Utica (315) 735-3642

Open Tues.-Fri. 10-4, Sat 10-2 www.oneidacountyhistory.org

LIKE US ON FACEBOOK

Insurance...We Can Help Superior Protection for your Car, Home and Business

DOLGEVILLE 315-429-3181

HERKIMER 315-866-3140

NEWPORT 315-845-8253

adirondack journal

To Honor the Legacy of Young Adult Author, Gary Paulsen

story & photos by Gary VanRiper

Somewhere under the camp dock is a wedding ring that was lost many, many years ago and inspired the short story, A Story with a Ring to It.

Mills Electrical Supply Over 50 Years in Business Your Headquarters for All Your Electrical & Lighting Needs!

LI

.

A

MO

O

em

ll B e a d & G

SHOP ONLINE OR IN-STORE

411 Canal Place • Little Falls (315) 823-0454

DI

Hi

ll

315-337-5760 Open M-F 7-5 739 Erie Blvd West, Rome www.millselectricalsupplyny.com

LE FAL TT

LS

www.fallhillbeadandgem.com Fa

• Electrical Supplies • Indoor/Outdoor Lighting • Commerical and Residential • New Contractors Welcome

ND

C

9

Near the eve of the deadline for this issue of Mohawk Valley Living a post came to my attention that legendary children’s author, Gary Paulsen, had died. I have read many of Gary Paulsen’s books over the years. Multiple volumes are in our family library, including his recently published memoir, Gone to the Woods.

Somehow, and despite the fact that he is so well known for writing survival stories that captivate young people that are set in the great outdoors, I had never read his Newbery Honor book, Hatchet.

I happened to pick up a copy several weeks ago while at a meeting for an event in the Adirondacks regarding our own children’s books, and could not put it down. That led me to race through the Brian saga of books that followed the further adventures of Hatchet’s protagonist in the wild. And just days before Paulsen’s sudden passing I had discovered and finished, Guts, a non-fiction volume he wrote about his personal experiences in the wilderness which he drew upon while writing Brian’s adventures. It was like taking a writing class from one of the all-time greats on the powerful influence real-life experiences can have in helping to craft the stories you tell.

It got me thinking about the books my son and I have been writing for young people over the past twenty years. Our personal experiences in the outdoors have not been nearly as dramatic as Paulsen’s – that is, we have never been attacked (nearly fatally) by a moose, or almost suffocated in a cloud of mosquitoes while paddling a canoe, or dragged a slain deer several miles over several days in the rain from a swamp to get it home. But we have definitely drawn on a number of experiences during the many years exploring the Adirondacks have shown up in our stories.

There was the time we ran out of gas near the lighthouse on Fourth Lake in the family’s small motorboat we all affectionately call, “the puttputt.” Resorting to the heavy and painful wooden oars in the vain attempt to get us back camp made its way into our third

Family Monuments Mausoleums & Columbariums Granite Cleaning & Repairs Cemetery Lettering Pre-Need Memorials

Preplanning Provides Peace of Mind

Gina Trzepacz-Timpano 10

(315) 736-1781 1309 Champlin Ave., Yorkville

Many hours have been spent by real Adirondack kids on the waters of Fourth Lake in the ‘putt-putt.’

Several decades of studying and photographing common loons in their natural habitat has provided rich material to draw from for storytelling.

book in the chapter entitled, “Row, Row, Row Your Boat.”

The actual loss of a wedding ring years ago through a crack between the boards of the family dock became, A Story with a Ring to It, in our collection of short stories.

And in one of our most recent volumes, the details of a bushwhack to reach a cave allegedly used by the famous trapper and guide French Louie, found its way into Phantom of the Talus Caves.

A teacher who responded to a post I had put on our Facebook author’s page about all of this suggested we could honor Paulsen’s legacy by passing on these sentiments to students during our school presentations.

We plan to do exactly that, and will take what has been learned from Paulsen’s work, hopefully, to make our own work even better! •

Gary VanRiper is an author, photographer, and pastor at the Camden Wesleyan Church.

He has written 19 children’s books with his son, Justin.

Learn more at: www.adirondackkids.com

Black Cat ANTIQUES & GIFTS A little bit country, a little bit primitive!

Furniture, handmade felt wall hangings and pillows, silk wreaths & arrangements, Warm Glow candles and more!

14 East Main St. Earlville (315) 691-5721

Open Tues-Fri: 9-4, Sat: 9-2, Closed Sun & Mon

• children’s bookstore • reading tutoring • arts enrichment • literacy enrichment • birthday parties Shop with us Small Business Saturday Nov. 27th!

Mon: 10-2, Tues-Fri: 10-7, Sat: 10-4

(315) 765-6262 • 587 Main St., New York Mills

Young Justin VanRiper at Moss Lake. Our annual trip became a family tradition.

The details of a long march and bushwhack to a famous Adirondack cave helped keep authentic the action in multiple chapters of the book, Phantom of the Talus Caves.

Szarek’s Succulent Shack Jump-start your garden with our plant starts!

INC.

Our shack is stocked with: Oliver’s Organic Eggs, Kriemhild butter, Jones Family Farm cheeses, Shaw’s Maple products, Heartsease Hill honey, Kelly’s Jellies, and more!

Fresh veggies & scones on Saturdays!

Bicycle Parts & Accessories Celebrating 46 Years!

315.853.5901 • Open Daily 9-4

411 Mohawk St., Herkimer • 315-866-5571

7443 E. South St., Clinton

Repairs on All Makes & Models of Bikes!

315-853-5001

Happy Holidays!

Order early: storemade boneless hams, smoked kielbasa, and a variety of fresh sausages, prime ribs, fillets, crown roast, and fresh lamb!

The 4 Corners in Clark Mills

Thurs & Fri 10-6, Sat 8-1, Tues & Wed by appt.

11

the mvl restaurant guide

cassville n Ope or ay f frid er! n Din

Friday Fish Fry 11:30am-8pm

1/2 lb.

Juicy Angus Burgers!

1717 Route 8, Cassville (315) 839-5000

Open Mon-Thur 6am-2pm, Fri 6am-8pm Sat 6am-1pm, Sun 7am-Noon , Breakfast Served til Noon

CLINTON

Visit our New website!

1

#

Primo Pizza

Where good friends Meet to Eat! Enjoy breakfast or a quick lunch!

Enjoyprimopizza.com

315-381-3231

The Most Unique Upside Down Pizza You Ever Tasted!

Celebratining 13 Years !

Clinton

8170 Seneca Tpke., Clinton (315) 732-3631 Mon-Fri 7am-2pm, Sat & Sun 7am-1pm

MVL Ad_Layout 1 7/8/15 3:05 PM Page 1

cold brook

Weekday Specials Tues- 20” X-Large Cheese Pizza . . . $11.95 Wed- Sm. Cheese Pizza & 20 Boneless Wings $19.00 Thurs- 2 Large Cheese Pizzas . . . $18.99 (plus tax / toppings extra)

Specialty Rolls

2755 13324 826-5050 2755 State State Rt Rt.8,8,Cold ColdBrook, Brook,NY NY• (315)•826-5050

Mon. 4 -Open 9pm • Thurs, Tues. Closed Wed. - Sun.Sun 12 Noon Fri &•Sat 12-9, 12-8- 9pm Great Food • Great Spirits • Great Times Not taking

LifeOffering is Good atFare The& Ohio Tavern!Reservations Pub Daily Specials!

Forestport

Sausage...........$11.95 Spinach............$11.95 Antipasto........$13.75 Sausage & Greens . . . $14.50 Stromboli........$11.95

Tomato Pie

Please order one day in advance $9.50 +tax

Tues-Thurs: 11am-8:30pm, Fri & Sat: 11am-9:30pm, Sun: 1pm-8pm

7756 Route 5, Clinton Located next door to Spaghetti Kettle • Enjoyprimopizza.com

lEE Center

us o m Fa Food! for

Over Port sized ions

Book your Holiday party today!

(315) 533-7229

STEAKHOUSE Lunch • Dinner American Fare • Full Menu Available

Prime Rib Special - Fri & Sat T-Bone Special - Daily

Open: Wednesday & Thursday: 4-8, Friday, Saturday & Sunday: Noon-8:30

10626 North Lake Road, Forestport • 315-392-7077

12

Dine In & Take Out

Quality Food • Fresh Ingredients Relaxing Atmosphere • Offering Daily Specials!

5345 Lee Center-Taberg Rd., Lee Center

New Hours! Thurs 3-9, Fri 12-9, Sat 3-9, Sun 3-8, Closed Mon-Wed • www.gonecoastalrestaurant.com

little falls

New Hartford

MARCY

Open Daily 7am-3pm

823-3290

Breakfast, Lunch, Homemade Soups & Sandwiches and our delicious Desserts Including our Famous Cream Puffs!

Canal Place, Little Falls Next to Showcase Antiques

9663 River Rd., Marcy

Order your Christmas Cookie Trays now!

Take Out & Delivery!

315-797-7709

Fresh Haddock Giambotta Mushroom Stew Chicken & Biscuits Meatloaf Goulash & More!

Phoenician R E S TAU R A N T Please wear mask until you are seated.

Call ahead for parties of 5-10.

We are excited and hope to see everyone soon!

Specials and our full menu available for takeout and curbside pickup.

Mon-Thu 6am-1pm, Fri 6am-7pm, Sat 6am-Noon, Sun 7am-Noon

Mon-Sat 11:30am - 8pm 623 French Road New Hartford (315) 733-2709

New Hartford

Homemade comfort foods Full menu available!

23 beers on tap, specializing in NY State craft beers! u

2020 u

best BEST OF THE

VOTED #1

Eat In, Take Out & Curbside Pickup!

#1 - Best Local Bar #1 - Best Wings!

Open at 11am daily 10 Clinton Rd., New Hartford www.killabrewsaloon.com • (315) 732-9733

“We are your home town pizzeria!”

past 5 years!

Voted #1 pizza for

(315) 736-4549 • Open 7 days a week • 4462 Commercial Dr., New Hartford www.tonyspizzeriaanddeli.com

rome

Utica

Dine In & Take Out

Taking orders for Pies & Holiday Cookie Trays!

Thank you for your support!

Reservations appreciated

Gluten Free Appetizers, Pastas, Entrees, & Desserts!

(315) 33PIZZA

615 Erie Blvd. W., Rome

Open: Mon, Thurs, & Fri: 4-9pm Sat: 12-9pm, Sun: 3-8pm, Closed Tues & Wed

ur Check out o menu on Offering Grab-n-Go meals, Salads, & Deli items!

DiCastro’s BRICK OVEN

Wed-Sun: 7am-2pm UTICA: 1256 Albany St. • 315-790-5200 Hours: Wed-Fri 10am-2pm WHITESBORO: 103 Main St. • 315-768-1462 Hours: Sat & Sun 7am-1pm

Utica -Regular Order Pickup Hours-

Monday T hr ough Fr iday -9:00 A M To 1:00 PM*Other Pickup Times Available ,If Necessary*

Place Your Thanksgiving Orders; For Our, Jarred Products, Ready To Cook Meals, Handmade-Always Fresh-Never Frozen-Cookies, Pusties And More!!

Call To Order And Schedule A Pickup Date And Time!!

Look For Our Christmas Ordering Information Coming Soon!!

-www.sammyandanniefoods.com-

Sheri’s

EASTSIDE DINER Breakfast • Lunch Homemade & Fresh Daily!

Breakfast & Lunch Catering Available

Breakfast Sandwiches Deli-Style Wraps/Sandwiches Salads, Soups & more!

Homemade Baked Goods & Multi-Color Bagels - a kid’s favorite!

Friday Fish Fry • Breakfast Served All Day

2199 Bleecker St., Utica (315) 790-5250 Open 7 Days a Week, 7am-2pm

Free Delivery(min. $25) • Family Owned & Operated!

219 N. Genesee St., Utica (315) 790-5353 • Open 7 Days a Week

13

Utica

A gift certificate to a local restarant is the gift everyone “loves to return!”

Outside

Breakfast, Lunch, Seating & Grab-and-Go Deliveries, Available!

Take Out & Catering!

Check out our weekly specials on facebook and at www.rososcafe.com

Open: Monday-Friday: 8-2 185 Genesee St 2nd Floor, Utica

315 735-7676

Contemporary American • Indoor Dining Open • Reservations Only

900 Culver Ave., Utica • 315-765-0271 • Open Wed-Sat 4:30-8pm

We can’t wait to see you again!

All staff wearing masks, please wear yours until seated. Visit www.willowsofutica.com

Vernon

whitesboro

Serving Lunch & Dinner Lunches Served Friday & Saturday

Classic Italian to Creative Nightly Specials!

The Vullo Family has been catering to your needs since 1972

Happy Hour Daily 4-7, $2.75 Drafts & $3 Well Mixers

Tuesday: All-U-Can-Eat Spaghetti Wednesday: Pasta and Boneless Wings Specials Thursday: All-U-Can-Eat Chicken Riggies

Call us for your Holiday catering needs!

Dine In, Take Out, & Curbside Pick-Up!

409 Oriskany Blvd., Whitesboro • (315) 736-7869 Catering & Banquet Facilities Available • www.69steakhouse.com

We welcome your Holiday Celebrations!

Yorkville

Call for Reservations

KARAM’S Middle Eastern Bakery & Restaurant

Traditional Lebanese fare for breakfast & lunch!

Middle Eastern Specials & Groceries • Pita & Flat Bread • Spinach & Meat Pies • Baklawa

5656 Route 5, Vernon • (315) 829-2203

www.theblackstallionny.com • Open Wed & Thurs 3-9, Fri & Sat 3-10, Closed Sun, Mon & Tues

14

(315) 736-1728 • 137 Campbell Ave, Yorkville Tues - Fri: 9am -5pm, Sat: 9am - 3pm • www.karamsbakery.com

mv living

antique shopping guide Madison-Bouckville Holiday Open House! November 12th, 13th & 14th, 10am-5pm Canal House Antiques The Gallery Antiques at Pinebrick The Gingham Patch Cider House Antiques Madison Inn Antiques Cobblestone Trading Company Turnpike Antiques The Depot

Valandrea’s Venture Victorian Rose Whistle Post Antiques Whistle Post Creations

For more info about the event go to: www.MadisonBouckville.com

Valandrea’s

Canal House Antiques

Whistle Post Antiques Madison

Victorian

The Gallery Antiques at Pinebrick

Rose

ANTIQUE GALLERY

Earlville

Antique lover on your list?

Jewett’s Cheese

Give the gift of a treasure hunt with a gift certificate to an antique shop!

BlackCat

ANTIQUES

Antiques & Art

Westmoreland Formerly of Barneveld

Now Open!

5475 State Rt 233, Westmoreland Artsy1Antiques@GMail.com

Open Wed- Fri 10-6, Sat & Sun 10-4

7000 Sq. ft Multi Dealer Store!

Furniture: Victorian to Mid-Century Lots of Art! Architectural Salvage Primitives Records, Books, & Collectibles

Celebrating 23 years in business!

Attic Addicts The Queen’s Closet

Pristine, Practical, and Priced Right!

Specializing in estate sales, large and small.

Conducted with respect and dignity.

We take the pressure out of estate liquidation, moving, or downsizing.

Call for a consultation:

(315) 736-9160

Consignment at its Finest!

Clothing, Jewelry Household Items Furniture Open Tues-Fri: 11am-5pm Sat: 11am-3pm New consignment by appointment only

22 Oriskany Blvd., Yorkville (315) 736-9160 Facebook: The Queens Closet & Attic Addicts

15

Black Cat ANTIQUES & GIFTS A little bit country, a little bit primitive!

Furniture, handmade felt wall hangings and pillows, silk wreaths & arrangements, Warm Glow candles and more!

Broad St. Flea Market 601 Second Street, Utica (315) 941-0925 • Wed-Fri 10-5, Sat & Sun 10-4, Closed Mon & Tues

Indoor & Open Year Round!

Large selection of vendors with an even larger variety of items!

14 East Main St. Earlville (315) 691-5721

Open Tues-Fri: 9-4, Sat: 9-2, Closed Sun & Mon

New products from Handmade Soy Candles, Lucky Bamboo, CBD Products to Incense, Jewelry and Zippo Lighters, Craft Items, Furniture & Household Items!

Like Large selection of DVDs & CDs Us!

Multi Dealer Antique Shop

Primitives • Furniture • Artwork Smalls • Antique Accessories

Christm & Holidaas y Items!

Wed-Sat: 10-4, Sun: 11-3 • (315) 264-1755

4803 Rt. 31, Vernon

Inventory always changing-Stop in often! Vendor applications always accepted.

Holiday

Our 45th Fall At The Barn~ Offering Early Antiques Primitive Wares Needfuls Purposeful Stuff Richfield Springs, NY~ Open Most Every Day: 10-5

Open House!

Nov 12-14 10-5

Canal House Hazel Mae’s Antiques Located in the Shoppes Multi-Dealer Shop

Specializing in antique furniture, glassware, jewelry, books, linens and so much more.

at Johnny Appleseeds 3402 Old State Rd, Erieville Rug Hooking • Punch Needle Wool • Supplies • Classes

6737 Route 20, Bouckville (315) 893-7737 Open Thursday - Sunday 10-5

Dawn Marie’s Treasures Clinton Holiday Stroll Nov 26 & 27

Vintage & New Gifts

13 College St., Clinton

(315) 796-9099 • Open 7 days a week, 10-6

It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas in Clinton and at Johnny Appleseed!

ANTIQUE GALLERY

Open in Clinton every day: 10-6 & at Johnny Appleseeds Wed-Sun: 10-5 We have unique and unusual items that make it worth the trip!

6768 Route 20, Bouckville (315) 893-7676

Happy Shopping! Gift cards also available!

Follow us on Facebook!

Fort Plain Antiques & Salvage LLC Y NTOR

INVE CTION REDUALE S F OFG IN 30% RYTH EVE STOCK IN

SHOP HOURS: Wed - Sat from 10 - 5 Also by Appointment • Closed Sun-Mon-Tues

Like Us On Facebook!

55 Willett St., Fort Plain, NY • www.fortplainantiques.com • 518-993-1045 • 518-332-0395

16

Open Apr-Oct: 10-5 daily; Nov-Dec: 10-4 daily January-March: Friday, Saturday, Sunday: 10-4 www.depotantiquegallery.com

Check out the sale at Fort Plain Antiques!

Our lovely gallery offers a full range of antiques, fine furniture, & vintage collectibles!

Holiday

Open House!

Nov 12-14 10-5

The Gallery Antiques at Pinebrick A multi-dealer shop specializing in advertising, petroliana, lamps, glass, furniture & quality smalls.

Look for our 1960s Texaco sign!

(315) 893-7752

6790 Rte 20, Bouckville

Holiday

Open House!

Nov 12-14 10-5

Little Falls

An antique treasure hunt makes a perfect gift!

Buy a gift certificate at one of our antiques shops!

Antique Center

MADISON INN ANTIQUES FURNITURE • TOOLS BOOKS • COLLECTIBLES GLASS • PRIMITIVE

Holiday Open House!

Nov 12-14, 10-5 Sign up here for a chance to win a

Wine & Chocolate Basket!

7417 St Rte 20 • Madison 315-893-7639 Open Thurs-Sun 10-5

Shop for the Holidays Now!

More than 50 vendors on 2 floors!

Layaway & Gift Certificates Available!

Antiques • Art • Crafts Open 6 days a week, 10-5 Closed Tues

All kinds of Unique Vendors under one roof. Artisans, Crafters, Antiques to Retro, Food Items too!

Handicapped-accessible

315-823-4309 Thruway Exit 29A, 25 West Mill St., Little Falls www.littlefallsantiquecenter.com

We’re Worth the Trip…

Vendors Wanted!

142 North Main Street, Herkimer • 315-628-1506 or 315-219-9195 Like us on Facebook!

Open Tues & Wed: 10-5, Thurs: 10-6, Fri:1 0-5, Sat: 10-4, Sun: Closed A Division of Herkimermall, LLC www.MohawkValleyCommunityMarket.com

Over 160 Vendor booths and display cases!

Discover our many unique treasures and find the perfect Holiday Gifts!

100 E. Main St., Mohawk (Thruway Exit 30)

(315) 219-5044 www.mohawkantiquesmall.com

MOHAWK ANTIQUES MALL

Mon, Wed-Sat: 10-5, Sun: 11:30-4:30 Closed Tuesdays

The Online Exchange, LLC Offering all types of Auction and Appraisal Services

What’s in your attic?

(973) 984-6900 • www.nyeandcompany.com

We Can Help You Buy, Sell, & Trade Globally!

Registered user of ebay

Now an FFL dealer!

(315) 429-5111 • 6338 St. Rt. 167, Dolgeville

17

ESTATE & HOUSE SALES APPRAISALS ALWAYS BUYING

Holiday Open House 2021

Thurs-Sat between Thanksgiving & Christmas We are following Covid guidelines. Masks preferred. To allow for social distancing we are extending our Open House sale. Mention this ad for the 50% off discount or download the coupon from: www.thepottingshedantiques.com

Vintage, Gold, & Sterling Silver Jewelry, Coins, Glass, China, Furniture, Americana, Advertising, Art, Lighting, and more!

Bring Friends & Family Make Holiday Memories!

Keep your Holiday Tradition!

Renewed & Rescued Quality Consignments & More

Consigners wanted!

Household Items & Decor Refinished Furniture, Jewelry, Local Artisan Products 142 N. Main Street, Herkimer

(315) 628-1506 • Tues - Fri 10-5, Sat & Sun 10-2

THE POTTING SHED

Holiday

ANTIQUES Mention this ad for

Open House!

50% OFF EVERYTHING!* 11/26 thru 12/24

Purchase any Antique Ornament from our 10’ tree & you could win a $25 gift card! Nov. 26-Dec. 24

*except coins and gold jewelry

315-736-5214 Don & Nancy Hartman, 52 Oriskany Blvd., Whitesboro (Next to Kinney’s)

Weeden’ s Mini Mall Annual Christmas Open House!

Nov 12-14 10-5

5,000 square foot Multi-Dealer Store Best Variety Vintage Christmas

Painted and Repurposed

103 Showcases & 26 Display Booths

6831 Indian Opening Rd., Bouckville

375 Canal Place, Little Falls (315) 823-1177 Next door to Ann Street Deli

Showcase Antiques of CNY

Vintage & Antique Furniture Open Sat & Sun 10-4 (315) 893-7162

Open Daily 10-5, Closed Wed www.showcaseantiquesofcny.com

Victorian

Rose

Vintage, Antiques, Crafts & Collectibles

315-893-1786 Open Daily 10-5

Holiday

Open House!

Nov 12-14 10-5

3371 Maple Ave., Bouckville www.victorianrosevintage.com

STOP

and see what’s new at Whistle Post Antiques!

Whistle Post Antiques

November 13th & 14th , 10-5 8056 Route 13, Blossvale (Located 4 miles North of Sylvan Beach) (315) 245-0458 Open 10-5 every day

18

Specializing in Lionel Trains Holiday Handcrafted signs & decor We Buy & Sell!

Open House! Custom orders available Nov 12-14 (315) 838-0144 (315) 893-7604 10-5

6845 St. Rt. 20 Bouckville Hours: Sat & Sun: 10-4

The Everyday Adventures of Mohawk Valley Girl

ironrock brewing co. in Little Falls

What could be better than a beer with a friend? How about a locally brewed craft beer in a distinctive setting, and a great conversation with the guy that brewed it? Even better! I have enjoyed beer, wine, and conversation on several occasions at Ironrock Brewing in Little Falls.

The first time I went was in 2020 with my friend, Kim Darling. They had been brewing for a while and finally opened a tasting room. I called Kim and said, “Let’s go!”

The building is near Canal Place. You can get there by going left or right on the big bridge. Kim and I went right and drove right by the turn! That was okay, though, because we were on an adventure. Without resorting to Google, we found the place.

They were doing a good business when we walked in – socially distanced, of course. A nice young man invited us to sit where we liked and a waitress would be right with us. One tall table was still free. I love tall tables! This one was right next to an open overhead door, so we had a nice view of the outside as well as the inside.

We ordered a flight of beers: Blonde, Pumpkin Ale, Ironrock IPA, all three of which are brewed by Ironrock; and a 1911 Black Cherry Hard Cider, which Kim especially wanted. When I mentioned that I wanted to write an article for Mohawk Valley Living magazine, the waitress said she would send the owner over to talk to us. It was the nice young man who had first welcomed us.

Before our beer arrived, I walked around, loving the décor and snapping a few pictures. We later found out that the building was once Andrew Little and Sons Lumber Yard. A couple of vintage signs on the wall attest to the fact. The building retains its character with bare beams and unfinished walls.

There are two rooms. In the second room there is a bar, which looks like a good place for a band (although I later found there was a nice space for a band in the main room), and an intriguing semi-private room. When I told Kim about the room, we immediately began making plans to meet there with other theatre friends, to discuss a murder mystery or the return of summer Shakespeare with LiFT (Little Falls Theatre Company).

I had tasted all four glasses of our flight when we were joined by Mike George,

Barney’s Angels

Dog Sitting & Daycare

(315) 525-3330 • Home Environment • Clean & Safe • Friendly • Spacious • Daily FB videos

4361 Acme Road, Ilion

Big dogs welcome too!

www.barneysangelsdogsitters.com

Flight of beers at Ironrock Brewing Co., including Blonde, the seasonal Pumpkin Ale, and Ironrock IPA

Phil Arcuri performing at Ironrock Brewing Co. in Little Falls

We Are Open!

Jewett’s Cheese House

A family business since 1970 NY State aged cheddar 1-20 years old!

Over 400 items of cheese & gourmet foods.

(800) 638-3836 934 Earlville Road, Earlville (between Poolville and Earlville) Open Mon-Fri: 9:30-5, Most Sundays 10:30-3, closed Sat. www.jewettscheese.com

Horn’s Family Farm

Pasture Raised Beef Farm Raised Pork Goat Meat Cuts Range Free Eggs (Chicken & Duck) Frozen Chicken Other Local Products

Support Local Farmers!

Live Better with Farm to Table.

See our new line of products!

Fresh Thanksgiving Turkeys!

9629 Main St., Remsen • (315) 941-7539 Tues-Fri: Noon-6, Sat: 10-3 • www.hornsfamilyfarm.com

19

owner and head brewer of Ironrock. He recognized Mohawk Valley Girl (and friend) from the article I wrote about Heelpath Brewing in Frankfort.

How flattering for me! He also remembered my admitted lack of sophistication when it came to my tasting notes. He undertook to give me a brief seminar, or Beer 101 about flavor compounds.

I took a few notes but foolishly did not go over them again till much later, with the result that I am not sure what I meant by some of them. I learned that the Blonde is lighter in body; Pumpkin is more malty. Malt is the grain that is used. Hops, which are flowers, bring the bitterness to offset the malt. I took a picture of some hops.

I guess I will need further instruction. For now, I will say my favorite beer of the day was the Ironrock IPA, which I pronounced, “Yummy.” Regular readers of my blog will know that that is my highest accolade.

After a flight, we switched to wine. For one reason, I get bloated if I drink too much beer. For another, they have 1,000 Islands Winery wines!

One of my favorites! I enjoyed a glass of their Cabernet Sauvignon, which I cannot find in any of the area liquor stores. Kim got her favorite, Moscato.

Mike also told us a bit about the beginnings of Ironrock. He was originally a hobby winemaker, but when a friend started growing hops, they decided to try making beer. On the first batch they tried, every bottle blew up! Luckily for us, they persevered. The result is an excellent product, available at a lovely spot to relax and enjoy.

I have been back to Ironrock on several occasions since. They do not serve food, but Mangia Macrina’s Woodfired Pizza is right nearby at Canal Place, and they are happy to deliver. Ironrock staff keep copies of the menu for your convenience. Additionally, food trucks often visit.

In September, Ironrock hosted the Iron Rock Run, which was sponsored by Rock City Runners. It was a four-and-a-half-mile course, beginning and ending at the brewery. A run followed by beer? Yes, please! (Full disclosure: after running, all I really wanted was water. Eventually, I managed to sip a glass of wine –1,000 Islands Winery Chardonnay. Yum! While I recovered from my exertions, we enjoyed music by the Bea-

Steven and Jenna Lazovik

The busy bar at Ironrock Brewing Co., in Little Falls

LIQUORS & WINES

Local Artisan Cheese Curd Our Cows, Our Milk, Our Cheese

Happy Thanksgiving!

Farm store open dailyaged cheese, ground beef, eggs and more. (315) 831-3276

Check our website for new Holiday shipping options.

9628 Prospect Rd., Remsen

www.grassycowdairy.com

Kitchen & Bath Cabinets Hardwood Flooring & Countertops

Cabinetry for Every Budget!

315-822-0010

20

Showroom Open Tues 11-6, Wed-Sat 11-4 or by appt. www.knottybynature.com

OPEN 7 DAYS A WEEK! Mon-Sat 9am-9pm, Sun 12pm-6pm

HALF & FULL CASE DISCOUNTS

8231 State Route 12, Barneveld (315) 896-4444

PULASKI MEAT MARKET

FREE In-Home Estimates Installation Available Corner of Rte. 8 & 20, Bridgewater

Welcome to the Station!

Cabinetry by Shiloh, Aspect & Waypoint

Homemade Polish Foods Variety of Kielbasa • Cold Cuts Pierogi • Golabki

1201 Lenox Ave., Utica • (315) 732-8007

www.polishfoodutica.com • Mon-Fri: 9-5, Sat: 9-4:30, Sun: Closed

Holiday trays made to order!

dle Brothers Band. We had not heard of them before, but we liked them. The Jimmy Wolf Band was scheduled to play later, another new group for us. However, I had to go home and shower, and we did not return.

We returned for more music on a recent Sunday and grooved to the sounds of one of our favorite local musicians, Phil Arcuri. It is always great to watch him play because it is obvious that he is having a good time. We also like to sing along with some of the songs: “Oh where, or where can my baby be? The Lord took her away from me!”

I usually bring my tablet along to take pictures for my blog. I asked some people sitting at the bar if I could take their pictures for such a purpose. A man said I could if I gave him $500.

“I do not have $500,” I told him.

“In that case,” he said, “go ahead and take the picture.”

You can follow Ironrock on Facebook to find out when musicians and/or food trucks will be there. •

Ironrock Brewing Co. 56 West Mill St., Little Falls

Open Thurs & Fri: 3-9pm, Sat: noon-9pm, Sun: noon-5pm (315) 508-5313 Cynthia M. Quackenbush, a.k.a. “Mohawk Valley Girl,” follow her frugal fun at: mohawkvalleygirl.wordpress.com

Dr. Ginger Oliver, PT, AIB-VR/CON

Dr. Ryan Oliver, PT

Physical Therapy

• Orthopedics & Sports Physical Therapy • Vestibular, Concussion & Neurological Rehabilitation • Medical & Fall Prevention Physical Therapy • Health & Wellness Memberships

Our mission is to positively impact the health & wellness of community members locally, nationally & globally.

Ask us about our rehabilitation & wellness clinic in Haiti!

Now accepting new clients. Call us today!

2504 Genesee St. Utica • (315) 765-0063

The Beadle Brothers Band rocking Ironrock Brewing Co. in Little Falls

Be a part of Clinton’s history by making a donation to the Once in a Generation Capital Campaign!

In celebration of the Kirkland Art Center’s 60th Anniversary, the KAC has launched its first capital campaign in 30 years to address two priorities: 1. Make urgently needed renovations and repairs to the roof and windows.

2. Build a new culinary arts program in response to community interest.

Help preserve this cultural anchor for the Village of Clinton and Town of Kirkland. Invest in the next 60 years of exhibitions, art and dance classes, concerts, performances, and community events that help make Clinton and Kirkland a desirable place to live, work, and study.

½ East Park Row Please consider a donation by check or by9 credit card online.

PO Box 213

Kirkland Art Center, 9 1/2 East Park Row, PO Box 213, Clinton, 13323 Clinton, NYNY 13323 www.kacny.org •315-853-8871

The Kirkland Art Center is a registered 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization (EIN15-0618473).

Your donation is tax deductible as allowable by law.

MV NATURE

nature in november story and photos by Matt Perry November is a true transition month. Typically, it is fall-like at its inception, and by its conclusion, we are in the throes of winter. Plants and trees finish shutting down photosynthesis during November. Most deciduous trees have shed their leaves and perennial plants have died back to the ground. Tree and plant roots, tubers, and bulbs become depositories of energy, which they will keep sequestered until spring. As for wildlife, they deal with the change of season in myriad ways. Some, like most migratory birds, depart the northeastern US and head south to more amenable climes. Other animals, like bats and Black Bears hibernate. Some, like Woodchucks and Eastern Chipmunks, go into a state of near hibernation, while Beavers, squirrels, rabbits, and virtually all mammalian carnivores, remain active. Omnivores like Raccoons, Striped Skunks, and Virginia Opossums stay semi-active, venturing out to feed only on milder days.

Amphibians and reptiles largely disappear from the environment before winter locks in. Turtles enter a state of torpor before the cold weather comes. They bury themselves in the mud at the bottom of ponds; their metabolic activity slows significantly; they stop breathing and feeding, and they begin their long wait for spring.

By contrast, far from becoming less active, White-tailed Deer increase their activity

levels in November. Midfall marks the start of the breeding season for deer.

This is also referred to as “rut” or the “rutting season”. As female deer (does) enter estrus, male deer (bucks) seek them out. A buck may travel miles to locate a doe and, along the way, may enter into combat with other bucks. Autumn is the time when deer generally do a lot of moving around. Besides activities associated with breeding, deer are compelled to move across the country to find new sources of food. In late fall and winter, they must cover far more territory to feed themselves than in summer. Of course, in summer, foliage is plentiful, and to deer, virtually there’s a salad bar everywhere they turn.

Like the deer, birds continue to be highly active in November. Those species that spend the winter here are obliged to spend most of their time foraging for food. Small songbirds like chickadees and nuthatches must be relentless in their search for seeds, berries, and dormant insects.

With small birds, the balance of stored energy to energy expended is a delicate one. To fuel their heightened foraging activities, they need to feed more, and more intensive foraging meets more energy consumed. If they fail to eat enough to meet their energy demands, they risk dying from

Visit us 7 days a week at...

The Eclectic Chic

2044 Glenwood Plaza Oneida, NY 13421

Open 10am – 5pm daily /shop/betweenussisters /betweenussisters

22

Female Deer

exposure to the cold.

One thing I make a point to do in November is to assess the fruit, seed, and nut production of the woods and other habitats at our nature preserve. Getting a handle on the wild food supply will give me an idea of what birds and other animals will be able to spend the winter with us. Of course, by November much of the wild food has already fallen from the trees; it has already been collected and/or eaten by wildlife. What remains in the trees is no longer hidden by foliage and is therefore easy to survey. It has been a good year for apple production, but most of the wild apple trees drop their fruit before November, and so their bounty will be largely depleted by month’s end. Crabapple trees and Hawthorns tend to keep their fruit on their branches longer but, this year they were not as prolific as the apple trees.

Still, overwintering flocks of American Robins and Cedar Waxwings will be able to utilize what they do have. Reputedly, ungrafted Washington Hawthorns may take 18 years before they begin producing fruit and ours took every bit of that time. This year our largest Washington Haw-

thorns have plenty of tiny thorn apples clinging to their branches.

I expect this fruit to be popular with foraging birds. If we are fortunate, Bohemian Waxwings and Pine Grosbeaks may be among those vying for a share.

Wild grape vines occur in many places around the nature preserve and they were especially prolific this year. Grapes attract a wide variety of birds, but they also draw in mammals. Famously, Gray Foxes will climb into the vines to feed on them. Fishers are also known to feed on wild grapes. In our swamp, the Winterberry bushes are covered with bright red berries. The glossy fruit will be utilized by overwintering flocks of Robins, Bluebirds, and perhaps a Hermit Thrush or two. Oriental Bittersweet is an invasive vine that is common in the Mohawk Valley, and we have more than our share of it in our woods. The non-native bittersweet seldom experiences a poor fruit production year. Its attractive yellow-sheathed, red berries are eaten by some wildlife including Cedar Waxwings.

However, it seems that no bird really favors it, and only turns to it when there is little else available. European Buckthorn is another example of an invasive species in the region that rarely fails to produce a large number of berries. The small dark berries are another food of last resort for fruit-eating birds. Unfortunately, buckthorn berries have a strong laxative effect on the birds and, if they consume too many, it can cause sickness and even death.

Every two to eight years American Beech trees produce a bumper crop of nuts. The trees synchronize with each other to flood the market with their seed, thereby ensuring that at least some will survive the gauntlet of feathered and furry consumers to successfully germinate in the spring. As it happens, this year is not a beechnut glut year. A few beech trees did produce nuts, but it is far from the

A Raccoon sleeps in a tree cavity

Cranberry Viburnum berries

Oriental Bittersweet berries

Porcupines remain active in winter

Pulse LMR ad Rev 3.75x5_Layout 1 5/21/2014 1:36 PM Page 1

LUXURY

TM

MOBILE RESTROOMS A Division of Mohawk Ltd.

You’ve worked hard to plan a beautiful outdoor event, the right Luxury Mobile Restroom can make it perfect.

Our restrooms are outfitted with the following amenities...

• Onboard water system • Air conditioned/heated environment • Standard size electric flushing toilets • Complete stereo system • Plus much more • China sinks with hands free faucets

Rental information andand reservations call 315-737-7328 ext 6544 Rental information reservations call 315-570-6548 www.mohawkltd.com/lmr 1523

majority. By contrast, birch trees were quite prolific (which they often are). Seed from Yellow Birch, Paper Birch, River Birch, and Gray Birch will be sought after by finches like American Goldfinches, Pine Siskins, and Common Redpolls. We have many oak trees in our reforestation fields, but they are not mature enough to produce a significant number of acorns. That should change during the next ten years, and the yield of these trees should increase exponentially. When they do, there will be much more available forage for deer, Wild Turkeys, Wood Ducks, and many other animals.

In our old woods, the Bitternut Hickory trees are one of several nut tree species that produced a decent crop of nuts. Unlike the other species, the hickories retained a significant number of nuts in their branches right into November. The literature tells us that nuts from these hickories are bitter (hence the name) and are often neglected by wildlife. However, I regularly come by evidence that contradicts that claim. The chewed open husks and pieces of nutshells strewn around the forest floor indicate that squirrels are feeding on them. Very few of our planted Red Cedars and Bayberries produced fruit this year. Although the two species couldn’t be more different, both thrive in the same dry meadow habitat, and both produce highly aromatic bluish berries. Cedar Waxwings are said to relish the fruit of the Red Cedar, but to date, I have yet to catch one in the act of eating them.

As November comes to a close, and fall takes on more aspects of winter, life for most wild denizens becomes more challenging. For nature enthusiasts, seeing any wildlife at all can also be a challenge. While the winter landscape with its leafless trees and snow-covered fields looks like frozen desolation, it is anything but, and that will be the subject of December’s nature column. •

Downy Woodpeckers remain in the region for the winter

The Olde

Male deer wander the countryside

Located in Munnsville, Custom Woodcraft has been handcrafting wood furniture and designing beautiful cabinetry since 1979.

You’re not just buying cabinets, you’re investing in a tradition.

Kountry Market w

Your Source for:

Gift Boxes-Shipped!

Homemade Pies Bulk Foods & Spices Canned Goods, Candies, Jams, Deli Meats & Cheeses, Yogurt, Baked Goods, Outdoor Furniture, Gifts & More!

Custom Woodcraft Quality Cabinetry & Furniture Crafted exclusively for you

6505 Route 5, Vernon, NY 13476 (315) 829-3035 Mon-Wed 9-5, Thur-Fri 9-6, Sat 9-4

24

2509 Perry Shumaker Road Munnsville (315) 843-4234

1-800-843-3202

mohawk valley Gardens & recipes

growing cranberries at home by denise A. Szarek

Growing cranberries may seem a far-fetched idea in the home garden, but it is plausible when you have the right conditions.

Cranberries are woody, low-growing perennial vines. Native to the temperate zones of the northeast coast, from southern Canada all the way to the Appalachian mountain range in the south. Cranberries are often grown commercially in water, but contrary to popular belief, actually flourish when grown on dry land.

Cranberry plants grow runners measuring from 1 to 6 feet long with dark green, glossy leaves during its growth phase and reddish-brown during the dormant season. Along the runners, short vertical branches develop and form flower buds jutting above the matted vines. From these branches, berries form.

Can you grow cranberries at home? Yes, and now the question is how are cranberries grown in the home garden? The first thing to determine how to grow cranberries is the pH of your garden soil. Cranberries are a member of the Ericaceae family and, as such, are best suited to a soil pH of less than 5. You will want to test your soil to determine pH and also make sure you have very well-draining soil or amend the soil with sand. The second major consideration when attempting cranberry vine care is irrigation. If you have very alkaline water, this will affect the pH of your soil and may render it unsuitable for growing cranberries. The final test, which answers the question, “Can you grow cranberries at home?” is to determine what the climate is like in your region. Cranberry plants need cold weather in order to trigger a dormant phase, approximately three months of temperatures in the 32 to 45 degree F. (0-7 C.) range. Some areas of the country will not be suitable for cranberry planting. When everything above is checked off your list, it’s time for the basics of cranberry vine care. Growing cranberry plants from seed is not recommended. Plants may be obtained through mail order, the Internet, or if you reside in an area of commercial cranberry farms, possibly from a grower. To make things easier, purchase rooted seedlings, which are usually in a 1-inch diameter pot. Plant one rooted cranberry cutting per square foot, which should fill in within one or two years. It is unnecessary to put fertilizer in the hole as

Edward Smith

Your personal handyman!

A quick solution to your everyday problems.

Contractor • Custom Woodworking INSURED • CALL FOR A FREE ESTIMATE

(315) 750-0903 • Frankfort

long as the rooted section is substantial. Plant cranberry plants after the last major frost in the spring depending on your location. Water daily for the first couple of weeks until the seedlings have established and thereafter every couple of days, or keep moist but not drenched. Fertilize every three to four weeks with slow-release fertilizer and follow up regularly with a balanced liquid fertilizer. Hand weed as needed. Protect cranberry vines from damage during winter conditions with a thick layer of mulch such as pine boughs. Snow accumulation may become a protector of sorts as well.

Fruit of the cranberry plants will become apparent the year after planting, but more likely the second year depending on the number of pollinators visiting your cranberry plot.

Growing Cranberries in Pots You can grow cranberries in containers. Keep in mind, that cranberry is a low-growing plant, think of it as ground cover, so it might not have enough height to be pleasing for the eye.

Cranberries like acidic soil. In their natural environment, cranberries grow in a moist sandy with organic matter, but not waterlogged. They grow best in acidic soil with a pH of around 4.5 and prefer full sun to part shade, with protection from frost.

Patience is required when growing cranberries, as they only fruit after 2-3 years of growth. Many gardeners try growing them and give up thinking that they haven’t got soil conditions right.

How do you recreate the complex soil environment that cranberries grow in? The really simple way to grow cranberries is to use a large self-watering pot, I prefer the long trough-shaped self-watering pots, often called ‘planters’ or ‘window boxes’. They have a water reservoir at the bottom which holds a few liters of water, which wicks upwards and keeps the soil moist.

A self-watering pot is basically a sub-irrigation system (which simply means ‘watering from below the soil’), it’s an old technology that has been used extensively for growing indoor plants, and has seen renewed popularity recently in its scaled-up version of a ‘wicking bed’ which gardeners use to grow vegetables.

D O O R

& H A R D WA R E

High Quality Fruits And Vegetables

The handyman’s choice since 1948

5907 State Route 5, Vernon

Lumber • Doors • Windows • Mason’s Supplies Roofing • Insulation • Treated Lumber

Open Saturday: 10-2

(315) 896-2631 Vanderkemp Ave., Barneveld

315-886-9329

www.vernonfarmandmarket.com

Mon-Fri: 7:30am-5pm, Sat: 7:30am-Noon

We Sell & Service

Garage and Entry Doors

Residential & Commercial Family owned and operated for over 50 years!

505 Broad St., Utica

Open M-F 8-4:30 • (315) 735-5577 • www.jmdoor.net

25

To create the acidic environment, fill the container with a potting mix designed for acid-loving plants, such as an azalea & camellia potting mix, and add an appropriate measure of a slow-release acid-loving plant fertilizer (slow-release azalea & camellia fertilizer granules) in spring and autumn to feed the plant.

Elevate the self-watering pot to allow the trailing branches to drape down, as this keeps the plant tidy, and away from the hot concrete ground where it sits, but if you want to allow your cranberry plant to spill over into the garden, by all means, do so.

Even though self-watering pots don’t need topping up often, the whole process of watering can easily be automated if you wish.

Harvesting Cranberries Although commercial growers harvest cranberries by flooding the fields in order to make the cranberries float (and therefore easier to collect), this is not necessary for home growers. The cranberries can simply be picked off the plants by hand.

It is important that you harvest all of the fruit before the first hard winter frost, as cranberries cannot withstand temperatures below 30 °F (−1 °C).

Now that we have a harvest of cranberries, let’s get cooking! The possibilities are endless, but I’m sharing one of my favorite holiday cranberry recipes!

MVL RECIPES

Cranberry Breakfast Cake

by Denise Szarek

Supplies · 9x9 square baking pan · parchment paper (optional) Ingredients · 1/2 cup half and half · 1 tsp lemon juice · 1/2 cup unsalted butter room temperature · 1 cup granulated sugar (214 grams) · 1 large egg, at room temperature · 3/4 tsp vanilla extract · 3/4 tsp almond extract · 2 tsp baking powder · 1 tsp salt · 2 cups flour · 2 cups fresh cranberries, you can use frozen, but don’t thaw. · 2 Tbsp sanding sugar

• Raspberry • Apple • Cherry • Peach • Pumpkin • Blueberry • Mince • Pecan • Apple Crumb

18-20 lbs.

20-22 lbs.

24-26 lbs.

Instructions 1. Preheat the oven to 350F. Lightly spray a 9x9 inch baking pan.

I line mine with 2 sheets of parchment paper with long ends so I can lift it out easier.

2. Mix the half and half with lemon juice and set aside.

3. Cream the soft butter and sugar together for about 4 minutes, scraping down the sides of your bowl as needed, until light and fluffy.

4. Beat in egg and extracts, followed by baking powder and salt. Keep scraping that bowl.

5. Lower your mixer speed and blend in 1/2 the flour, just until it’s almost all blended, then add the half and half, and finally the rest of the flour. Just blend until the flour is incorporated and then stop.

6. Gently fold in the cranberries making sure to get them evenly distributed but not crushed. You can reserve a handful of cranberries to pop onto the top of the cake before baking.

7. Spread the batter (it will be quite thick) evenly into your pan. Add your extra cranberries to the surface of the cake, pushing them in gently.

8. Sprinkle the sanding sugar over the surface of the cake and then bake for about 40-45 minutes, or until risen, golden, and a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Don’t overbake. Check on the early side.

9. Let cool for 15-20 minutes in the pan, then, if you used parchment, you can remove the cake to cool completely, or slice while still slightly warm.

10. Store the leftover cake in the pan on the counter covered with foil

Mohawk valley astronomical society

lucy in the sky by carol higgins

In the past two months, we have taken a look at some moons orbiting planets in our Solar System. This month we’ll learn about a new NASA spacecraft and its 12year mission to visit seven mysterious asteroids. Meet Lucy – NASA’s asteroid explorer extraordinaire, and its interesting connection to an early human ancestor, diamonds, and the Beatles!

Asteroids are leftovers from the era about 4.6 billion years ago when the Sun and planets were forming. Comprised mainly of different kinds of rocks and in some cases metals such as nickel-iron and other components, they range from a few feet across to about 325 miles in diameter. There are millions of asteroids, with the majority located in a region between Mars and Jupiter called the Asteroid Belt.

But, there is another place where asteroids are found. Traveling along with Jupiter as it orbits the Sun are two swarms of thousands (some researchers think millions) of asteroids called Trojans. Captured by the tug of the gravity of Jupiter and the Sun, one Trojan asteroid swarm is ahead of Jupiter while the other follows it. Lucy’s seven Trojan asteroid targets are in those two swarms.

The Lucy mission is complex, has ambitious science goals, and is full of “firsts” and fun tributes. Trojan asteroids are time capsules containing materials collected from the early Solar System.

This is the first spacecraft built to fly by

and study them. The seven target Trojans are known to be quite diverse in composition, color, and structure. Scientists hope the data gathered will provide clues about NASA’s Lucy Spacecraft the evolution of the planets.

Image credit: Southwest Research Institute Lucy carries three science instruments: a color camera and infrared spectrometer to evaluate the surface compo- diamond beamsplitter, so Lucy is literalsition, a sensitive high-resolution imager, ly carrying a diamond into the sky, and Hanny’s Voorwerp.

Image Credit: NASA, ESA, W. Keel, Galaxy Zoo Team space! and a thermal spectrometer to measure the surface temperature and determine After launch, Lucy travels on a complex trajectory that sets records for the surface properties.

The science goals for each asteroid number of different destinations and the are: map the surface geology, structure, three times it uses Earth’s gravity to pick and age; collect data about the surface up speed and “slingshot” it toward the Jucolor, properties, minerals, and ices; de- piter Trojan swarms. Another fun fact is termine its mass, density, and sub-sur- that before Lucy reaches its first Trojan face composition exposed in craters and named Eurybates in August 2027, it will fractures; search for rings and satellite fly by asteroid Donald Johanson in the Asteroid Belt in April 2025. He was the objects.

Ok, that’s the technical stuff, now for Lucy skeleton discoverer! some fun facts. The Lucy spacecraft is Lucy will claim the title of the spacenamed after a hominid that lived 3.2 mil- craft furthest from the Sun that is powered lion years ago. Its skeleton was discov- solely by solar panels. Each of its two cirered by paleontologist Donald Johanson cular arrays measures 24 feet across and on November 24, 1974, in Ethiopia while is highly efficient. And finally, although searching for evidence of early human an- Lucy’s mission is a record-breaking 12 cestors. That evening he and his team cel- years long, the spacecraft will continue ebrated and listened to the Beatles song its visit back and forth to the Trojans for “Lucy in The Sky With Diamonds”, so thousands of years. they named her “Lucy”. Since this mis- Lucy launched from Cape Canaveral sion also looks back in time, the NASA on October 16. Visit the NASA website at team gave that moniker to the spacecraft. www.nasa.gov to learn more and follow What about a diamond connection? Well, Lucy on its mission. the onboard infrared instrument has a Wishing you clear skies! •

Thorn Apple Hill

DEANSBORO SUPERETTE

Handmade Rustic Wood Crafts

JEFF’S

Since 1967

Home of the Monster Sub!

HANDCRAFTED

AMISH

FURNITURE

Find us at local craft fairs or visit the shop!

4073 Skyline Drive, Clinton Open daily-please give me a call ahead of your visit: 315-853-6240

We can customize any of our new pieces of furniture!

Fine furniture made in the USA

(315) 858-1010 • 1058 Route 28, Jordanville, 13361 Mon-Tues & Thurs-Sat: 10am-5pm, Sun: 11am-4pm, closed Wed www.jeffsamishfurniture.com

Middle Eastern Favorites!

Humous, Kibbie, Falafel, Babaghanoush , Taboulie, Grape leaves, Spinach pies.

Mon-Fri: 6am-6pm, Sat: 6am-5pm, Closed Sun

Rt 12B, Deansboro (315) 841-4377 www.deansborosuperette.com

27

mv crossword

november Crossword All answers found in the pages of this magazine!

Solution will appear in next month’s issue

Across 3. ___ in the Sky. See Astronomy.

6. This local illustrator is know as “America’s most collectible postcard artist.” See special Thanksgiving page this month.

8. This is good for farmers though it may seem counterintuitive. See On the Farm with Suzie.

10. Visions of these plums will soon be dancing in children’s heads.

11. Find a plethora used books at this bookstore advertiser. ___ Hill Books.

12. This “Place” is great for a “Fast Break.” See diner on page 12.

13. These books by VanRiper make great stocking stuffers. ___ Kids.

Down 1. Our ADK Gary pays tribute to this author Gary.

2. Get your winter sports gear at ___ in Herkimer.

See page 11.

4. Learn how to grow this tart treats! See MV Gardens.

5. Be sure to ___ MVL when you shop our advertisers!

7. This kind of tourism is growing.

8. This Flower Farm has an open house later this month with everything you need for holiday decorating! See page 41.

9. Mohawk Valley Girl enjoys a seasonal flight at this brewery.

MVL Crossword Puzzler:

‘Tis the season to ___ ___.

Unscramble the letters in the yellow boxes then email your answer to: mohawkvalleyliving@hotmail.com by the 18th of this month. You’ll be entered to win an MVL Mug and a bag of delicious, fresh-roasted FoJo Beans coffee!

Berry Hill Closed in January Book Shop

Heartworks

Over 75,000 used books!

2349 Rte 12-B, Deansboro, NY 315-821-6188 Open Tues-Sat 10-5 dls@berryhillbookshop.com

Raulli’s Iron Works

Custom hand-made iron railings, fences & gates.

www.raullis.com 133 Mill St., Rome, New York 315-337-8070

28

Quilts & Fabrics

Cold Cuts, Pecorino Romano, Ricotta, Mozzarella, Imported Provolone, & much more!

Visit us for all your Italian Favorites!

You’ll love our prices!

1150 McQuade Ave., Utica Mon, Thurs, Fri: 8-4, Wed: 8-3, Sat: 8-Noon, Closed Sun & Tues • 315-724-5578

Full Service Quilt Shop Baby Lock/Koala Dealer Famous for Flannel!

(607) 547-2501

Hours: Wed-Fri 11-4, Sat 11-2, Closed Sun-Tues

www.heartworksquilts.com Margaret@heartworksquilts.com

6237 State Hwy 28, Fly Creek

valley history

ellen H. clapsaddle

Much thanks to our friend and local artist Jim Parker for this information about his family ancestor, Ellen Harriet Clapsaddle (1865-1934). Clapsaddle was a commercial and illustrator and is known today as “America’s most collectible postcard artist.” She is credited with over 3,000 designs in the souvenir/postcard field. She was born in Herkimer County, NY in the hamlet of South Columbia where she attended the one-room schoolhouse on the corner of Prey Hill Road and McKoons Road. She graduated from the Richfield Springs Academy (later known as high school) in 1882 and went on to attend Cooper Union Institute in New York. Clapsaddle is best known for her “Snow Baby” images. She is buried at Lakeview Cemetery in Richfield Springs. •

Sample a variety of NYS wines in our rustic century old hayloft!

Offering wine tastings, wine by the glass, wine slushies, local NYS cheeses & chocolates

Brimfield Farm Winery 8300 Brimfield St. Clinton

(315) 853-8175 • Open 7 days a week 12-7 www.brimfieldfarmwinery.com

Open Tues-Fri 9-5, Sat 9-2

2020u

u

best BEST OF THE

VOTED #1

Thank you for voting us #1 Winery!

Local wine, gifts, and more!

400 Academy St., Prospect

Wed-Sat 10-5, Sun 12-5 315-205-4045

ProspectFallsWinery@gmail.com Facebook.com/ProspectFallsWinery @WineB4Wildrness “Wine Before Wilderness”

29

Photo: Melinda Karastury

november

Family fun Adirondack Christmas on Main Street

Friday-Sunday, Nov. 26-28, 2021

Credit: Central Adirondack Association/Facebook

30

Shoppers’ Stroll & Holiday Parade Friday & Saturday, Nov. 26 & 27, 2021

Santa and Mrs. Claus will be in town and families will be treated to old fashioned horse-drawn wagon rides, tree lighting, a light parade, face painting, Zoo Mobile, pictures with Santa and Mrs. Claus, Candy Cane Hunt, Reindeer Fun Run and more!

Visit the Village of Clinton to kickoff the holiday season. We offer an escape from the hustle and bustle of the malls and an opportunity to Support Local and Shop Small Businesses within the historic Village of Clinton. Enjoy a horse & wagon ride around the village.

5K Jingle Jog starts at 8am on Saturday!

Main Street, Old Forge & Inlet

Village of Clinton

Schedule of events at: www.adkchristmasonmain.com

Schedule of events at: www.clintonnychamber.org/shoppers-stroll-holiday-parade

Join us for our Holiday Season Every Saturday through December 18, 9am-1pm

Make ays lid your hoal! loc

INSIDE UTICA’S UNION STATION www.oneidacountymarket.com Visit www.cceoneida.com for a complete listing of local farmers markets.

Cornell Cooperative Extension is an employer and educator recognized for valuing AA/EEO, Protected Veterans, and Individuals with Disabilities and provides equal program and employment opportunities.

photo by Kevin Q. Gray

photo by Brittany Lesavoy Smith

Small Business Saturday Holiday Event

Happy Thanksgiving!

Let us help you give thanks for all your blessings.

Saturday, November 27th, 10am-5pm

Seasonal Gifts, Holiday Decor, Demonstrations

Holiday Ornament Making Workshop Saturday, December 4th, 4-5:30pm

Registration opens for the Adult 8-week Winter Class session in late December An active artist studio making distinctive hand-crafted porcelain pottery and specializing in wheelthrowing classes and workshops.

Book your class online at: www.azureartisans.com or call: 315-858-8899 To shop or for more info, visit our website!

1149 Allen Lake Road, Richfield Springs

315 858-8899 • christina@azureartisans.com • Find us on facebook and Instagram

Scrumptious apple pie and pumpkin pusties.

Caruso’s Pastry Shoppe Italian pastries, cookies, wedding & specialty cakes.

707 Bleecker Street, Utica, New York 315-735-9712 Mon, Wed-Sat: 7am-3pm, Sun: 7am-Noon, Closed Tues.

31

2021 Season

Presenting World-Class Music, Theater, & Dance!

Eroica Trio

Saturday, November 13, 7:30pm Performing together since childhood, Erika Nickrenz (piano), Sara Parkins (violin), and Sara Sant’Ambrogio (cello) take audiences through several different periods of classical music.

Free Performances

Jazz Ensemble Winter Concert • Friday, Dec. 3, 7:30pm

Monk Rowe directs the Hamilton College Jazz Ensemble in their winter concert. Free

Chamber Ensembles Winter Concert • Saturday, December 4, 7:30pm Take a musical tour of Schambach Center with the chamber ensembles.

Hamilton Voices, Sunday • December 5, 7:30pm

Charlotte Botha conducts Hamilton Voices in Katie Kring’s Forgotten Voices based on texts by homeless members of the Springfield Street Choir in Springfield, MO.

Box Office info & tickets

(315) 859-4331

Wellin Hall, Schambach Center for Music and the Performing Arts

Vaccination and masks required

www.hamilton.edu/college/performingarts

at Florissante Christma–s 2021 –

Christmas Open House!

Gift Baskets!

Weekends Nov 27-Dec 19 Sat 9-4, Sun 12-4 (or call for appt.)

www.benandjudyssugarhouse.com

Available at: Peter’s Cornucopia, Twin Orchards, Stoltzfus Dairy 770 Beaver Creek Rd., West Edmeston • (315) 899-5864 • Find us on Facebook!

Holiday Family Tours Dec. 4 & 5 • Dec. 11 & 12 Dec. 18 & 19 11am – 5pm No cover charge - however donations are appreciated!

We reserve the right of admission.

Group tours (10+) must register in advance. Bus groups accommodated Thursdays & Fridays with advance registration.

Space is limited and tours will be conducted accordingly.

4036 Lyons Falls Rd. • Lyonsdale, NY 13368

315 348-4417 www.florissantethemansion.com

Bright Nights is the Utica Zoo

A Christmas Story Live Experience 2021 Friday & Saturday, Nov. 26 & 27, 2021

Meet the cast, watch the movie on a HUGE screen, enjoy a live trivia and Q&A, and hangout with the cast at a celebrity VIP party! Tickets $35

Every Thursday-Sunday, free with zoo admission!

November 26-December 23, 2021 Holiday fun including caroling, food trucks, hot drinks, Santa, and numerous light displays!

Bright white lights archway and Snowmen will welcome you to Bright Nights!

Utica Zoo 1 Utica Zoo Way, Utica

Rome Capitol Arts Complex 220 West Dominick Street Rome

Open daily 10am 4:30pm www.uticazoo.org

315-337-6453 Tickets: www.romecapitol.com/theater-events

Christmas Trees!

Displayed indoors or cut-your-own!

FINE JEWELRY • JEWELRY REPAIR • GIFT ITEMS

Thank You to our customers!

Moving Sale!

Up to 50% OFF!

Fresh Wreaths Customed Designed by Order!

Visit our Christmas Gift Shop

Massoud’s TREE FARM

(315) 737-5011 • 9716 Roberts Rd., Sauquoit Mon-Fri Open Daily, Sat & Sun 9-6

Naturewood Knoll

Tree Farm

Open Nov 3 through Dec 23 Wed.-Sun., 10am - 6pm

Trees, wreaths, greens, fine art, toys, ornaments, stocking stuffers!

2408 St. Rt. 169, Little Falls (315) 823-1133

See Santa!

Sat., December 4, 12-3

433 Coventry Ave., Utica

315 733-7676 Tues-Fri: 10:30-5, Sat: 10:30-1:30 33

Are you prepared for winter?

Generac whole house generators will keep you up and running during blustery weather. Call to schedule a free site inspection and estimate.

See us for the best prices & service in CNY!

Visit our large showroom in Deansboro Gas inserts • Fireplaces (wood, coal, pellet, or gas) Stoves (wood, coal, pellet, or gas) • Furnaces (wood, coal, pellet, or gas) Hot water tanks • Water softeners • Space heaters Fire pits & patio furniture All our products are installed and serviced by certified in-house technicians.

www.adirondackkids.com

BUELL FUELS Hearth & Home

2676 Route 12B, Deansboro • (315) 841-3000 w w w.bu el l f u el.c om

Available in November...

Fantastic Apples!

Including Honey Crisp, Empire, MacIntosh, Macoun, Jonagold, and many more. Also Pears, Butternut Squash, Potatoes & Cabbage.

Fresh Sweet Apple Cider!

Local maple syrup, honey, and Adirondack cheese!

Get your copy today!

Also Frontier Soups, and Utica Coffee!

Try our Cider Slushies!

Family Owned for 70 Years 4695 Middle Settlement Road, New Hartford, NY (315) 736-5883 Open Mon-Sat 9-6, Sun 10-5

Volume 2 Available at: Peter’s Cornucopia in New Hartford, Brenda’s Natural Foods in Rome, Sunflower Naturals in Mapledale, and the Little Falls Food Co-op (all donations go directly to the Preserve)

Free Holiday Concerts

Jazz Ensemble Winter Concert Friday, Dec. 3, 7:30pm, Free

Monk Rowe directs the Hamilton College Jazz Ensemble in their winter concert.

Chamber Ensembles Winter Concert Saturday, Dec. 4, 7:30pm, Free Take a musical tour of Schambach Center with the chamber ensembles.

Hamilton Voices Sunday, Dec. 5, 7:30pm, Free

Charlotte Botha conducts Hamilton Voices in Katie Kring’s Forgotten Voices based on texts by homeless members of the Springfield Street Choir in Springfield, MO.

Wellin Hall, Hamilton College 198 College Hill Road, Clinton

Tim Kubart and the Space Cadets

Thursday, November 11 11am: Performance, $10 • 1pm: Picture Book Workshop, Free

Grammy-winner Tim Kubart and the Space Cadets celebrate real-life kid and family moments and milestones. Their highly interactive concerts are more like frenetic dance parties for kids of all ages.

MWPAI Auditorium

310 Genesee St., Utica, NY • (315) 797-0000 • www.mwpai.org

POINSETTIAS FRESH CUT FRASIER FIR � BALSAM CHRISTMAS TREES KISSING BALLS � WREATHS CANDY CANES AND CROSSES HOLIDAY CENTERPIECES CHRISTMAS GARDENING GIFTS GIFT CERTIFICATES

8442 St. Hwy. 28

Richfield Springs

(315) 858-0955 35

classical mv

Arlene M. Iagnocco Hometown: Utica, New York Current: Whitesboro, New York Instruments: Flute and Piccolo Occupation: Director and Band Conductor Age began music: 10 years old Being able to pursue my avocation of music and all its genres, while fully concentrating on my family and career in banking, has given me many years of joy and fulfillment.

My experiences as a B Sharp Concert Program soloist, a member of the Utica Symphony Orchestra under the baton of José Serebrier, a player in numerous pit bands/orchestras for musicals and operettas, and a performer of grand opera in the Greater Utica Opera Guild Orchestra have brought me to the greatest pleasure of all—conductor and director of the traditional Italian marching and concert band, “La Banda Rossa” (The Red Band). Established in 1905, the unique and diversified music performed by the band is continuing to bring the traditions and culture of Italian music and song to appreciative audiences.

I am so fortunate that I have been able to not only stay involved in music as a musician but also as an active member of the B Sharp Musical Club for many years. I enjoy being involved with the planning of events and, most rewarding, supporting the annual scholarship auditions which recognize and promote talented young musicians in our community.

“This is truly living the best of both worlds.”

Brenda’s Naturals

Over 30 years in Business

Local food products

Broaster’s Coffee Heidelberg bread Buttercup Cheese Stoltzfus Family Dairy Jones Family Farm gelato Farmer Grown flours Organic eggs, nuts, seeds, teas Beak & Skiff CBD products

36

1033 W. Dominick St., Rome (315) 281-8759

We are not JUST a Drapery Store.

Cell Shades Wood Blinds & Shutters Vignettes & Pirouettes Silhouettes & Woven Woods Vertical Blinds & Panels Roller & Solar Shades Also a complete line of upholstery for bedspreads, draperies and upholstered headboards, etc, New Hartford, NYCenter!

Now1inGenesee the NewSt,Hartford Shopping 315-793-1994

Lessons Repairs Layaway Rentals Sheet Music Lighting L SHOP LOCA AND SAVE BIG!

Layaway now for Christmas!

School Instrument Rental Programs New & Used Musical Instruments WE BUY USED EQUIPMENT

(315) 732-3502

8441 Seneca Turnpike, New Hartford www.bigapplemusic.net

We Will B Any Catalo eat g or M Order Pric ail e

On the farm with Suzie

Angela Atwell of Grassy Cow Dairy and Suzie

farmers helping farmers

by Suzie Jones

Bruce Rivington of Kriemhild Dairy and Suzie

Barry and Kay Gaughan of Windy hill Goat Dairy and Suzie

Annual Sample Sale!

Finished Quilts, Table Runners, Bags!

Vaccinations required. Masks preferred.

Located at the Shoppes at the Finish Line Tues-Fri 10am-5pm, Sat 10am-1pm, Closed Sun & Mon

Curbside available!

Call with your needs and wants.

A friend asked me recently how I would feel if there was more competition in the Mohawk Valley for our farm’s products. It is a fair question, I guess, especially since highlighting farmers and the local rural economy is one of my passions. At some point, we may find ourselves amongst many cheese and gelato makers or pastured poultry farmers and life would be much harder…right?

I immediately flashed back to my Econ 101 class, a required-but-notin-my-major class that was probably at 8 a.m.…the kind of class I took begrudgingly but where I listened attentively and took copious notes. It was the kind of class where—try as I might—I only retained details long enough to pass the quizzes and final exam.

But one thing did stick. I remember the professor posing this question to the class: If you owned a gas station, would you rather be the only gas station—with no competition in sight—OR would you rather be on a corner with three other gas stations occupying the other three corners? It was pretty clear to all of the students that the first scenario was the best. If you’re the only gas station around, everyone has to come to you and you can set your own prices. Four gas stations on all four corners, competing for the same customers—forget it, there’s no contest…right?

But our professor explained that the reality was quite the opposite. Gas stations in the four corners scenario generally perform better, with higher sales volumes, higher rates of profitability, and lower rates of failure. It was

Visit Our Showroom!

•Carpet •Hardwood •Laminate

•Linoleum •Ceramic Tile •Vinyl Tile

Michael SanFilippo Owner

315-733-3697 Why pay more? Come to Mike’s Floor Store!

3 Main St., Whitesboro • EMAIL: mikesfloorstore@gmail.com 37

Steve Piacentino of Piacentino Farms and Suzie completely counterintuitive.

There are two major themes at play in our gas station scenarios: healthy competition and consumer behavior.

First, the absence of healthy competition (a monopoly) generally harms micro- and macro economies. In theory, if a gas station is the “only game in town,” with little-to-no competition, their higher prices produce a negative draw on everyone bearing that extra cost. Consumers and small business owners alike all put a greater percentage of their budget toward fuel, taking away from seemingly less immediate needs like education, investment, and other improvements. The irony is that over the long term, the lone gas station suffers, too.

Consumer behavior can have an even greater and more immediate impact on our fictitious gas stations. Consumers intrinsically understand that competition is a good thing, and will believe that prices in the four corners scenario are generally a little lower (whether they are or not).

Furthermore, consumers will associate fueling up with that particular intersection, making it the place to go by placing the location first and foremost in their minds when the gas gauge hits “E”. All four gas stations benefit from a common location—a virtual collaboration.

If we apply this same logic to local agriculture, it is clear to me that everyone benefits from a larger number and greater variety of producers. Customers have access to a wider variety of fresh, affordable foods and farmers benefit from a strong regional or local identity. It is the reason Wisconsin promotes itself as “America’s Dairyland” and Georgia, the “Peach State”.

At a smaller scale, farmers benefit from vending at a farmer’s market, for example, or joining forces in other ways. The CNY Cheese Trail is an excellent example of producers collaboratingto raise awareness and promote ag-

Hobby Hill Farm Sales

6310 Elmer Hill Road (Corner of Turin & Elmer) Rome • 315-571-5398

Quality. Experience.

Inspiration.

• Kiln Dried Hardwoods and Softwoods • Hardwood and Pine flooring • Mouldings • Wall Coverings • Siding Jen Rankin of Slate Creek Farm and Suzie

Now Buying Hardwood Logs Follow us on facebook Wightman Specialty Woods

Phone: 607-286-9201

www.wightmanspecialtywoods.com Mon - Fri: 7:30am - 4:30pm Sat: 8:00am - 12:00pm

146 County Highway 35a Portlandville, NY 13834 39

Wine & Spirits Ilion

Kelly Perrin of Quarry Brook Farms and Suzie ritourism. By further partnering with the Little Falls Cheese Festival, the two entities are even better able to amplify the message that Central New York is a burgeoning cheese producing area, benefitting makers and dairy farms, with positive rippling effects on restaurants, hotels, and small retail shops, and visitors contributing to local sales tax coffers.

Win-win-win!

Unfortunately, not everyone believes in collaboration and competition. I understand—I too thought the lone gas station would be more successful. It is easier to look inward, to see everyone else as competition and not a potential partner or collaborator. Indeed, despite the overall willingness to help one another baling hay, pouring concrete, and myriad other projects, there is a long history of farmers and neighbors refusing to collaborate, especially on complicated issues.

Decades ago, our very neighborhood saw some farmers dumping milk to protest low prices while others quietly delivered their milk under cover of darkness. Windows were shot out; a barn was burned down. It got ugly.

But I refuse to believe farmers helping farmers is anything but a good thing. There is an exciting newer collaboration of farmers taking place in the Mohawk Valley. Called the “Farmer’s Park-It”. It is a loose association of farmers (including Jones Family Farm) that takes orders and payments online and meets their customers either in New Hartford on Thursday afternoons or in Old Forge on Fridays.

The group started during the earliest stages of the pandemic, when several of the producers realized they were all taking orders from customers, running deliveries throughout the area, and meeting people in parking lots—oftentimes the same customers. By collaborating on shared communications, promotions, and deliveries, the group has seen growth in our customer base, an increase in sales, and a reduction in labor. Despite some crossover in product offerings, we are all benefitting. Imagine that… win-win-win! •

For anyone interested in more information on the Farmer’s Park-It, look for and follow the @farmers.park.it Facebook page!

Suzie Jones and her husband, Peter, own Jones Family Farm in Herkimer. Together, with their children, they produce specialty goat cheeses and gelato. Find them at local farmers’ markets and online at www.anotherjonesfamilyfarm.com

10 East Main St., Ilion • (315) 894-8142 Open Mon-Sat: 9-9, Sun: 12-5 • All credit cards accepted

Layaway now for Christmas 3 -M onth Layaway

Financing

(6 Months Deferred Interest)

4662 CommerCial Drive, New HartforD • 315-736-0662 www.thegoldminejewelers.com

GOLD-3.75x2.375 -Oct2019.indd 1

9/17/19 12:13 PM

Mohawk Valley nature

The Utica Peregrine Falcons’ 2021 Breeding Season

Kendra spreads her wings

part 2

story & photos by matt perry

Gary chases Astrid

Freya poses for the PTZ camera

Kendra prepares to fly

p o h s t f i g y r count open! , nogifw mas Decor ts, Christ s t c Unique l NY State Produ & Loca Silk Wreaths, s Fresh & es, Kissing Ball Tre Fresh Cut

Casler

urbanik’s paint co.

Christmas Open House November 26th, 27th & 28th!

Flower Farm Gift Shop Open Daily 9-6, except Tuesdays

895 Babcock Hill Rd., West Winfield (315) 822-5135

Best Paint! Best Prices!

Best Service!

1420 Oriskany St. W., Utica • (315) 724-5129 Mon-Fri: 8am-5:30pm, Sat: 8am-1pm • www.urbanikspaintco.com

41

The three falcon nestlings received names when they were about four weeks old. Telling males and females apart isn’t usually that difficult with Peregrine Falcons, and differences between the genders are evident at an early age. Females are larger than males, up to one-third bigger. They also have proportionately bigger feet and thicker tarsus bones (ankles). Quite early on, we were reasonably sure that we had two females and one male in the nest this year. Interestingly, this was the first year we ever had a higher number of females than males in the nest. In eight years of breeding, Astrid and Ares have produced substantially more males (15) than females (9). To name the nestlings, we didn’t conduct a formal naming contest as we have in previous years. Instead, we chose from names that people suggested on our Utica Falcon Watch Facebook Page. The male was named “Gary” in honor of Gary Parrish who had passed earlier in the year.

Gary Parrish was a member of the Utica Peregrine Falcon Project (UPFP) and was one of the builders of the falcons’ nest box. He participated in the very first fledgewatch back in 2014 and was an avid watcher of the nest cams. Gary Parrish’s namesake was the second bird to hatch in the nest. His older sister (hatched earlier the same day) was named Kendra. The last chick to hatch was also female and was named Freya.

By the second week of June, the nestlings had nearly completed their molt into juvenile plumage which is distinctly different from adult plumage.

Their plush white down was replaced by a set of purplish-brown flight feathers. Their tail feathers had thin tan stripes and a wider terminal band.

Their light-colored chests were heavily streaked with brown. On their faces, each had a tan patch, a light eyebrow stripe, and a dark malar (or sideburn mark). The size and shape of the birds’ malars were distinct, and we used them to tell the young birds apart. Gary had the thinnest malar and Freya, the widest.

By this time, all three were doing a fair amount of exercising in the nest. This served to strengthen their wing muscles and it readied them for flight. Male Peregrines develop faster than females; this is on account of their smaller size.

Regardless of hatching order, male nestlings are typically the first to begin venturing out of the nest as well as the first to ultimately fledge. This year was no exception, and on June 7th Gary became the first of the clutch to venture onto one of the box’s side platforms (or “verandas”). To the seasoned watchers among us, this was an indication that fledging was perhaps only days away.

The UPFP’s official fledgewatch began on June 10th. Given Gary’s rate of progress, we knew he could leave the nest at any time, and we wanted people on site that could mount a rescue if necessary.

Early that morning, Gary had already been going back and forth from the nest box to the verandas.

Later, he pushed beyond the east veranda and onto a window ledge. His sisters watched his progress but held back from leaving the box themselves.

Astrid and Ares were not enticing the young to fly at this point but were monitoring the nest closely

Astrid feeds her clutch at the nest from nearby perches in the canyon. They remained keenly alert for any sign of a fledging chick or the presence of an unwanted intruder.

On June 13th, both Kendra and Freya began moving onto the verandas. By that time, Gary had been gaining experience flapping his wings on the various perches around the box area and “hop flying” from one to the other. He was also becoming proficient at jumping from the long perch to the nest box. These jumps and mini flights gave him a chance to practice his landings. As we at fledgewatch know only too well, it’s not the flying that young Peregrines tend to have trouble with, it’s the landings. At just after 11:00 that morning, as his parents flew high over the canyon, Gary jumped/flew to the roof of the nest box. This we recognized as the final hurdle a nestling overcomes before fledging. In previous years, the day a nestling went onto

Shop now for the Holidays!

We engrave items purchased elsewhere

Layaway available

Awards

Ornaments Wood Gifts Unique Cross Pens Frames Personalized Desk Items Gifts Beer/Coffee Mugs and Engraving Inc.

8411 Seneca Tpke New Hartford-Crossroads Plaza 315-738-0808 ~ speedyawards.com

Give the gift of comfort!

GOODSELL MUSEUM Local Adirondack History

2993 State Route 28 Old Forge, NY 13420

Route 5 , Sherrill 363-3131

large selection of recliners in stock

www.froassfurniture.com Mon-Wed: 9-5:30 Thurs & Fri: 9-8:30; Sat: 9-5

315-369-3838 www.webbhistory.org Headquarters of the Town of Webb Historical Association

the roof of the box was the day they fledged. As for Gary, he wasn’t in a hurry to take the next step. He laid down on the box roof and watched his parents soaring over the canyon. At 12:45 PM, he decided he was ready and abruptly sailed out on his first flight. Astrid issued alarm calls as he flew towards the west face of the State Office Building and then disappeared from view. None of us saw him land or could therefore gauge how well he did, but we soon learned he had come down on a window ledge on the west face of the building. He was about ten stories high, which was a respectable height and a relatively safe place for him to be. Sometimes new fliers rest for an entire day following their inaugural flight, but less than an hour later, Gary was up again and flapping his way north and back to the Adirondack Bank. He had almost made it to the roof of the building but then made a 180-degree turn and headed back towards the State Building. He had lost altitude but was still high enough to reach a safe landing site. Just then, both parents flew in low, and he followed them. They escorted him back across the canyon and towards the nest building. He tried to land on a 7th-floor window ledge but came in too high and got hung up on the crossbar separating the glass panes. He attempted to climb up, but there was nothing to pull himself up onto. Instead, he hung upside down like a bat. After a moment, he let go and managed to flutter up slightly, but then got a talon stuck in the window screen. Following a few more uncomfortable minutes of hanging, he flew once more. This time he crossed the canyon and landed on a very low ledge on the State Building. The ledge

was on the 3rd floor of the building. It was not an ideal place to be, mostly because the parent birds loathe visiting low ledges (or rooftops) even to deliver food. This meant that Gary would likely be on his own for as long as he remained there. On the encouraging side, he seemed unharmed and none the worse for his earlier mishap. He settled on the ledge and did some preening.

By midafternoon, Gary was actively walking around and flapping his wings on the ledge. He was keen to fly again. Seeing his mother go to the nest and hearing his sister squeal in response was all the incentive he needed to fly. Often, newly fledged falcons will stay on their inaugural perch for an extended period; sometimes a full 24 hours. That wasn’t Gary. At just after 4:00, he was in the air again. Gary’s flying and landing capabilities improved quickly in subsequent days. Soon he was chasing after his parents, upping them from their perches, flying high over downtown, and even visiting his sisters at the nest box. He was spending time exploring the high rooftops and ledges of all the major buildings in the canyon and having his meals there. He was doing exceptionally well.

It was four days before we had our second fledge. In the early afternoon on June 17th, Kendra had been on the long perch at the nest box, flapping her wings. She tried to do a hop flight into the box, but instead, she tripped and fell

through the gap between the cross perch and the lip of the box. She halted her fall a few feet below the nest by gripping onto the brick wall. She then struggled to keep hold as her alarmed parents and brother frantically swooped back and forth. After about a minute, she dropped four stories straight down, unable to catch herself. But then, halfway down the building, she caught air beneath her wings and started flying. Holding altitude, she just barely made it to the roof of a small building south of Grace Church’s parking lot. Astrid reacted to the “mis-fledge” by going into a minor frenzy. She doesn’t like it when her offspring land on low buildings and are too close to humans and traffic. She started giving alarm cackles and flying laps around the canyon. By contrast, Ares was not visibly agitated. He calmly monitored the

Gary lands on the roof of a low building

SHAW’S

MAPLE PRODUCTS Find our syrup & products at local stores and our new store at 7945 Maxwell Rd., Clinton (visit our website for retail locations)

Visit our new store! Open Thurs & Fri: 10-4, Sat: 10-2, or call anytime!

315-725-0547 • www.shawsmapleproducts.com

www.adirondackkids.com

Bossone’s Sausage & Meat Co. Prince-Boyd & Hyatt Home For Funerals, Inc.

Home-like surroundings for your convenience & comfort.

Pre-arrangement Plans with prey-payment or no payment options.

210 West Court St. Rome • 336-1510 Handicapped Accessible

www.princeboydhyatt.com

Utica’s Pork Store

Try our Famous Sausage!

Deli items • Beef • Steaks • Cheeses • Dry Goods Holiday Catering trays made to order!

Sundays: Fried Meatballs & Fried Dough!

711 Bleecker St., Utica

(315) 765-6409 Open: Thurs & Fri: 9-4, Sat: 8-2, Sun: 8-Noon

Taking Holiday Orders Now!

CBD Done Right!

Joint Pain & Mobility Relief Lowers Stress & Anxiety

Fights Inflamation • Sleep Aid • Pet Products THC-Free Options Available BEST Prices in the Mohawk Valley CBD OILS • EDIBLES • TOPICALS • VAPES

WWW.RAWADK.COM 8063 State Rt 12, Barneveld 315.896.5054

43

situation from his perch on top of a pillar above the nest.

Fortunately, Kendra did not appear to be hurt. She was actively walking and exploring her new rooftop domain. Meanwhile, at the nest box, Freya was flapping her wings and making hop flights of her own. At 8:30 in the evening, Kendra decided to fly again. She appeared to be trying to fly home to the nest box. Her approach was low, and she tried landing on the brick wall below a 5th-floor window ledge on the bank building. She grappled onto the bricks and hung for about five minutes before letting go and flying to the south. She continued to lose altitude as she flew past the steeple and disappeared. Minutes later we found her on the ground in a narrow alleyway by the church’s side door. Since it was clear she was unlikely to get out of that predicament on her own, we captured her. She didn’t try to fly or escape as I approached her with the net. She kept her eyes fixed on me the whole time, and right up to when the net went over her body. She was then transferred to a pet carrier. That night, Deb Saltis took her home and to her rehabilitation facility. She would be checked over by a veterinarian in the morning. Examinations showed nothing wrong with Kendra. She was missing a talon on her left foot but otherwise was in good condition. We speculated that she lost her talon when grappling onto the bricks beneath the box following her tumble out of the nest. Since it wasn’t the talon on her middle toe or the one on her hind toe (her opposable toes), it shouldn’t inhibit her ability to hold prey or to perch. This meant that she was fit to be released.

We were in a quandary about how to release Kendra. The best way to conduct a release is to put the bird back into the nest.

This is done from Deb’s 15th-floor office where we can access the nest box. We just need to open a window, open the hatch in the back of the box, and allow the bird to go through. However, that method was out of the question since Freya remained in the box and had yet to fledge. If we opened the box with Freya there, we would risk her fledging prematurely. Our options were either to let Kendra go on the roof of the bank or put her out another 15th-floor office window. Both options had their drawbacks. Regardless of which location we chose, we decided to wait until after 6 PM to do the release. The city is calmer at that time and there would be less of a chance for Kendra to get into trouble if she decided to fly right away. The next day (June 18th), the falcons were highly active. Gary was tearing up the sky, upping his parents from their perches, and generally causing mayhem. At one point he was up on top of the State Building, running up and down the roofline with his wings open. It was the sort of antics one might expect from a Brown Booby and not a respectable falcon. Freya was busy at the nest area as well. She was getting in some good jumping practice and wing exercise. At 10:40, Freya jumped to the roof of the nest box. We knew this meant that fledging for her could occur at any time.

At 1:00 PM Freya was peering intently into the canyon. She bobbed her head a few times and then jumped into full flight.

With intense wingbeats, she crossed the downtown canyon and tried to land on a window ledge on the State Building. She came in just below the ledge, tumbled, and flew behind the building, out of sight. Several watchers scrambled to search for her. We also used our PTZ cameras to scan the ledges and rooftops for her. Initially, we had no luck. But then, only fifteen minutes after

Gary lands next to Kendra

Personal, Business & Life Insurance Planning From a local company established in 1866

Turnbull

INSURANCE SERVICE

600 French Road, New Hartford • 315.735.9201 www.turnbull-insurance.com

she disappeared, Julia Sparks, who works with me at the nature sanctuary, located her. She was perched on a low (only ten foot high) roof of a loading dock on a building near the church. Freya looked unhurt.

She was walking back and forth and seemed disoriented. There were few good options for her as she eyed the buildings towering above her. The chances of her ending up in traffic on Columbia Street or Genesee Street were too great and so we decided to capture her. Julia was the Kendra perches on right person for the top of the steeple job. As an experienced climber and raptor rescuer, she was able to scale a wall and get onto the roof where Freya was. Freya kept her attention on Julia the entire time and didn’t even try to flee.

Even as Julia eased a net over her, Freya held still. Rick and Christine from Grace church were on hand to help as was Deb who provided the net and carrier.

Deb then took Freya to her office and checked her over for injuries. She appeared healthy and intact.

She had no wing issues, and she hadn’t lost any of her talons.

In midafternoon we had both Kendra and Freya

in carriers. This solved our problem about where to release Kendra. She could now go through the hatch in the back of the box – along with her sister. That’s right, we were on track to do our first-ever double falcon release. At 5:30 that evening, we had placed both girls in the same carrier and we began preparing to put them back into the nest box. Of course, Astrid knew something was up and, before we did anything, she was cackling outside the office windows. She wanted her babies back. As soon as I opened the office window to access the nest box hatch, she began hazing with gusto. Like a Peregrine pendulum, she flew back and forth in front of the 15th floor. Ares and Gary joined her for a few rounds, but then both settled on their respective lamp poles on the roof of the bank.

Male Peregrines never get as visibly upset over these kinds of things. Once the hatch was open, we placed the pet carrier containing the two female fledglings up against it and removed the door. The girls took about 20 minutes to exit the carrier and enter the box. Freya was the first one out and Kendra followed several minutes later. Once inside they acted as if they had never fledged. Freya went out

onto the cross perch and started flapping her wings.

Certainly, they didn’t seem distressed about Astrid’s hazing, and to Astrid’s credit, she didn’t keep it up for long. Everything returned to normal surprisingly fast post-release. Only a half-hour after the girls went back into the box, Gary resumed chasing his parents around the canyon. Astrid brought food to the nest shortly after that. The girls were both on the west veranda at the time, and they both piled into the box to get the meal.

On the morning of June 20th, two days after the double release, Kendra “re-fledged”. This time she flew on purpose. She had been perched on a window ledge just west of the nest box when she made her decision to fly. She initially flew east towards the County Building but then banked and headed back to the Adirondack Bank. Her altitude was good, and she gained height after turning into the wind. She put down on the roof of the bank, on top a peaked metal cover of a cistern. It wasn’t the easiest structure to land on, but somehow, she managed it.

As if to celebrate his sister’s accomplishment, Gary joined her on the metal cover. A week after fledging himself, he finally had a sibling he could do things with. Indeed, he seemed fascinated by his flying sister. At one point he left her while he joined his parents’ effort in escorting an immature Bald Eagle out of the territory. Following that, he flew directly back to the bank roof and perched next to Kendra again. Amazingly, Gary started doing demonstration flights for his sister. He repeatedly lifted off, flew a few laps around the bank and returned, landing back next to her. With his actions he seemed to say, “Now you give it a try.” Such demonstration

Mohawk Top Quality Village Meats! Market

Call for pick-up

315-793-3114 8874 Tibbitts Rd., New Hartford Now offering Bourbon Barrel-aged Maple Syrup! www.facebook.com/tibbittsmaple www.tibbittsmaple.wordpress.com

Gift Certificates

10% Off!

Plainville Fresh Turkeys!

Order Now to Assure Size

Your old-fashioned, full service butcher!

Butcher Block Meats (no pre-packaged meats) Specialty cuts - Storemade Patties & Salads Complete Grocery Line

Serving you Monday-Saturday! 24 West Main St., Mohawk (315) 866-3344 45

flights are not a new thing with Peregrines, Astrid did many of them back when she was trying to entice the young to fledge.

At about 9:30, Kendra took to the air again.

This time she flew south and landed on one of the sculptures below the cross on the very top of the Grace Church Steeple.

After trying to show Kendra how much fun it is to run up and down on the hotel ledge with your wings open, Gary soared back into the canyon and joined Kendra on top of the steeple. At close to 11:00, Kendra left her high perch, circled the canyon, and tried Freya and Kendra perch to land on the steeple again. This time on the hotel ledge she came in too high.

When she couldn’t get a grip on the bottom of the cross, she aborted the landing and flew south.

Gary followed close behind her and both landed on the roof of the State Building near simultaneously. Kendra’s landing was quite good. She had been doing an exceptional amount of flying for a newly fledged falcon. Meanwhile, at the nest, Freya was on top of the box flapping her wings.

She seemed anxious to join in the fun her siblings were having. Only minutes after landing, Kendra left her rooftop perch, flew a lap around the steeple, and then landed on a windowsill back on the State Building. Once again, Gary followed her and even landed next to her on the same ledge. At noon Kendra joined Freya on a window ledge just to the west of the nest. She had come back home, and on the same day, she fledged! That was something we hadn’t seen happen before at the Utica nest.

At 5:30 in the morning on June 21st, all three young falcons were back at the nest area. Gary was scuffling with Kendra – probably over food scraps, and Freya was cocking her head, watching them.

An hour later, Freya re-fledged! None of us were on hand that early to see it happen, but our PTZ camera recorded part of her flight. She went south towards the State Building before veering east. After that, she disappeared. For the next ninety minutes, we checked all around the canyon but failed

to locate her. Finally, we spotted her. She was on the roof of the State Office Building. She appeared to be OK. She was walking back and forth along the edge of the roofline and occasionally flapping her wings. At one point there was a person up on the roof too, but the bird and the unknown human never came close to each other. The person likely didn’t remain out for long.

If they had, Astrid would have noticed them and begun hazing. Freya remained on the roof until midafternoon when she made an excellent flight to the northwest and landed on one of the hotel’s wide ledges. A few minutes later, she flew back to the State Building and landed very competently on a window ledge on the building’s south face. This was also a wise place to be given that a thunderstorm was coming in from the west. There she would benefit from some shelter. However, Kendra didn’t get the memo. She decided to weather the storm on the roof of the Adirondack Bank in a very exposed place. She was perched right next to one of our PTZ cameras and so we were able to monitor her right through the ensuing storm. After 6:30 PM, the wind became intense, and the rain was heavy. Still, Kendra grappled onto the stone ledge and didn’t move an inch. When the storm passed it left Kendra drenched, but she was otherwise fine.

Less than a half-hour later, Astrid flew through the canyon with fresh prey. First Gary and then Kendra flew out to chase after her. Amazingly, as soaked as she was, and as new to flying as she was, Kendra managed to successfully pull off a mid-air food transfer with her mother. Not only that, but she was also able to carry the food (a Pigeon) over to the hotel. Gary followed her all the way. It was a great accomplishment for Kendra and one that would be repeated with the other fledglings in the coming days. Indeed, in the days and weeks that followed, the three young Peregrines became highly skilled fliers and at least one of them was

YO U K N OW YO U R B U S I N E S S WE KNOW HOW TO HELP Y O U I N S U R E I T.

CHOOSE AN IMAGE

With everything you need to accomplish in a day insurance protection for your business might be the last thing on your mind.

You do recognize, however, that a one-size-fits-all insurance policy isn’t the smart way to run a business. Our AGRIBUSINESS INSURANCE PROGRAM can provide you with a flexible farm package that allows you to customize a policy to match your individual needs.

Contact me to find out more:

LINDA FOX, FSCP Agent

239 Academy St Boonville, NY 13309-1329 linda.fox@american-national.com

315.942.3073

Products and services may not be available in all states. Terms, conditions and eligibility requirements will apply. Property and casualty products and services may be underwritten by Farm Family Casualty Insurance Company or United Farm Family Insurance Company, both of Glenmont, New York.

18-114.274097.V1.11.2018

confirmed as catching their own prey. As long as they remained on their parent’s territory, the three remained amicable with each other. Often perching near each other or laying down together on the same ledge. In mid-July, they began to disperse.

Coming as no surprise, Gary was the first to leave.

He was, after all, the first to fledge and the most experienced of the three. Freya stayed until the first week of August. Often, she would perch right next to one of our PTZ cameras on the roof of the bank.

We never got tired of looking at her fine form and gorgeous plumage. Kendra departed about a week after her sister and was the last of the three that we saw this summer.

As I write this in early October, it is likely that our three fledglings, now juvenile Peregrines, are somewhere in the southeast US and bound for points even further south like Central and South America. If they survive, they will return north in late winter or early spring of next year. If any show up on their parents’ territory we are unlikely to recognize them since they will have molted into new plumage. They will more resemble their parents. As for Astrid and Ares, they will remain on the breeding territory throughout the winter, and they will defend it from intruders and wouldbe usurpers. We fully expect them to breed again in the spring of 2022.

On behalf of the Utica Peregrine Falcon Project, I thank all the volunteers that helped us during this season’s fledgewatch. Thank you for assisting us to monitor and safeguard these incredible raptors. Special thanks to Deb Saltis, co-founder of the Utica Peregrine Falcon Project and raptor rehabilitator at Falcon Heart Rescue. To get involved in fledgewatch, visit our website: uticaperegrinefalcons.com • Matt Perry is Conservation Director and resident naturalist at Spring Farm CARES in Clinton. He manages a 260 acre nature preserve which is open for tours by appointment. Matt is also regional editor of “The Kingbird”, which is a quarterly publication put out by the New York State Ornithological Association. Matt’s short nature videos can be viewed on the web. Look for Spring Farm CARES Nature Sanctuary on Facebook.

IRONWOOD Furniture

Jelly Cupboards, Bookcases, Hutches, Tables, Baker’s Racks, Benches, Coffee/End Tables, Hoosiers & much more!

AMISH MADE

F F O 10Bo%okcasess,! t & Cabine

7686 Route 5, Clinton (315) 853-7300

Open Mon -Sat: 10am-5pm www.ironwoodcny.com

NOVEMBER 2021

GALLERY GUIDE

Detail of Isabelle de Borchgrave’s, “Charlotte-Marguerite de Montmorency, Princess of Condé,” acrylic, ink, metallic powder and adhesive on paper. Nearly 100 pieces of her work on on display at MWPAI.

The Holiday Show & Sale

The Arts Factory of Montgomery County, Show and Sale

November 12 - December 23, 2021 Paintings, jewelry, apparel, cards, ornaments, ceramics, photography and so much more, all made by the local and regional artists in our membership.

Through December 30, 2021

Cash & Carry-purchase a work of art and take it home with you the same day!

Cooperstown Art Association

Arkell Museum

Main St., Cooperstown, NY (607) 547-9777 www.cooperstownart.com

2 Erie Boulevard, Canajoharie, NY (518) 673-2314 www.arkellmuseum.org

Christmas House Featuring a Variety of Vendors

Believe in Yourself: What We Learned from Arthur Through December 31, 2021 Bring the family to see original illustrations spanning the career of beloved children’s book author and illustrator Marc Brown.

November and December 2021 Fusion Art Gallery 8584 Turin Road, Rome, NY (315) 338-5712 www.photoshoppeofrome.com

Fenimore Art Museum

5798 Hwy 80, Cooperstown, NY (607) 547-1400 www.fenimoreartmuseum.org

eflections Full Moon R Art Center et 80 Main Stre 13316 Camden, NY 9 (315)820-426

Full Mo

on

Reflect i Full Moon Art Cen Reflections ter 80 Main

Custom Framing • Printing Embroidery • T-Shirt Printing Sublimation • Custom Designs Frame Repair & Restoration

5172 Commercial Drive, Yorkville (315) 736-9900 www.yorkvilleframing.com • Mon-Thurs: 9-5, Fri: 9-4, Sat: 10-3

Street

Cam ART CEN TdeEn, R NY 133 16 (3 1 5)820-4 80 Main St. Camden 269

(315) 820-4269 jwillson3@yahoo.com

ery Art Gallsses Art Cla op Gift Sh

47

Small Works 2021 November 21 - January 8, 2022 A gallery favorite featuring works on a small scale.

Includes a diverse array of styles and themes.

Kirkland Art Center

Open: Tues & Thurs: 10-2, Sat: 1-4 E. Park Row, Clinton, NY (315) 853-8871 • www.kacny.org

Isabelle de Borchgrave: Fashioning Art from Paper

Retrospective: The Photography of Sylvia De Swaan November 6 - 7, 2021

The Other Side

2011 Genesee St., Utica, NY Hours.: Thurs: 12-3pm, Sat: 12-3pm or by appointment, masks required www.theothersideutica.org

20: PrattMWP Celebrating 20 Years Through December 9, 2021

Nearly 100 intricately detailed artworks celebrating more than 500 years of fashion history created using only paper and hand painting to dazzling effect.

Twenty alumni from the past 20 years will return to campus to present an exciting multimedia exhibition. One artist will represent each class as we celebrate a reunion of dedicated and talented alumni from 2000-now.

MWPAI

PrattMWP Gallery

Through January 9, 2022

310 Genesee Street, Utica, NY (315) 797-0000 • www.mwpai.org

310 Genesee Street, Utica, NY (315) 797-0000 • www.mwpai.org

Having an art opening? Let us know so we can list it here for free! Email: mohawkvalleyliving@hotmail.com

Are You Winter Ready?

Styles Shown: Nuemel and Tasman

NEW HARTFORD SHOPPING CENTER

315.797.0025 • karazshoes.net

Visit our cafe serving fresh sandwiches, salads, soups, realwww.peterscornucopia.net fruit smoothies and organic coffee!

Shawangunk nature preserve, cold brook

TALES FROM

SHAWANGUNK revisited

by Peggy Spencer Behrendt

49

Although Peggy has ended her monthly series, we will from time to time reprint fan favorites from several years ago. This month we’re reprinting her first submission to us...

August 31st, 1974 We were headed for a new life at Shawangunk and had finally finished packing everything in the 1950 Willies Jeep we’d named “Isaiah.” Tim pushed the starter button with his left foot, put Isaiah in gear and said, “Here we go, Peg,” with a tone of serious intent.

We made quite a rattle and bang as we slowly left village life. We couldn’t fit everything inside for our last trip so it looked like a scene from Steinbeck’s “Grapes of Wrath.” From my diary: “The truck was loaded high; fencing on the top, plastic jugs hanging off the sides… kerosene heater strapped on the side, chicken feeder dangling, and a plant sticking out in back, clinking, rattling, clanging and swinging to and fro... Me in front with groceries and two chickens under my feet, cat on my lap, eggs in the glove compartment and clothes between Tim and me! If I didn’t feel so terrible with a sore throat I would have laughed and laughed.”

We were quiet, though, as we contem-

Tim in church

plated our future life. We wanted to create an island of meaning; a place where life made sense to us; a self-sustaining lifestyle with minimal impact on the earth’s resources; a living testament that we could have a rich, full, comfortable life without using electricity, without destroying wildlife habitat, without pollution, without killing and eating animals.

Would it be possible to be self-sufficient? What did we really need to live, to not only survive, but to have quality of life?

We were very excited about this new venture, but our friends tried to discourage us. Forests and swamps are traditionally places of bottomless quicksand; deadly snakes, animals and insects; poisonous plants; strangely shaped often malevolent creatures such as trolls, elves, and fairies; dens of murderers, sadists and thieves...

“They don’t plow the roads there.”

“What if you get sick or have an accident? How would you get help?

There’s no phone!”

“It gets really, really cold there!”

“People get lost in the Adirondacks

The kids help with chores.

G N I W O T 24 HOUR

N O T CLIN SION “We’ll Take Care Of You” I L L CO 315.853.5665 PO Box 292, McBride Ave. Clinton, NY Fax: 315.853.4751

GatesCole.com 50

Happy Thanksgiving!

Receive 10% off all purchases over $50 in-store for months of November and December

a n d die of exposure!”

“You know there’s bears up there don’t you?”

“You know there’s weird people living in those back-woods?

Didn’t you see the movie, Deliverance?”

At that time, all we could afford was a 3-½ acre parcel of boggy woodland in the Adirondack State Park. We’d spent all summer and $450 building our little cottage out of scrap-wood with some help from our four young children and a few friends.

From the narrow dirt road, our home-site looked like an impassable, thick, green swamp. We said to each other, incredulous, “We’re going to live here?”

We squeezed into the tiny parking space we’d cleared between trees. It had rained the day before and Misty Brook was pregnant with fast-moving, amber colored, rain water draining from the humusy forest soils which are full of leaf mold and sphagnum moss. The water level was high and starting to press against the planks of our foot-bridge.

Despite fatigue and the stress of moving, we were excited.

At last we were in a place of our own, with privacy and natural beauty. A few days later, after another heavy rain, we stripped off our clothes and plunged into the rain-filled creek, half-paddling, half-crawling many yards upstream, whooping and yelling because we were free to do so, grateful that no one would hear us. It was a spontaneous urge to begin cleansing ourselves of “shoulds” and “musts” and opening our pores and souls to the freedom of discovering and creating a life. A life that would be personally meaningful and as harmonious as possible with all living things. We crawled over dead tree trunks and ducked under sprawling alder trees. We slid along the clean sand, felt the power of the rushing water on our bodies and through our hair. We kicked water sprays into the forest above. Thus, we were baptized into a new life in the Adirondack wetlands of Shawangunk. • The Shawangunk Nature Preserve is a deep ecology, forever wild, 501©(3), learning and cultural center. Tim and Peggy still live there and can be contacted through their website. www.shawangunknaturepreserve.com

Start thinking gift-giving! Here are some great ideas to give to family and friends for Christmas this year!

Visit our store for homemade breads, granola, and farm fresh free range brown eggs!

6300 Skinner Rd., Vernon Center NY Open: Mon-Fri 10-5, Sat 10-1 315-829-4089 | www.stoltzfusdairy.com

Tinctures Lotions & More!

MANY OF OUR CBD PRODUCTS MADE IN NEW YORK

CBD OIL

CBD OFFERS RELIEF FROM JOINT AND MUSCLE PAIN, HEAD AND NECK TENSION, AS WELL AS RELIEF FOR SLEEPING DISORDERS AND MUCH MORE!

THC-FREE AND TRACE THC AVAILBLE

You’ve seen the news stories, now try it for yourself!

Have questions?

Our friendly staff are waiting to serve you today!

VISIT US TODAY: NEW HARTFORD • HERKIMER • ROCHESTER WWW.UTICAHEMPCO.COM OR FIND US ON FACEBOOK!

Advertiser Directory please support Our sponsors, they make this magazine possible Antiques Antiques & Art Westmoreland . . . . . . . . . 15 Attic Addicts, Yorkville . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Black Cat Antiques, Earlville . . . . . . . . . . 16 Broad Street Flea Market, Utica . . . . . . . 16 The Bull Farm Antiques, Vernon . . . . . . 16 Butternut Barn, Richfield Springs . . . . . . . 16 Canal House Antiques, Bouckville . . . . . . . 16 Dawn Marie’s Treasures, Clinton . .. . . . 2 & 16 The Depot Antique Gallery, Madison . . . . 16 Fort Plain Antiques . . . . . . . . . . . 16 The Gallery Antiques at Pinebrick, Bouckville . . 16 Little Falls Antique Center, Little Falls . . . . 17 Madison Inn Antiques, Madison . . . . . . . . 17 Mohawk Antiques Mall, Mohawk . . . . . . . 17 MohawkValleyCommunityMarket,Herkimer. .17 The Online Exchange, Dolgeville . . . . . . . . . 18 The Potting Shed Antiques, Whitesboro . . . 18 Showcase Antiques, Little Falls . . . . . . . . . 18 Valandrea’s Venture, Bouckville . . . . . . . . 18 Victorian Rose, Bouckville . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Weeden’s Mini Mall, Camden . . . . . . . . 18 Whistle Post Antiques, Bouckville . . . . . . 18 Antique Auctioneers Nye & Company Auctioneers . . . . . . . . . . 17 Apples, U-Pick North Star Orchards, Westmoreland . . . . 26 Art Galleries/Museums Full Moon Reflections, Camden . . . . . . 47 Fusion Art Gallery, Rome . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 Kirkland Art Center, Clinton . . . . . . . . . . 21 Yorkville Framing & Art Gallery, Yorkville . . . . . 47 Art and Custom Framing Fusion Art Gallery, Rome . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 Heartwood Gift Barn, Sherburne . . . . . . . . . . 29 Yorkville Framing & Art Gallery, Yorkville . . . . . 47 Art and Pottery Classes Azure Arts Pottery, Richfield Springs . . . . . . . . . 47 Awards and Engraving Speedy Awards and Engraving, New Hartford . . 42 Auto Dealerships Steet-Ponte Auto Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 Automotive Repair Clinton Collision, Clinton . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 Bakeries and Pastry Shops Caruso’s Pastry Shoppe, Utica . . . . . . . . 31 Karam’s Middle East Bakery, Yorkville . . .. . 14 Ramon’s Bakery, Utica . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Bike Shops Dick’s Wheel Shop, Herkimer . . . . . . . . . . 11 Books Adirondack kids Book Series . . . . . . . . . 34 Berry Hill Book Shop, Deansboro . . . . . . . 28 Treehouse Reading Room, New York Mills . . . . 11 Cabinets and Kitchens Custom Woodcraft, Munnsville . . . . . . . . . 24 Knotty By Nature, Bridgewater . . . . . . . . . 20 Candy So Sweet Candy Shoppe, Utica . . . . . . . . . 6

52

Catering Club Monarch, Yorkville . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 RoSo’s Cafe & Catering, Utica . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Willie’s The Original Bagel Cafe, Utica . . . . . . 13 CBD Products RAW ADK, Barneveld . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 Utica Hemp, New Hartford, Utica . . . . . . . . 51 Cheese Grassy Cow Dairy, Remsen . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Jewett’s Cheese, Earlville . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Jones Family Farm, Herkimer . . . . . . . . . 53 Stoltzfus Family Dairy, Vernon Center . . . . 51 Christmas Trees Massoud’s Tree Farm, Sauquoit . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Naturewood Knoll, Fairfield . . . . . . . . . . . 20 North Star Orchards . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Clothing Paca Gardens, Little Falls . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 The Queen’s Closet, Yorkville . . . . . . . . . . 15 Consignment The Online Exchange, Dolgeville . . . . . . . . . 17 The Queen’s Closet, Yorkville . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Renewed & Rescued, Herkimer . . . . . . . . . . 18 Contractors Ed Smith Contractor and Handyman . . . . . . 25 Delis and Meats Bosonne’s Sausage, Utica . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 Little Italy Imports, Utica . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Meelan’s Market, Clark Mills . . . . . . . . . 11 Mohawk Village Market, Mohawk . . . . . . . 45 Olde Kountry Market, Vernon . . . . . . . . . . 24 Pulaski Meat Market, Utica . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Diners Charlie’s Place, Clinton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Sheri’s Diner, Utica . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Wendy’s Diner, Cassville . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Dog Sitting Barney’s Angels, Frankfort . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Doors, Residential & Commercial JM Door Co., Utica . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Estate Sales Attic Addicts, Yorkville . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 The Potting Shed Antiques, Whitesboro . . . . 18 Events, Entertainment, and Activities Clinton Shoppers’ Stroll . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Florissante, Lyonsdale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 Goodsell Museum, Old Forge . . . . . . . . . . 43 Hamilton College Performing Arts, Clinton . . 32 Old Forge Tourism . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Farm Equipment Clinton Tractor, Clinton . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 Hobby Hill Farm Sales, Rome . . . . . . . . . . 39 White’s Farm Supply, Waterville/Canastota . . . 56 Farm Markets Cooperstown Farmers Market . . . . . . . . . .

Horn’s Family Farm, Remsen . . . . . . . . . .

Oneida County Public Market . . . . . . . .

Twin Orchards, New Hartford . . . . . . . . .

28 19 31 30

Vernon Farm & Market, Vernon . . . . . . . . . 25 Financial Services Van Meter & Van Meter, Little Falls . . . . . . . . 23 Flooring Mike’s Floor Store, Whitesboro . . . . . . . . . . 37 Funeral Services Prince-Boyd & Hyatt, Rome . . . . . . . . . . . 43 Furniture Ironwood Furniture, Clinton . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 Jeff ’s Amish Furniture, Richfield Springs . . . . 27 John Froass and Son, Sherrill . . . . . . . . . 42 Shoppes at the Finish Line, Utica . . . . . . . . . 22 Furniture Makers Custom Woodcraft, Munnsville . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Furniture Rustic and Woodcrafts Thorn Apple Hill, Clinton . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Garden Center and Greenhouses Casler Flower Farm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Green Lakes Home & Garden, Richfield Springs . . 35 North Star Orchards, Westmoreland . . . . . . . 26 Szarek’s Succulent Shack, Clinton . . . . . . . . . 14 General Contractors Ed Smith Contractor and Handyman . . . . . . 25 Gift Shops/Shopping Artisans’ Corner, Clinton . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Between Us Sisters, Munnsville . . . . . . . . . 22 Building Stones Fair Trade Shoppe, Clinton . . . 2 Casler Flower Farm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Clinton Shoppers’ Stroll . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Fusion Art Gallery, Rome . . . . . . . . . . . 32 Krizia Martin, Clinton . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Shoppes at the Finish Line, Utica . . . . . . . . . 22 Shoppes at Johnny Appleseed, Erieville . . . . 35 The Tepee, Cherry Valley . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Grocery Stores, Co-ops, and Convenience Stores Deansboro Superette, Deansboro . . . . . . . . . 27 Little Italy Imports, Utica . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Olde Kountry Market, Vernon . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Mohawk Village Market, Mohawk . . . . . . . 45 Richfield Springs Community Food Coop. . . . . . 33 Handyman/Repairs Ed Smith Contractor and Handyman . . . . . . 25 Hardware/Lumber/Farm & Home Lincoln Davies, Sauquoit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Morgan’s Hardware, Waterville . . . . . . . . . . 45 Turner Lumber, Barneveld . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Wightman Specialty Woods . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Hearth Shops and Fuel Buell Fuel Hearth & Home, Deansboro . . . . . 34 Insurance Farm Family Insurance, Boonville . . . . . . . 46 Gates-Cole Insurance, New Hartford . . . . . 50 HBE Group, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Turnbull Insurance, New Hartford . . . . . . . 44 Interior Design/Custom Window Treatments The Added Touch Drapery, New Hartford . . . . . 36

Ironwork Raulli’s Iron Works, Rome . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Jewelry Alison’s Jewelry & Repair, Utica . . . . . . . . . 33 Fall Hill bead & Gem, Little Falls . . . . . . . . . . 9 Goldmine Jewelers, New Hartford . . . . . . . . 40 Lighting Mills Electrical Supply, Rome . . . . . . . . . . 9 Liquor Stores and Wine Ilion Wine & Spirits, Ilion . . . . . . . . . . . 40 Prospect Falls Winery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 Trenton Station Liquor & Wine, Barneveld . . . . 20 Maple Syrup Ben & Judy’s Sugarhouse, West Edmeston . . . . . 32 Shaw’s Maple Products, Clinton . . . . . . . . . . 43 Tibbits Maple, New Hartford . . . . . . . . . . 45 Meats (See Delis) Media WFXV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 WKAL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 Weekly Adirondack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 Monuments & Memorials Yorkville Memorials, Yorkville . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Musical Instrument Sales, Rentals, Lessons Big Apple Music, New Hartford . . . . . . . . . 36 Natural Food Stores Brenda’s Naturals, Rome . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Cooperstown Naturals, Cooperstown . . . . . . . . 11 Peter’s Cornucopia, New Hartford . . . . . . . . 48

Serving Rome & Utica Since 1946 TALKRADIO 1450

WKAL

Raulli’s Iron Works

Custom hand-made iron railings, fences & gates.

www.raullis.com 133 Mill St., Rome, New York 315-337-8070

The News Source of Old Forge, Inlet and Surrounding Communities FREE Newspaper Available in the Greater Old Forge Area! www.weeklyadk.com

Personal, Business & Life Insurance Planning From a local company established in 1866

Turnbull

INSURANCE SERVICE

600 French Road, New Hartford • 315.735.9201 www.turnbull-insurance.com

Optometrists Towpath Vision Care, Little Falls . . . . . . . . . 10 Paint and Painting Supplies Urbanik’s Paint & Wallpaper Co., Utica . . . . . . . 41 Physical Therapy Achievement Therapy & Wellness, Utica . . . . . . . 21 Inertia PT, Utica . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Pizzerias DiCastro’s Brick Oven, Rome . . . . . . . . . . 13 Primo Pizzeria, Clinton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Tony’s Pizza, New Hartford . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Political Karen J. Stanislaus for Oneida County Family Court Judge . . 44 Portable Toilets and Bathrooms Mohawk Ltd. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Primitives Between Us Sisters, Munnsville . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Butternut Barn, Richfield Springs . . . . . . . 16 Casler Flower Farm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Produce, Local Ben & Judy’s Sugarhouse, West Edmeston . . . . . .

Grassy Cow Dairy, Remsen . . . . . . . . . .

Jewett’s Cheese, Earlville . . . . . . . . . . . .

Jones Family Farm, Herkimer . . . . . . . .

Shaw’s Maple Products, Clinton . . . . . . . . .

Stoltzfus Family Dairy, Vernon Center . . . . . .

Tibbits Maple, New Hartford . . . . . . . . .

. . . . . . .

32 20 19 53 43 51 45

Quilt and Yarn Shops/Services Heartworks Quilts, Fly Creek . . . . . . . . . 28 Tiger Lily Quilt Co, Utica . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

“We are your home town pizzeria!”

past 5 years!

Voted #1 pizza for

(315) 736-4549 • Open 7 days a week • 4462 Commercial Dr., New Hartford www.tonyspizzeriaanddeli.com

Restaurants and Cafés Ann St. Deli, Little Falls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Black Stallion Restaurant,Vernon . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Buffalohead Restaurant, Forestport . . . . . . . . . 12 Club Monarch, Yorkville . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 DiCastro’s Brick Oven, Rome . . . . . . . . . 13 Gone Coastal, Lee Center . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Karam’s Middle East Bakery, Yorkville . . . . 14 Killabrew, New Hartford . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Nola’s, Clinton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Ohio Tavern, Cold Brook . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Phoenician Restaurant, New Hartford . . . . . . 13 Riverside Diner, Marcy . . . . . . . . . . 13 RoSo’s Cafe & Catering, Utica . . . . . . . . . . 14 Route 69 Steakhouse, Whitesboro . . . . . . . . 14 Sammy and Annie Foods, Utica . . . . . 13 The Tailor and The Cook, Utica . . . . . . . . 14 Wendy’s Diner, Cassville . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Willie’s The Original Bagel Cafe, Utica . . . . . . 13 The Willows, Utica . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Shoes Karaz Shoes, New Hartford . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 Storage Sheds & Garages Pleasant View Structures, Vernon . . . . . . . . . 40 Towing Services Clinton Collision, Clinton . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 Tree Services and Tree Farms Rick Turk Tree Service, Rome . . . . . . . . . . 49 Weddings and Banquets Club Monarch, Yorkville . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Wineries Brimfield Farm Winery, Clinton . . . . . . . 29 Prospect Falls Winery, Prospect . . . . . . . . . 29 Yogurt Stoltzfus Family Dairy, Vernon Center . . . . . . . 51

last month’s crossword solution

Answer to last month’s puzzle about “where art and music are alive” is MWPAI. Munson WIlliams Proctor (MWP) added “Arts Institute” to its name (MWPAI) when a joint program with Pratt Institute was formed. They are celebrated that union this year with a 20th Anniversary Exhibit.

Winner: Carol Lotspeich of Little Falls

The answer to last month’s puzzle about the movie starring Robert De Niro based on a Utica author’s book is: Cape Fear.

John D. MacDonald moved to Utica with his family as a child in 1926. His 1957 novel, The Executioners, was turned into the film in 1991 starring Robert De Niro.

Our winner is: Rebecca Kohlmann of Frankfort 54

Keeping Mohawk Valley Living on the road for years!

Welcome to the Steet-Ponte Auto Group family, Steet-Ponte Nissan!

Steet-Ponte Nissan

4967 Commercial Drive • Yorkville (315) 864-7500 www.SteetPonteNissan.com

Steet-Ponte autogroup

Stop in today and see why it’s so easy to do business with Steet-Ponte! www.steetponteautogroup.com

An offer you can’t pass up.

So snow won’t slow you down.

An offer you can’t pass up.

So snow won’t BX Series 16.6-24.8 HP Easy operation slow you down.

The versatile, #1 selling BX Series is ready for winter with an optional heated BX Series 16.6-24.8 HP Easy operation cab and choice of snow removal attachments like snow blowers, blades and rotary sweepers. Visit us today.

The versatile, #1 selling BX Series is ready for winter with an optional heated

$0

0%

60

cab and choice of snow removal attachments like snow blowers, blades and

DOWN

rotary sweepers. Visit us today.

$0

APR

PLUS

0% SAVE UP TO

60

$700

DOWN

APR

MONTHS

MONTHS

PLUS

SAVE UP TO

$700

VISIT US TODAY FOR THIS LIMITED-TIME OFFER

White’s Farm Supply, Inc.

VISIT US TODAY FOR THIS LIMITED-TIME OFFER

Celebrating 75 Years In Business Waterville

962 Route 12 (315) 841-4181

Lowville

8207 Route 26 (315) 376-0300

Canastota

4154 Route 31 (315) 697-2214

WWW.WHITESFARMSUPPLY.COM KubotaUSA.com © Kubota Tractor Corporation, 2021. $0 Down, 0% A.P.R. financing for up to 60 months on purchases of new Kubota BX and B series equipment from participating dealers’ in-stock inventory is available to qualified purchasers through Kubota Credit Corporation, U.S.A.; subject to credit approval. Example: 60 monthly payments of $16.67 per $700 financed.

Customer instant rebates of $300 are available on qualifying finance or $600 on cash purchases of BX2680 equipment. Additional instant rebate of $400 is available with purchase © Kubotaof Tractor Corporation, 2021. $0 Down, 0% A.P.R. financing for up to 60 months on purchases of new Kubota BX and B series equipment from participating dealers’ in-stock one new qualifying implement. Some exceptions apply. Offers expire 12/31/21. Terms subject to change. This material is for descriptive purposes only. Kubota disclaims all inventoryrepresentations is available toand qualified purchasers through Credit Corporation, subjectForto complete credit approval. monthly payments ofproduct $16.67information, per $700 financed. warranties, express or implied,Kubota or any liability from the use ofU.S.A.; this material. warranty,Example: disclaimer,60 safety, incentive offer and Dealerofor$300 KubotaUSA.com.

Customerconsult instantyour rebates are available on qualifying finance or $600 on cash purchases of BX2680 equipment. Additional instant rebate1KBB03499_SNOW_BX-CAB_F1_Q3_0910.indd of $400 is available with purchase

KubotaUSA.com

of one new qualifying implement. Some exceptions apply. Offers expire 12/31/21. Terms subject to change. This material is for descriptive purposes only. Kubota disclaims all