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Mabel’s 1908 Prom Weekend at Colgate University
Alice Mabel Allen (1886-1976) grew up in the village of Adams in Jefferson County. In 1908, while attending Syracuse University, Mabel,…
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Federal Judge Restores NEH Grants; NY History Community Legal Fights Continue
On May 7, 2026, Judge Colleen McMahon, a senior judge in the United States District Court for the Southern District…
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Beginner Birding Library Lending Program Launched
The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) has launched the I BIRD NY Library Lending Program. The hopes…
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New York: Named For World’s Most Prolific Slave Trader
A new book, The Crown’s Silence, The Hidden History of the British Monarchy and Slavery in the Americas by Brooke…
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40th Annual Waterford Canal Festival Set for May 16th
The Waterford Canal and Towpath Society will present their 40th Annual Waterford Canal Festival on Saturday, May 16, 2026 –…
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Josiah Stratton’s Second Chance at Life
When Josiah Stratton was laid to rest in the Village Cemetery in Galway, NY, in 1904, he left behind a…
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Emma Lazarus, Nativism & The Gates of Immigration
Poet Emma Lazarus was active from the mid-1860s until her death in 1887. She descended from a well-established Sephardic family…
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Unique Exhibit Putting Trump, Epstein Records on View
The Donald J. Trump and Jeffrey Epstein Memorial Reading Room, a unique pop-up exhibit of “radical transparency” is opening this…
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Apocalyptic Abolitionism & The End of Slavery
In March 1844, Melissa Botsford of Meriden, Connecticut, defiantly left her local Methodist church because it supported slavery and other…
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Songbirds Struggle With Noise Pollution
One of the great joys of early May in the Northeast is the dawn-break aubade of songbirds returning to summer…
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