The New York State Canal Corporation has announced that effective Thursday, September 16th, all locks and lift bridges on the Canal system will operate daily between 7 am and 5 pm. [Read more…] about Canal System Update: Hours and Last Day of Navigation
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Rangers Respond to Wildfire, Helicopter Rescue & More
New York State Department of Environmental Conservation Forest Rangers respond to search and rescue incidents in the Adirondacks. Working with other state agencies, local emergency response organizations and volunteer search and rescue groups, Forest Rangers locate and extract lost, injured or distressed people.
What follows is a report, prepared by DEC, of recent missions carried out by Forest Rangers. [Read more…] about Rangers Respond to Wildfire, Helicopter Rescue & More
Frances Ellen Watkins Harper: Poet, Activist, Reformer
The 1816 Farmington Meetinghouse in Farmington will host “Frances Ellen Watkins Harper: Poet, Activist, Reformer,” a program set for Sunday, September 26th, at Sonnenberg Gardens in Canandaigua, Ontario County, NY. [Read more…] about Frances Ellen Watkins Harper: Poet, Activist, Reformer
Oneida County’s Wright Settlement Presentation Sept 15th
In the late 1700s Ebenezer Wright came to Rome, New York, from Connecticut and purchased 190 acres of farm land, which became Wright Settlement. In the mid-20th century, much of the land was converted into the former Griffiss Air Force Base.
Wright Cemetery, located just north of the Griffiss runway, is an historic burial ground with about 3,000 gravestones, a chapel, and a carriage house. The cemetery serves as a reminder of the settlement and the community members who lived there for 150 years. [Read more…] about Oneida County’s Wright Settlement Presentation Sept 15th
New History Podcast Features ‘Burned Over District’
The latest episode of A New York Minute In History details the “Burned Over District” and how upstate New York became a “cauldron” of emergent religions and alternative communities during the 19th century. How did the Burned Over District collide with state and national history? And what role did the Erie Canal play in establishing it?
These new religions contributed to the creation of alternative communities, such as the Ebenezers and the Oneida Community, and how this predication for communal living was revisited in New York during the 1960s. [Read more…] about New History Podcast Features ‘Burned Over District’
Forest Rangers Respond To Lost, Injured Hikers
New York State Department of Environmental Conservation Forest Rangers respond to search and rescue incidents in the Adirondacks. Working with other state agencies, local emergency response organizations and volunteer search and rescue groups, Forest Rangers locate and extract lost, injured or distressed people.
What follows is a report, prepared by DEC, of recent missions carried out by Forest Rangers. [Read more…] about Forest Rangers Respond To Lost, Injured Hikers
New Attica Book Is Part History, Part Memoir
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The new book American Time Bomb: Attica, Sam Melville, and a Son’s Search for Answers (Chicago Review Press, 2021) by Joshua Melville tells the true story of a successful engineer turned bomber during the country’s biggest period of social unrest in modern history, likewise uncovering its parallels for today’s generation. [Read more…] about New Attica Book Is Part History, Part Memoir
Finger Lakes Museum Hosting Community Open House
The Finger Lakes Museum will host a community open house on Saturday, September 11th from 10 am to 2 pm. The open house will feature music by local favorite High Country Band and beer from Steuben Brewing Company, as well as opportunities to learn about various community organizations. [Read more…] about Finger Lakes Museum Hosting Community Open House
Hester Jeffrey: Temperance; Suffrage; Political Action
The 1816 Farmington Meetinghouse will present “Hester Jeffrey: Temperance; Suffrage; Political Action,” a program set for Saturday, September 11th, at the Granger Homestead in Canandaigua, Ontario County, NY.
Jeffrey, a suffragist and political activist, organized the Woman’s Christian Temperance Union (WCTU) in Rochester, the National Assn. of Colored Women’s Clubs, and was a friend and eulogist of Susan B. Anthony. [Read more…] about Hester Jeffrey: Temperance; Suffrage; Political Action
Majority of NYS School Districts See Enrollment Declines 2010-2020
It’s back to school time in New York State. One of the things that always happens at this time is reports about school district enrollments year-over-year in a particular area. These stories are useful and interesting, but they usually lack context.
With the beginning of the release of 2020 US Census data in August, Protect the Adirondacks is starting an update of its study The Adirondack Park and Rural America: Economic and Population Trends 1970-2010. The 2020 US Census will enable us to look at a 50-year trend line. [Read more…] about Majority of NYS School Districts See Enrollment Declines 2010-2020