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The Annual Peterboro Watch Night for Emancipation
Just steps from the building where Owen Corpin’s formerly enslaved great, great, grandmother managed the housekeeping of the Ann and…
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High-Speed Rail: A Future for Upstate New York?
In recent years, there’s been growing interest in high-speed rail (HSR) as a way to address long-standing transportation challenges in…
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New York’s Postwar State Park Architecture
After World War II, the taste for rustic architecture that defined the interwar period of New York’s state park design…
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Northern New York Railroad News, 1880-1895
In 1895, railroad travel through the Champlain Valley got a service upgrade. “Vestibule dining room cars will be run on…
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The Legend of St. Nicholas (aka Santa Claus)
St. Nicholas of Myra, a Christian monk who is supposed to have lived in what is now modern-day Turkey sometime…
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SS United States Update: Coalition Hopes To Bring Historic Ship to NYC
The battle to save the SS United States, one of America’s most historic ships, which spent most of its career…
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Proposed Beacon-Hopewell Rail Trail Conditions Report Issued
The Dutchess County Transportation Council is studying the feasibility of constructing a 13-mile rail trail along the Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s…
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Westchester Land Trust’s New Preserve in Lewisboro
The Westchester Land Trust (WLT) recently opened the new Mill River Preserve in Lewisboro, in Westchester County, NY to the…
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The Return of Red Pine Scale: Adirondacks, Lake George Under Threat
Red pine scale is a scale insect native to Japan that feeds on red pine trees. Red pine scale nymphs…
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Twitchell Lake: Wilderness, Survey and Settlement
Twitchell Lake is an Adirondack gem that has been protected over time by its remote location. Originally carved out by…
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