East End Beacon Viewpoint: Look Up for Dark Sky Week

As a kid growing up in the hills of Connecticut, I once heard about the belief that the night stars were our ancestors and loved ones looking down on us, and that image has stayed with me to this day. I also now realize how lucky I was to live in a place where peering into the Milky Way, figuring out the constellations, setting up telescopes, searching for satellites and hoping to see Skylab were just regular parts of growing up.