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An Albany Restoration Faire and Repair Cafe
Historic Albany Foundation will be hosting its annual Restoration Faire and Repair Café on Sunday, June 8, from 1 until…
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Catskills’ Wellington Hotel Named To National Most Endangered Places List
Built in 1882, The Wellington Hotel (first known as The Ulster House Hotel) is one of few surviving examples of…
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Sand Flats State Forest Party Plan Thwarted by Police
On May 17 at about 9:20 pm, New York State Forest Rangers received a report about a possible underage drinking…
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Mechanicville’s 1919 School Fire – New York Almanack
It was a very calm night. No wind was blowing and the ground was free of ice and snow and…
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‘The Turtle’ Native American Center Named To America’s Most Endangered Historic Places
Now in its 38th year, the National Trust for Historic Preservation’s annual list of America’s 11 Most Endangered Historic Places…
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Great Camp Sagamore: The Gilded Age Meets the Great Outdoors
The latest episode of the ADK Talks podcast uncovers the rich history of the iconic Adirondack Great Camp Sagamore, once…
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Gilder Lehrman Institute Offering Free Online History Classes
This summer, Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History is offering their popular History School program online via Zoom. History School…
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The Rise & Fall of Radio Shack: A Short History
Radio Shack once sold everything from ham radios to the earliest personal computers to components of powered space missions. It…
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Catholic Converts, Rose Cleveland’s “Boston Marriage” & Bagni di Lucca
Born in Brooklyn in 1810 in a family of Irish immigrants, John McCloskey became the first American-born Archbishop of New…
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Bill Would Provide Better Protection to Wolves in New York
Wolves, a species protected under both state and federal law, once roamed widely throughout New York but were driven to…
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