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  • Talking tariffs

    Talking tariffs

    Local businesses try to find safe passage through fast-changing trade wars   John Carr, owner of Adirondack Pub & Brewery in Lake George, is closely watching the effects of new U.S. tariffs, as he relies on imported malt and barley to produce his lagers and ales. Joan K. Lentini photo   By MAURY THOMPSONContributing writer

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  • Where Dutch and Black history meet

    Where Dutch and Black history meet

    Groups join forces to save long-vacant house near Hudson The house built by the Dutch colonist Jan Van Hoesen in the early 1700s later became the home of the Quaker abolitionist Charles Marriott and was a stop on the Underground Railroad. Now two local history groups have joined forces to preserve the structure, which has

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  • The power of flowers

    The power of flowers

    Moira Krum displays some of the dropper bottles of flower essences she uses in her therapy practice. Scott Langley photo   By STACEY MORRISContributing writer HILLSDALE, N.Y. Moira Krum smiles when asked to explain the philosophy of flower essence therapy. “Plants have been medicine for millennia,” she said. “They’re actually nothing new in terms of

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