The high school cafeteria in America often gets a bum rap. Maybe being forced to take a vegetable rubbed you the wrong way. Perhaps the public school sloppy joe could never compete with Mom’s. Or ...

The Japanese have an art form called kintsugi, in which broken pottery is repaired by mixing gold with lacquer or another medium and using it to seal the cracks. Rather than hiding the blemishes and ...

"A Flood of Love and Hope" by Karin Knaus leads our August 2025 issue, a memorial tribute to the communities impacted by Tropical Storm Debby last year.

The comedy and tragedy masks have been put away, but the gloriously improvised menu lives on! That’s right, local favorite Cast & Crew is coming back in a new role as the in-house caterers for Lambs ...

"All Creatures Great and Shaw" by Susan Shadle Erb. Kristine Shaw makes a pawsitive impact in Wellsboro. This issue also features Antrim Runs on the Duncan, Burdett ...

“Girl, you are going to be stylin’!” Olinda Sapp beams at the young lady who leaves the store at 224 W. Water Street with a hat, furry and brilliant red. Annies beauty supply store has sent a lot of ...

"Pillars of the Community" by Karey Solomon. A volunteer army supports the Arnot Art Museum. This issue also features Row, Row, Row Your Bar in Elmira; Beautiful ...

Holly Mauser never saw the house during her childhood when her family came to Coudersport to buy groceries for their cabin in Potter County. She did notice other homes in Coudersport, which, unlike ...

This summer, I was sorting “memories” my mother saved. There was a basket of postcards—pictures of places other people visited, backed with short notes that read like prehistoric social media posts.

I just saw a headline about the hourly minimum wage in New York State—it’s sixteen dollars in most places these days. That has a lot of implications for small businesses, even if you live just south ...

Years ago I was taking a fall drive in Caton, New York, and came upon this quiet country road lined with maple trees and stunning views. I silently wished to myself that I could live on a road like ...

When fall weather cooperates, a second cutting of hay is possible. During one of my wanderings along Stony Fork Road, the sun rising behind this colorful eight-wheel hay rake caught my eye. The wheels ...