June Hartwell
Editor, water and town desks
June edits Virtual Upstate and files from whichever shore the light is behaving. Her beats are the lake itself, town life between tourist seasons, and this journals weekly condition logs. She came to regional journalism the ordinary way: childhood summers counting ferry arrivals turned into adulthood inability to stop noticing them.
Her desk rules are published openly under editorial policy: observe first, publish same-week, correct visibly. Readers can reach her through the contact page; corrections receive priority over compliments, though both get read aloud at lunch.
Recent pieces by June
Claiming Septembers Quiet Window
Todays entry, published the same week as school buses return: seventeen unhurried days between the holiday crush and leaf traffic, worth defending loudly.
Field Note: Late August on the Water
This journal exists for entries exactly like this one: a morning spent reading glass and ripple, logged while specifics remain fresh.
How the Great Camps Taught Wood to Pose
The signature Adirondack building does not fight the forest; it auditions it. Bark sheeting, root-rail balustrades, and fireplaces you could park a wagon in.
Steamboats, Summer Money, and Millionaires Row
Two nineteenth century inventions shape the shoreline you see today: the steam excursion, and the fortune that bought a cottage big enough to need staff.