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Catskills Romance: Love and Desire in the Borscht Belt
In the mid-1900s, nearly a million city dwellers, many of them Jewish Americans, headed to the Catskill mountains each summer…
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Wild Oats: A Bashful Spring Bellwort
On a recent walk through a woodland strewn with underfoot color, my rapt gaze floated, like a bumblebee queen on…
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Volunteer for I Love My Park Day Saturday, May 2
On Saturday, May 2, 2026 the 15th annual I Love My Park Day! Hosted by Parks & Trails New York,…
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Help Document New York Weather Impacts
MyCoast NY is a public web tool which offers an opportunity to contribute and access photos of flooding, shoreline change,…
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Born in Flames: The Business of Arson and Remaking the Bronx
“Ladies and gentlemen, the Bronx is burning!” That legendary and apocryphal phrase, allegedly uttered by announcers during the 1977 World…
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The Voting Rights Act & The Great Betrayal of 1877
On April 24, 1877, on orders from President Rutherford B. Hayes, federal troops withdrew from the state house in Louisiana…
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The Rise & Fall of the Albany Lumber District (1810s-1910s)
Albany’s proximity to the Hudson River made it an ideal trading center, beginning with Native American-Dutch fur trading in the…
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The Dirt on Composting Podcast Highlights New York State
The latest New York State Department of Environmental Conservation DEC Does What?! podcast, “The Dirt on Composting,” spotlights the work…
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Historic Glen Conservancy Hall Offering Live Music Series
Glen Conservancy Hall is a historic community arts and cultural center located in the hamlet of Glen, in Montgomery County,…
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New York’s Anti-Rent War & Its Relevance Today
The Anti-Rent War was a tenants’ revolt in Upstate New York between 1839 and 1845. The conflict stemmed from the…
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