The new mayor is looking for a new City Hall. We once had a real City Hall.Currently, we are outshined by the one in Schenectady, built in 1931 in the late Georgian Revival style, by McKim, Mead, and White who made the style popular in the late 19th century. Albany’s grand Romanesque-style City Hall, designed […]
GILFORD, N.H. A costumed skier races down a slope, hits a pond and hydroplanes halfway across. He pirouettes and then plunges into the icy water before jumping up and waving to the cheering crowd.
The wacky spring tradition of pond skimming is happening this month at ski resorts across the country. It’s often held to celebrate the last day of the skiing season before the chairlifts close until the following winter. “Feels great,” said Edward Murphy, pond skimming at New Hampshire's Gunstock Mountain. “Diving into spring.”
Spring’s wacky pond skimming tradition returns GILFORD, New Hampshire (AP) A costumed skier races down a slope, hits a pond and hydroplanes halfway across. He pirouettes and then plunges into the icy water before jumping up and waving to the cheering crowd. It’s the wacky spring tradition of pond skimming, and it’s happening this […]