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Can you hear the song?

There are still places that sell them. I know there is a little candy emporium in Penn Yan that still has the Penny candy vibe and treats. Got some Teaberry gum and a candy necklace last time I was there.

I think they were like 10 cents, maybe 25 cents, a box when we were kids. I don’t want to know what they would cost now.

baked beans, alexander grapes then lemonheads

Don't look to the new guys running the place for that one. It's been there since the beginning in the room that's supposed to look like a library.

JFC 🤢🤮

They've got the signage up on the front of the store and it looks pretty awesome. I couldn't help but smile, not only because it's gonna open soon but because that building has sat empty for so long. It's a nice change of pace. They're making full use of that parking lot as well I see, but I fear they're going to have some serious issues with vandalism and theft unless they find a way to secure that lot.

Using AI images ( or what certainly looks to be AI generated ) for a new businesses signage is just... just... sigh.

I think this is an outstanding idea. ECSD hit a home run when they started the clay shooting league. It makes me wonder if something like this would work locally. I can definitely see SVE doing it, though they already have FFA and a Outdoorsman Club, so maybe they do.

I liked the fruity ones, namely Lemonheads and Alexander the Grape. The Boston Baked Beans ranked up there too though.

I don't know man, it's hard to beat Robert Duvall and Tommy Lee Jones as Augustus Mcrae and Woodrow Call.

Did you like Ferrara Pan candies? Which was your favorite?

Some fashions should never come back. Some should have never happened in the first place:

by Manjot Kaur Sidhu As late summer fades into early autumn, garden care shifts from active harvesting to preparation and planning for the next growing season. Weeds can feel like an overwhelming management task as the summer species burst into flower and spread seeds. However, late summer and early fall is the single best time for weed control that lasts year-round. What gardeners do at this time of year will determine how clean, productive and manageable their garden beds will be when spring arrives. As a professor of horticulture who is involved in teaching gardening skills to commercial gardeners and homeowners, here’s what I recommend for weed management during that time period: A single dandelion can produce dozens, perhaps hundreds, of seeds. Markus Bernet via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 1. Manage late-summer weedsThe immediate priority is stopping mature late-summer weeds from reproducing. A single mature crabgrass or dandelion plantcan drop thousands of viable seeds that lie dormant in the soil for years. If time is limited, prioritize cutting off seed heads and flower structures. Late-summer and early fall weeds typically feature fingerlike grass spikes, papery composite daisylike heads, or dense, spiked seed clusters. Mowing or shearing off blooms before they set seed halts the next generation. Annual weeds, such as crabgrass, purslane and pigweed die with the first hard frost. So your main objective is preventing them from spreading their seeds. Slice them off at or just below the soil line with a hoe. That will kill them without disturbing deep soil layers, which carry nutrients and feed the roots of the plants you want to keep in your garden. Perennials, such as dandelions, field bindweed, ground ivy and thistles all survive the winter by storing energy reserves in deep taproots or horizontal rhizomes. Pull or dig these out completely while the soil is moist, ensuring you extract the whole root system. Never leave uprooted perennials directly on bare soil while waiting to bag them; species such as bindweed or field horsetailcan quickly reroot overnight in moist soil. Remember to wash or wipe down spade blades and hoe edges after working in heavily infested beds, so that you are not transporting creeping root fragments – like quackgrass rhizomesand nutsedge tubers – to weed-free soil. You can also attack perennials with herbicides or organic weed-killing chemicals. In late summer and early fall they begin moving carbohydrates down into their root systems for winter storage. If you spray those plants during that period, they will naturally carry those chemicals deep into their root networks. That is much more effective at killing roots than applying weed killer in the spring. When disposing of cut or uprooted weeds, especially if they have seeds or are perennials, don’t put them into your home compost pile. Standard backyard composting rarely reaches temperatures high enough to destroy weed seeds or persistent rhizomes. Instead, seal them in a dark plastic bag and bake them in direct sun for a few weeks to kill all seeds and roots before trashing them, or send them to a commercial or municipal composting facility. Home or community-garden composting systems do not normally get hot enough to kill the seeds of stubborn weeds. Education Images/Universal Images Group via Getty Images 2. Disrupt winter annual germinationJust as there are summer weeds, there are winter weeds, too. Chickweed, henbit, hairy bittercress, dead nettle and shepherd’s purse all germinate in late summer and early autumn. They pass the winter as low-lying rosettes, waking up early in spring to flower before the crops are planted. Keep an eye out for tiny seedlings sprouting in bare soil during late September and October. Rake or surface-hoe them while they are small and easy to disrupt. Applying organic controls such as corn gluten meal in late August to early September is another option to suppress winter annual seeds without using synthetic chemicals. A gardener spreads mulch on a garden bed in preparation for winter. Harold Hoch/MediaNews Group/Reading Eagle via Getty Images 3. Prepare and protect garden bedsExposed, unplanted soil invites weed seeds to take root. To prepare beds for winter, cover bare earth to deprive weeds of light, moisture and space to grow. Minimize fall tilling. Digging and overturning soil can bring buried, dormant weed seeds to the surface layer, where autumn rains and sunlight can get them growing. In vegetable gardens after harvest, sow quick-growing cover crops such as field peas. The living mulches build root structure by deeply penetrating compacted soil, prevent erosion by physically binding soil particles with roots and softening raindrop impact with surface foliage, and outcompete opportunistic weeds by utilizing moisture, nutrients and light for their growth. For bare soil or areas heavily infested with persistent weeds, apply a 2- to 3-inch-thick layer of organic mulch directly over the bare soil. This barrier smothers dormant weed seeds and breaks down into rich soil by spring. The fallen autumn leaves can be left in the garden to serve as a carbon-rich winter cover that suppresses weeds just as effectively as wood bark mulch. Spending time pulling weeds in the fall and preparing your garden for winter can help eliminate the spring weed explosion before it starts. By stopping seed production and protecting exposed soil, you can ensure healthier crops, weed-free beds and significantly less labor next season. Manjot Kaur Sidhu is Assistant Extension Professor of Horticulture and Ornamental Horticulture Specialist at the University of Maine. This article is shared by The Conversation through a Creative Commons License.

ATHENS — Eighth-graders at Harlan Rowe Middle School are learning about more than just writing and arithmetic this school year. Through the school’s Farm-to-Table program, students are raising Cornish birds for meat, pickling vegetables, pressing apples into cider and so much more. “I just love this class. It’s awesome,” said eighth-grader Evelyn Owen. A new Farm-to-Table class begins each quarter, with each session lasting roughly 45 days. Everything used in the program is either donated or purchased through student fundraising. At the end of the quarter, students will take what they’ve learned to host a harvest meal. Bidlack said the class’s Cornish birds will be taken to a third-party butcher at the end of the marking period before being returned to the classroom. Source ( Paywall )

ELMIRA, N.Y. (WETM) – According to a release from the Chemung County District Attorney’s Office, a man has been convicted after a vehicle assault that happened in 2024. The release states that Ryan E. Purvis, 40, was charged with two counts of assault in the second degree, a class D violent felony, and one count of criminal mischief in the third degree, a class E felony. The release states that during the trial, Purvis was also acquitted of two counts of attempted assault in the first degree. Purvis was sentenced to two and a half years in state prison and will have to pay $4500 in restitution money for the car he damaged following the vehicle assault in 2024. He will also have three years of post-release supervision. Source

WATKINS GLEN, N.Y. (WETM) – A former Elmira police officer was sentenced to probation after pleading guilty to leaking confidential information in an investigation, the Schuyler County DA’s Office reports. According to the office of the Schuyler County District Attorney, Shyonna Pacheco, 26, of Breesport, NY, a former member of the Elmira Police Department, was sentenced to three years of probation after Pacheco leaked confidential information that was part of an ongoing drug investigation. Pacheco pleaded guilty to attempted hindering prosecution in the second degree, a class A misdemeanor. Source

Larry McMurtry’s classic Lonesome Dove novel is returning to television as a Netflix series. The streamer has greenlighted the Western drama from Zoe Kazanand Jeb Stuart, co-showrunners of Netflix’s upcoming East of Eden limited series, and Teton Ridge Entertainment. Independent studio Teton Ridge Entertainment, which focuses on American West stories, announced in February that it had acquired the rights to the Lonesome Dove literary franchise for film and television. It brought in Kazan and Stuart to write the adaptation and took the package out in late April. By early May, in a very competitive situation, Lonesome Dove had laded at Netflix with a straight-to-series order. Published in 1986 by Simon & Schuster, McMurtry’s novel — the first in the Lonesome Dove book series — spent 24 consecutive weeks in hardcover and 28 consecutive weeks in paperback on NYT’s Bestseller list, selling over 4 million copies. It was turned into a hit 1989 miniseries by CBS. Starring Robert Duvall and Tommy Lee Jones, the four-part Lonesome Dove pulled in an some 26M viewers and won a Peabody, seven Emmys and two Golden Globes. The subsequent books in the Lonesome Dove series were also adapted into miniseries. Source ( Lots of pop up ads )

Any new ones emerging from here on are heading to Mexico. I'm watching a chrysalis that should have a butterfly emerging soon: It's even darker this morning, so we're getting close.

I watched a new Monarch flutter around the back yard Wednesday night. It may have been the last one of the year.

Can probably pinpoint the start of my interest in computers/tech to that same computer lol

I met him. I actually liked him. It was just dinner though. No controversies or drama. He actually sounds like he's from the city. Definite NY East Coast twang

between this, the trump wines and his connection to J6, guy screams douche-bag in many octaves

This last generation of Monarchs is decimating the milkweed: