Mt. Manatuck’s Icy Falls

In the late afternoon on that torrential January day when most of the snow cover disappeared, inveterate explorer Michael Preli clambered part-way up Manatuck Mountain at the end of Phelps Road and took some great photos of the mountaintop melt tumbling down the quarry face amongst the dare-devil graffiti.

Station Four Wins

Festive lights glow in the pre-Christmas rain at Fire Station No. 4 on Thompsonville Road, where the work of Lt. Alton Golden, the Station Manager, had won the SFD contest for best-decorated.

Where in the World is the Observer?

Sandy and Mike Cahill are pictured with the Observer during a November trip to France. Behind them is a World War II German gun emplacement at Pointe du Hoc in Normandy, a key strong point between Utah and Omaha beaches of the Allied landings on June 6, 1944.