EAST GREENBUSH, N.Y. — Students at Bell Top Elementary School got a unique hands-on learning experience this week as they made fresh apple cider using the cider press in the school’s Learning Barn.

Fifty years ago this year Jerry Suter refused to take “no” for an answer and purchased the former Morning Press cider mill from a neighbor. The rest, as they say, is history. PANDORA — This year marks ...

There’s no sound more satisfying in the fall than the crunch of apples and the whir of a cider press. Across the country, cider mills come alive each autumn with the scent of fresh fruit, cinnamon, ...

When you start seeing apple cider on the shelves again, it’s a sure sign that fall is right around the corner, but there’s a lot more to the sweet beverage than what you see at your local farmer’s ...

A crude, wooden contraption delivers the sweetest nectar this time of year. The device now tucked away in a workshop at our family farm was working hard a few weeks ago to press the “ugly fruit” that ...