Cloverbrook Farm Agricultural Summer Camp “We are having a lot of fun!” says Gail McCarthy of her family’s new Agricultural Summer Camp being held at the majestic Cloverbrook Farm on Quaker Hill. On any given day campers can enjoy giving a friendly cow a nice cool bath, feeding Natalie and Burke the baby pigs,...
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Inspiring Ideas for Creative Parenting
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      Let them Get Dirty!   We have already felt the first hints of summer here in Pawling. The greenery is lush, the mosquitoes have found us, and we have enjoyed several pleasantly warm evenings. School is almost out and before you know it, the kids will be back in the house,...
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  Local Family to Spend Year in Hungary   Have you ever dreamed of picking up your family and heading off to spend a year in a foreign land? One Pawling family will be doing just that very soon. This upcoming August, Monica and Tom Housen will be taking their three children to live...
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Circle of Music What was that joyous sound you heard as you walked through the Village of Pawling?  Perhaps it was the sound of children singing, something we will be hearing much more of now that Pawling resident Mary Gray has opened the Circle of Music Studio.  Located at 8 West Main Street, behind...
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Grow a Love of Gardening The snow is melting, the birds are chirp, chirp, chirping, and the earth is waking up. One way to herald in the milder weather is by spending these last few cool weeks dreaming up a beautiful family garden. March happens to be the perfect time to start seeds indoors...
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Recently, my father-in-law took a look at my laptop and blurted out, “Peaceful Parenting!”   He had begun to read an article I was working on for the Pawling Public Radio website, “Nothing peaceful about it!” he went on with a gruff laugh, this coming from a father of eight kids who indisputably knows...
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Happiness: A Parent’s Secret Weapon My daughter can be a seriously domineering and head-strong girl when she chooses to be. She’s also fantastic, creative, inspiring, loving…a long list of wonderful.  However, we battle it out quite a bit. She wants everything her way and “NOW!” Not A-typical for a 4 year old. I’ve tried...
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