This season, we've been sharing stories of baking and breaking bread with family, friends and community, and how bread plays a part in daily life and holiday celebrations.

It’s been a dramatic couple of days in Vermont’s largest city. First, the Burlington police chief resigned after it was revealed he used a fake Twitter account. Then his successor, the deputy chief, also resigned because she used a fake Facebook account.

State Sen. Rich Funke of the Rochester area is the latest Republican lawmaker to announce he will not seek re-election.

A Democratic lawmaker says New York state should provide more drug treatment to inmates in correctional facilities - including those here in the North Country.

In 1947, Bill and Dawn Gates moved into a house on Main Street in Bolton Landing. There was a trolley-car-turned-diner attached to it, and they bought it in late 1948. Neither Bill nor Dawn had experience in the hospitality or restaurant industry, but according to their son, Bill Gates (Junior), they dove right in. The diner stayed bustling and busy until the Gates closed it in 1981.

The diner was a family affair; all three Gates children put themselves through college working at the Bill Gates Diner - every summer, seven days a week. Bill (Junior) started in the summer of 1949.