Outdoors

Drone footage of Elmira-Corning-Owego Video Credit: John Trice

Catherine White

Bubble Gum Poetry

Local poet and artist Akua Lezli Hope receives recognition while continuing to create interactive projects that engage the community.

Project to Preserve and Celebrate Local Culture Continues

Catherine White

Project to Preserve and Celebrate Local Culture Continues

The ARTS Council of the Southern Finger Lakes receives funding to continue community cultural documentation project.

Jim Pfiffer

Feb 14, 2022
3 min

Outdoors: Cross-country close call

beware! Cross-country skiing can get d-icy! I recently suffered a close-call while cross-country skiing at the Community Park in Big...

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Sheri Hughey

Jul 31, 2021
2 min

Watkins Glen is Gorges

I returned to Watkins Glen State Park after more than 40 years. What on God’s green and “gorge”-ous earth had kept me away for so long?

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Upstate Geechie - Walking through the Pandemic

Sky Moss

Jul 1, 2021
3 min

Upstate Geechie - Walking through the Pandemic

We live in a relatively rural community. Country roads capillary off a “main” artery.

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Randy Reid

May 31, 2021
1 min

Spotlighting Our Talented Youth

This month we are featuring photographs taken by Michael Bankston of Corning.

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Chris Brewster

Mar 31, 2021
3 min

Beauty surrounds historic Spencer park

Every community has its hidden gems – those cool places very few people outside of those who live there actually know about.

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Sky Moss

Feb 25, 2021
3 min

I can grow anything

Mid-January for me means spring is coming. I love to grow food, flowers, herbs and everything else. Growers anxiously await the mail...

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