Growing up in the 60s was exciting and dangerous. It was acid and Vietnam and terrible clothes and hair. It was the dawn of Aquarius and the Tibetan Book of the Dead, boys going over, boys coming home in boxes. We all know that, and we didn’t need David Chase (“The Sopranos”) to show us. […]

The Brit melodrama “Downton Abbey” has spawned countless spoofs. So it’s no surprise a cookbook,liberally seasoned with the Crawleys and their cadre of servants, would surface.

Weiala Press, an independent publisher in Brunswick, is pleased to announce the release of a new novel by local author, Carla Maria Verdino-Süllwold.

Behold. Hydraulic fracturing, “fracking,” is the new cause celebre, a movement drawing star power. Actors Mark Ruffalo, Robert Redford, Amy Ryan and the star of Gus Van Sant’s new anti-fracking film “Promised Land,” John Krasinkski, along with America’s socially active movie star, Matt Damon, are out on the stump fighting for the cause.

At The Olde Post Office Café in Mount Vernon, the view across Minnehonk Lake is beautiful, the featured art is always spectacular, the food is incredible — and we can walk to it!