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Bees at Home in Holes and Hollows During Winter
On a subzero morning, I clip into skis and head out across my meadow, gliding between desiccated husks of sundial…
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Bolton Landing’s Great Post Office Robbery of 1917
It was nearly three months after the USA entered World War I (1917–1918) and understandably Americans were nervous about sending…
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Ira Allen: A New Biography
Born on April 21, 1751 in present-day Litchfield County, Connecticut, Ira Allen was a land speculator, revolutionary, pamphleteer, politician, colonizer,…
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Historic Ocean Liner SS United States Closer to Being Sunk of Florida
Okaloosa County’s Tourist Development Department, Destin-Fort Walton Beach, Florida, says it has completed the necessary safety requirements by local, state…
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Early Upstate New York Roads: Some History
What is now New York State saw multitudes of American settlers moving inland from the Atlantic seaboard, especially those “locusts…
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Two Songs Document Change on Bleecker and Ludlow Streets
When writing about a specific place at a specific time, one manages to preserve that specific time in the art…
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Saratoga’s Tuskegee Airmen: Lt. Col. Clarence Dart
Clarence Dart flew 95 missions with the Tuskegee Airmen, a group of African American military pilots and support personnel who…
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Featured Tree Species: Basswood – New York Almanack
After receiving my first pocket knife at age eight, I wasted no time in launching my career as a sculptor.…
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Man Dies in Adirondack Rail Trail Snowmobile Accident
New York State Police are investigating a deadly snowmobile accident that occurred on the Adirondack Rail Trail in the Town…
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Congress Watchdogs Hopes To Inspire Nonpartisan Activism
NY-21 Congress Watchdogs is a new regionally based, grassroots advocacy group whose aim is to work across party and even…
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