Black Rock Forest – Page 3 – The Cornwall Local

Students uncover artifacts during dig

November 25, 2016 Jason Kaplan

Earlier this month, students from all three fourth grade classes, at Willow Avenue Elementary School, put shovels to the earth in the hope of uncovering an artifact from the American Revolution.

Willow kids use Black Rock Forest as a classroom

November 4, 2016 Ken Cashman

Friday’s lesson was popular with teachers and students. The teachers liked it because it combined history, science and mathematics. The kids liked it because they were in the woods.

Black Rock gets grant for path

December 14, 2015 Ken Cashman

Black Rock Forest Consortium will receive a $216,924 matching grant from New York State for a Visitor Access Pathway.

Kamlet to teach orienteering at Black Rock

October 2, 2015 Jason Kaplan

Orienteering is a sport that entails using navigational skills, a map, and compass to navigate from one point to another in unfamiliar terrain. Often in the form of a race, the goal is to find controls marked on a map.

Playground, rattlesnakes & news bites

August 21, 2015 Editorial Staff

Young Anthony Martinisi was among the first to try the equipment in the playground that is being named after his brother.

Mystery set in Hudson Heartland

May 1, 2015 Ken Cashman

When Bill Braine decided to write a novel, he didn’t have to look far to find a setting. “It’s intentionally set in this region,” he said when we met on a Saturday morning.

Third-graders to aid scientific study

October 3, 2014 Ken Cashman

Tuesday was a big day for Mrs. Kelly Hogan’s third-graders at Willow Avenue School. For some of them, it was their first visit to Black Rock Forest. For all of them, it was the start of a year long research project.