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Paraclete Potter: Poughkeepsie Publisher & Politician
In the first decades of the 18th century, Paraclete Potter was a successful newspaper publisher, bookseller, investor, and civic-minded entrepreneur…
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New Ulster County Historian Named
Edward Moran III has been appointed Historian for the County of Ulster. Moran is a 2020 graduate of SUNY New…
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Grants Support Tourism Along New York’s Canals for 200th Anniversary
The NYS Canal Corporation and the Erie Canalway National Heritage Corridor have announced that 45 non-profit organizations and municipalities will…
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A Forceful History of Black Resistance
Black resistance to white supremacy is often reduced to a simple binary, between Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s nonviolence and…
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The Committee of Safety in Revolutionary America
Committees of Safety grew from the Committees of Correspondence, which were organized before the American-Revolution to establish, through the writing…
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The Great Cayuga Lake Long Bridge: Beams & Trestles
Into the waning decade of the 1700s, only fords, ferries, or makeshift timber bridges, all highly vulnerable to frequent destruction…
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The Other Side of Victory: Harsh Realities of the American Revolution
We are approaching the 250th anniversary of the American Revolution. What should we commemorate? For instance, should we emphasize great…
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Being a Responsible Information Consumer
With the introduction of online sources for news and current events, the opportunity for misinformation has become a major concern.…
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The Deadly Smog Sparked A Movement for Clean Air
In 1948, a major industrial pollution event in Donora, Pennsylvania, a mill town on the Monongahela River about 25 miles…
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Researchers Discover New Harmful Algal Bloom Mitigation Alternative
A research team at Clarkson University recently published a study about a plant based alternative to traditional chemical methods of…
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