Homebuyers seeking a peaceful country life can make uneasy neighbors for the region’s remaining small farmers (Metroland – September 15, 2005) “As our nonfarming neighbors increase, it’s become necessary to remind everyone that farming is not a beautiful thing,” begins Bill Hoffay during the public comment period of a recent Town of Sand Lake board [...]

Arbor Hill’s Tivoli Preserve is an urban refuge, but when it comes to protecting people who fish there, the lines of responsibility are not always clear (Metroland – June 23, 2005) ‘One day, my mom, my friend and I went to a pond,” wrote Brook Nichols, a 12-year-old student at Albany’s School 19, in a [...]

Ready or not, water shortages—along with bitter debates over the wisdom of water-supply privatization—may be coming soon to a town near you (Metroland – December 02, 2004) ‘When I was growing up here, I knew that for three or four weeks in August we were going to be out of water,” says town of Halfmoon [...]