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Lake Champlain Virtual Archaeology Conference Set for Thursday
On Thursday, February 6, 2025, from 1 pm until 4 pm, the Lake Champlain Maritime Museum will host it’s fourth…
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Riker’s Island Exhibit Explores “Torture Island’s” Past, Present & Future
Weeksville Heritage Center in Brooklyn is showcasing the Rikers Public Memory Project’s exhibition, “Torture Island: Past, Present, Future,” on view…
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New York State Parks Announces Black History Month Resources, Exhibitions, and Events
The New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation (State Parks) have announced a range of resources, exhibitions,…
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Educated for Freedom: Henry Highland Garnet and James McCune Smith
In the 1820s, few Americans could imagine a viable future for black children. Even abolitionists saw just two options for…
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Poetry: Bad Landing – New York Almanack
A Bad Landing His reputation as a hotheadWas well deserved becauseHe was quick to take offenseAt a perceived insult orIf…
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Northeastern Hawks Soaring through Winter
Driving on Northeast interstate highways in winter, I often notice large hawks perched in trees on woodland edges at regular…
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Immigration on the Erie Canal
New York State was a gateway for many immigrants, from the colonial era to today and the Erie Canal carried…
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Robert Moses’s Imperial Niagara and St. Lawrence Megaprojects
We recently passed the 50th anniversary of the release of Robert Caro’s Pulitzer-prize-winning book about Robert Moses: The Power Broker.…
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Report Suspected Cases of Avian Influenza in Wild Birds
New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) has launched an online platform for the public to report suspected Highly…
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Ulster County River-to-Ridge Trail Marks Millionth Visitor
The Open Space Institute (OSI) recently celebrated the one-millionth visit to its six-mile long River-to-Ridge Trail in New Paltz, NY.…
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