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State budget cuts step over dollars to save dimes

With a budget deficit anticipated to reach $47 billion over the next four years, the state legislature and Paterson administration ..


Great getaways close to home – the 1,000 Islands

Anytime I get to visit the Thousand Islands region of the state is special, and so my recent trip to ..


Springtime gobblers becoming increasingly silent

A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush, or in the case of spring gobbler hunting … ..


Push for stronger gun laws having opposite effect

We should all realize the common attitudes and views of the various states’ residents and voters can differ, and this ..


Assembly passes a hodgepodge of new firearms laws

Last week the NYS Assembly passed a slew of new firearms bills that are destined to upset the many upstate ..


The Cornucopian month of May

Although April ushers in the initial year’s first open-water fishing via the trout season, May is generally seen as the ..


Gearing up for those May gobblers

With the spring turkey season (May 1-31) rapidly approaching, now is the time to start getting all your gobblers in ..


Calendar says April, but nature leans toward March

The other night a meteorologist on a local TV channel remarked that “April is the new March” in our area. ..


The DEC’s questionable ‘April 1 trout delivery’

I can’t resist starting this week’s column off with a “What were they thinking?” comment. This one involves DEC’s decision ..


Prepping for the April 1 trout opener

Other than along the higher profiled and recently stocked streams, such as the Otselic River, the opening day of trout ..


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