by Judith Present Maybe you’ve never heard of Jason Derek Brown, but he has been on the FBI’s Most Wanted list since 2007. Everything...
Ramblings of a River Lover
by Steve Taggart This simple title or phrase can be a lead into many different statements. A declaration: “One day I will once again...
Meet the Interns
The Hancock Herald Offers Learning Opportunity to High School Students The Hancock Herald is now offering internship opportunities...
Colonial Education and Schools
by Judith Present During colonial times the standards of education varied, and corporal punishment was simply normal for school kids....
Buffalo Chicken Mac & Cheese
by Carmella Seely One concept that has been difficult to navigate with a gluten free lifestyle is vacation. Most of our vacations are...
Pork in America
by Judith Present At Queen Isabella's insistence, Christopher Columbus took eight pigs on his voyage to Cuba in 1493. They were tough...
The Best Mom Ever
By Rebecca Nevin-Gales This September marks my mom’s one hundredth birthday. I owe so much to her—it was she who introduced me to the...
Summer Celebrations
by Kristin Barron In this issue of the Herald, we mark Labor Day and the end of summer with a spread of photos in celebration of the...
The Thunderstorm:
by Steve Taggart They can be fascinating, they can be scary, and they can be destructive but they are necessary In my column over the...
Death by Pig
by Cindy R Ray I started writing Backyard Living years ago when my kids were little and I spent a lot of time in my backyard playing...
Warm Weather and the Winter Olympics
by Judith Present What do you do for the Winter Olympics if there is no snow? With climate change, we have no idea anymore what the...
Local Newspapers Build Community
by Judith Present Small-town newspaper journalism is locally oriented and important to a particular community. We have the Hancock...
The Great Smokies
by Judith Present "There are trees here that stood before our forefathers ever came to this continent; there are brooks that still...
Living the Dream
by Cindy R Ray This summer I was lucky to have my 14-year-old niece who lives in North Carolina spend a month here with us. While she...
The Sweetest Perfume at the Pond
By Rebecca Nevin-Gales My articles usually include some of the beauty I am blessed to see. But the pond is also filled with some...
The Snake Oil Salesman
by Judith Present “Step right up folks and check out this little bottle of elixir, it will take the bags out from under your eyes,...
Squash Boats
by Carmella Seely As I sat down to write this article, it dawned on me that August has arrived. It’s the middle of the summer and...
“I want to be thoroughly used up when I die . . . “
by Cindy R Ray I come across the most interesting tidbits of information at 3 a.m. Being a woman “of a certain age,” I am at that...
A Forest of My Own
by Judith Present When I travel to different states, I’m happy to come home to the forested mountains of NY and PA. I didn’t leave my...
This Summer’s Tomato recipe
My mother ate wedges of tomatoes on buttered toast every day for breakfast for as long as I knew her. She loved it. It was kind of...
Snake, Rattle and Rock n Roll
by Cindy R Ray Those lazy-hazy-crazy days of summer . . . That is the refrain rattling around in my head these days. First it was the...
Climate Change – It Ain’t no Joke
by Judith Present When I was a little girl, my father took my sister and I very often to the Museum of Natural History and the...
In Reverence
By Rebecca Nevin-Gales I was brought up on a farm and have had the privilege to witness birth. But with life, comes death. Many...
Salmon Bowls
by Carmella Seely Summer is here and in full swing! If you’re like me, summer activities fuel my soul for the cold winter days....
It was Glorious
A 1960s news room by Cindy R Ray The Herald office had some out-of-town visitors this week. Traveling through Hancock from Rochester...
A Miniature World
by Kristin Barron Last week I took the time to examine the miniature, frothy world of a spittlebug—something I haven’t done in what...
Riffles, Runs, Pools, and Eddies Merge to Form the Healing Currents of a River
by Steve Taggart Most of our classic fishing streams and rivers follow a similar pattern: riffle, run, pool, and tail-out with...
Pond Lilies . . . Yuk!
By Rebecca Nevin-Gales Recently, while I was kayaking at the pond, I was blessed with the appearance of a black bear. He came out of...
Potato Salad
by Carmella Seely Love is in the air! I have some exciting news to share. If you know me personally, my fiance and I recently got...
A Story from Your Life Is but a Snapshot of Time
by Steve Taggart Each spring is a distinct chapter in my life, and each month a “short” but intense sub-chapter. As I start this...
An Abundance of Blossoms
by Kristin Barron The apple trees are thick with blossoms this year. I drove up through the County on Wednesday to a meeting in...
Sweet & Spicy Chicken
by Carmella Seely Happy May! Life has been really busy lately between work and well, you know, just life in general. All is great...
If You’re lucky
By Rebecca Nevin-Gales There are few things at the pond that are white. In winter you have snow. In Spring, the belt around the...
Bugs on Your Windshield, Flies on the Water – The Anatomy of a Hatch
by Steve Taggart Wow, it’s been a complete journey around the sun since my first article for The Hancock Herald. Each month I write...
Lingering Daffodils
by Kristin Barron All of a sudden, the daffodils are here. A shout of spring. I especially like the old-fashioned varieties found...
Ramblings of a River Lover
by Steve Taggart My love of the four seasons in the Catskills runs deep, and I can find beauty and surreal moments in each. As I sit...
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