Stories & connections.
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Roots
The stories that make us who we are. Our connections, founders & families & the threads that bind us all together.
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Community
Our neighborhoods & village life. Schools, kids, outdoor adventures & landscapes. Fairs & festivals.
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Legacy
History, secrets & the stories from our past that you’ll want to hear. We were revolutionary before the Revolution.
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Access
Even as we celebrate our back roads, we’re not standing still. Tech, broadband, community development projects that are growing our economies and how to invest in them.
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Vibes
Arts & culture with our own twist. Galleries? Poetry? Music? Our artists and craftspeople. Look for it here.
All Stories
The Story Behind The Revolution: Another Look at America’s 250th
If you’ve forgotten more than you learned about what-all led up to signing of the Declaration of Independence on this, its 250th anniversary, what about the stories you never heard? More than a dozen Haundenosaunee artists, sometimes with divergent views, weigh in with the answers in Talkin’ Bout A Revolution: A Haudenosaunee Response to the 250th, now on exhibit at the Iroquois Museum in Howes Cave.
Full Germination: Schoharie County Farmers Market to Launch at Cobleskill Fairgrounds Memorial Day
After a nearly-two-year germination, the Schoharie County Farmers Market will launch for a run of 20 Sundays on Memorial Day. Where? The Cobleskill Fairgrounds’ Hall of Ag.
End of the Road Agripreneur Brennan McCarthy Sees the Future in Upstate Soil
End of the Road agripreneur Brennan McCarthy brought what he learned at his grandfather’s knee in Newark, New Jersey to a rented acre in Schoharie County.
Kids Driving You Crazy? Internet Spotty? SEEC’s 287 Main Coworking Space Could Save Your Sanity.
SEEC’s 287 Main coworking space could be what you need to launch or grow your Upstate NY business. Give us a call to give us a try.
High school basketball’s life-lessons: It’s more than winning at Upstate New York’s Middleburgh Central
In Upstate New York’s schools, we’re all family and even in basketball, life-lessons are as important as winning. Though winning is important to—just ask Middleburgh, Scho-Burgh winners two years running.
Upstate New York Winter Got You Down? Grab Your Co-Pilot, Get In The Car and Go
If winter’s got you down, Upstate New York is filled with scenes like this, the Cave House Museum of Mining and Geology in Schoharie County’s Howes Cave. It’s the original entrance to the world-famous Howe Caverns.
Talking About an Upstate Revolution: Revolutionary Schohary County. (Some of Us Had Targets on Our Backs).
Want to know more about what’s going on in Upstate New York to mark the 250th anniversary of the American Revolution? Revolutionary Schohary County—Rev 250—is your go-to.
How Do You Count Eagles? Patiently. Minekill’s National Eagle Count Day Hits the Bird Jackpot.
Patience paid off for eagle-watchers at Minekill State Park in Upstate New York—thanks to help from Schoharie County Eagle Trail founder Bill Combs Jr.
Blenheim’s Bridge: Thanks to NOVA, a Story of Upstate NY Resilience for All the World to See
Schoharie County is nothing if not resilient and thanks to the NOVA documentary Operation Bridge Rescue, the story of a race against time to lift and twist and coax the rebuilt Blenheim Bridge into place—the original washed away by Hurricane Irene in 2011—the rest of the world now knows it too.
Winter: The Best Time of Year to Turn Those Crazy Ideas Into a Business. SEEC Can Help.
If the thought of venturing outside in winter chills you to the bone, no worries. Use the time to develop your plans for a business and become one of Upstate New York’s entrepreneurs.
How a Focus Group at Wayward Lanes Shaped Root Access
Root Access was never meant to just speak about the community; with the help of our Focus Group, it’s also speaking with it.
Welcome to a Winter Wonderland. Schoharie County’s 1st Real 2025 Snowstorm in Photos.
If you like winter—and in Schoharie County, you’d better—now’s the best time to get outside and enjoy its beauty. Take a look…
Ditch Your Phone & Get Outside: No Matter the Weather, There’s Plenty to Do Outdoors in Upstate NY
There’s plenty to do outdoors in Upstate NY. We mine the Get Offline, Get Outside Challenge for the best Schoharie County picks.
Gas Up the Car, Pack the Snacks: In Schoharie County, Everything Else Is Just a Quick Drive Away
Schoharie County: By plane, train, or car we’re just a few hours from NYC, Boston, Montreal, and Niagara Falls…the perfect place to start and end every adventure.
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