December 2019 Photo of the Month

December 2019 Photo of the Month

If you’ve ever been up to Bella Valle Farm you’re sure to have met  Leslie and Michael Maione. Their family-run farm is a great example of how picturesque nature can be in New York. A couple of others you may not have met are Fizz and Fuzz, their two cats pictured...
George Blabac

George Blabac

Happy 100th Birthday George Blabac Born on  Christmas Day 1919 George has seen and done a lot over the years. He says the one thing he would want to be remembered for in life “is my hard work as a father and a civil servant and a servant to our country.”  George was...
December 2019 Kismet

December 2019 Kismet

Kismet  Tom & Juanita Moore Dvanek   Best friends can make you laugh even when you find it hard to smile It has been said that friendship is a strong foundation from which a lasting love is built.  For Juanita Moore Dvanek and her husband Tom this concept is...
Henry Bradford Endicott – December 2019 Spotlight

Henry Bradford Endicott – December 2019 Spotlight

Spotlight – Henry Bradford Endicott Henry  Wadsworth Longfellow is noted for saying  “When a great man dies, for years the light he leaves behind him, lies on the paths of men.”    This Christmas season I wanted to tell the story of Henry Bradford Endicott whose...
December 2019 – Did You Know

December 2019 – Did You Know

Did you know? The first decorated Xmas tree was in Latvia in 1510. Thomas Edison’s assistant, Ed  Johnson, came up with electric lights for Xmas trees in 1882. The record for the most Christmas lights on a house is 502,165 lights held by a couple in Austria in 2010...