As a kid, what critters did you like finding each spring? 

Jake Bernz
I liked catching turtles and salamanders.
~Jake Bernz, Beacon

Bettina Utz
Honeybees. Our neighbor kept bees; we loved his honey. Now I have bees.
~Bettina Utz, Philipstown

James Walton
Salamanders. We’d muck for them at the pond, put them in to-go coffee cups.
~James Walton, Cold Spring

Behind The Story

Type: News

News: Based on facts, either observed and verified directly by the reporter, or reported and verified from knowledgeable sources.

Michael Turton has been a reporter with The Current since its founding, after working in the same capacity at the Putnam County News & Recorder. Turton spent 20 years as community relations supervisor for the Essex Region Conservation Authority in Ontario before his move in 1998 to Philipstown, where he handled similar duties at Glynwood Farm and The Hastings Center. The Cold Spring resident holds degrees in environmental studies from the University of Waterloo, in education from the University of Windsor and in communication arts from St. Clair College.