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Update on Wildfires in the Lower Hudson River – Palisades Region
In the last week several brush fires and wildfires have broken out throughout the NY Metropolitan area and lower Hudson…
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Native Nations: A Millennium in North America
The North American continent is approximately 160 million years old, yet in the United States, we tend to focus on…
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The Statue of Liberty: Chemistry, Psychology & Democracy
Although Thomas Coman (1836-1909) served as Acting Mayor of New York for several weeks at the end of 1868 and…
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Virtual Loon Programs Planned – New York Almanack
The Adirondack Center for Loon Conservation will host several virtual talks about the common loon with loon conservationists from across…
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Warren and Washington County Suffragists
When you think of the Women’s Suffrage Movement in Upstate New York, you may conjure images of women in white…
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The 1895 Tribadism Controversy & the Invention of Sexual Deviance
If it weren’t for a typo, few members of the American Medical Association in 1895 would have given much thought…
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Broadway Butterfly: The Murder of Vivian Gordon in Jazz Age New York
The political and legal true crime thriller, Broadway Butterfly: The Lady Gangster of Jazz Age New York (Citadel Press, 2024)…
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State Parks Employee Killed Fighting Forest Fire; Historic Area Threatened
A New York State Parks employee has been killed in a tree-fall while part of a crew fighting what authorities…
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New York’s Anti-Rent War (1839-1845) & The Catskills
The latest episode of Kaatscast delves into the transformative period of the 1830s in the United States, marked by mass…
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Stringwynde at Brookside Museum in Ballston Spa
In August of 2017, an ambitious flautist emailed a highly recommended harpist, and inquired if she might want to play…
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