When Jeremy and Liz Gruber purchased Peterson’s Candies in Busti, they were taking a leap of faith, especially with Jeremy leaving his job as an accountant to jump into candy-making. The couple purchased the business that started in the 1930s as Peterson’s Corn Crib Candies at Third ...

The fourth floor apartment that my husband’s cousin and his wife owned in Cuenca, Ecuador had huge windows in every room. Nearly every time I looked out over the third largest city in the South American country, I saw something I hadn’t noticed before, but I found myself looking for three ...

ASHVILLE — Any one of Chef Russell Furdell’s students can recite his motto “You don’t make food. You make chefs.” His foodservice class at Hewes BOCES Center functions like a well-oiled machine, with each student having responsibilities and knowing when and how to carry them out. ...

We have arrived! We’ve made it to Cuenca, Ecuador by way of van, ship, bus, plane and taxi. By now we have been on the move for four weeks to reach our goal of visiting my husband’s cousin, Noel, and his wife, Christine. The first thing the Magees did after they welcomed us, was to ...

The Russia International School Project was begun in 1991 after Russia’s Minister of Education invited educators from the United States. The course that the Ministry and Orthodox Church endorsed was called, Christian Morality and Ethics, a Foundation for Society. “The group was a ...

Our cruise through the Panama Canal ended in San Antonio, Chile, on December 22, the first day of summer in this part of the world. We were on our way to visit my husband’s cousin Noel and his wife in Cuenca, Ecuador. After debarkation we boarded a bus to the Santiago International Airport. ...