It was late on Christmas morning in 1963 that I was riding up old No. 2 T-bar at Sugarloaf with little Kathy French, the daughter of Dick and Bev French, who together managed Harvey Boynton’s Ski Shop next to the base lodge. It was a crisp December day, and we were treated to a few […]

“Vacationland.” “The way life should be.” These are the slogans used to attract nonresident visitors to our state. Apparently, they’re not working. And the problem is significant enough that the Legislature passed a resolve establishing a Task Force To Examine the Decline in the Number of Nonresident Hunters, charged with reviewing the numbers of nonresident […]

The battle of the bird field guides is picking up again. The sixth edition of the National Geographic Society (hereafter, NGS) Field Guide to the Birds of North America was published recently. This new edition is much improved. It will offer some serious competition to other field guides. When I began birding, the two available […]

UPCOMING New Year’s Day Hike 1 p.m. in Kezar Falls Join Healthy Sacopee for its 14th annual New Year’s Day Hike. Meet at 1 p.m. at the Sacopee Valley Health Center, 49 Summer St., one block off Route 160 in Kezar Falls. The hike will start at 1:30 p.m. and cover two miles in the […]