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Mountain Bike Trail Upgrades at Wheelerville Trails, Fulton County
In 2024, the Town of Caroga in Fulton County, NY, was awarded $99,700 through DEC’s Community Smart Growth Grant Program…
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Native Plant Spotlight: Bloodroot – New York Almanack
It’s the season for spring ephemerals, native wildflowers like bloodroot (Sanguinaria canadensis) that bloom on the forest floor for a…
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Miyawaki Mini Forests: Revolutionary Reforestation
The Miyawaki mini forest method (also known as pocket forests) was developed by Japanese botanist Akira Miyawaki and has been…
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Preservationists Hope To Revive Albany Settlement House ‘Guild Hall’
Situated behind Albany’s neo-gothic Cathedral of All Saints (the central church of the Episcopal Diocese of Albany and the seat…
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Baseball History: The Troy Haymakers
When I worked at the Troy Record in the early 1980s, a character named Broadway Abe used to wander into…
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Meteorologists Warn About Trump Regime’s NOAA Plans
The Trump regime’s 2026 budget passback plan, currently under consideration, eliminates National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Oceanic and Atmospheric Research…
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Hamilton College’s Reforestation Project – New York Almanack
Hamilton College a small liberal arts college in Oneida County, NY, was established as the Hamilton-Oneida Academy in 1793. It…
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Spring Wildflower Viewing: Some Tips
A wildflower is any flower that grows naturally in the wild without human help. When discussing wildflowers during springtime, we…
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Welcome to 1940s Gov. George Clinton Elementary School
I attended Poughkeepsie’s progressive private school until I was half-way through the third grade. Then our teacher so offended my…
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1940: A Utica Resident Sells World’s Rarest Postage Stamp
In 1940, Ann Hind, a Utica, New York resident, owned the most valuable postage stamp in the world. Hind also had…
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