As an adult, it can be difficult to find the time for nostalgic, winter staples, like sledding. There is something so simple about racing down a frozen hill, uncontrollably giggling and forgetting about your obligations for a fleeting moment. Now that I’m older and wiser, but still a kid at heart, sledding makes a long, […]
Black Creek Park
Urban Action 5/3
This week’s calls to action include the following events and activities. (All are free and open to the public, unless otherwise noted.) Leave the car at home ColorBrightonGreen.org will hold “Curb Your Car Week” from Sunday, May 14, through Saturday, May 20. Organizers ask participants to leave their car parked at home for at least […]
On the streets where you live
Monroe County is about as diverse a community as you can find: a mid-size city, rural areas with orchards and farm markets, suburbs with 20th-century tract houses and shopping malls, and quaint, Victorian villages. The Genesee River and the Erie Canal bisect the county, more or less vertically and diagonally, so geology and history are […]






