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Western New York To Get New 624 Area Code

October 24, 2022 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

1940 telephone switchboard operatorsThe New York State Public Service Commission has announced that residential, business and wireless customers within the existing 716 area code region should begin to prepare for the introduction of the new 624 area code, as early as the second quarter of 2024. [Read more…] about Western New York To Get New 624 Area Code

Filed Under: Western NY Tagged With: Allegheny County, Cattaraugus County, Chautauqua County, Erie County, Niagara County, Public Service Commission, telephones

Allegany to Appomattox:
Life and Letters of Private William Whitlock

October 20, 2013 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Allegany to AppomattoxOn September 7, 1864, William Whitlock, aged thirty-five, left his wife and four children in Allegany, New York, to join the Union army in battle. More than 100 years later, his unpublished letters to his wife were found in the attic of a family home.

These letters serve as the foundation for Allegany to Appomattox: The Life and Letters of Private William Whitlock of the 188th New York Volunteers, by Valgene Dunham (Syracuse Univ. Press, 2013), which gives readers a vivid glimpse into the environment and political atmosphere that surrounded the Civil War from the perspective of a northern farmer and lumberman. [Read more…] about Allegany to Appomattox:
Life and Letters of Private William Whitlock

Filed Under: Books, History Tagged With: Allegheny County, Civil War, Military History

History and Economic Development:
Some Lessons from Western New York

July 23, 2013 by Peter Feinman 7 Comments

1698There are two regions which have Path through History plans listed on the ten Regional Economic Development Councils (REDEC) for New York State.

I’ve reviewed the Long Island region proposal here.  As will be seen, there are certain overlaps and parallels in their respective plans and differences as well between their plans and those of the Western New York region, which I’ll cover here. [Read more…] about History and Economic Development:
Some Lessons from Western New York

Filed Under: History, Western NY Tagged With: Allegheny County, Buffalo, Cattaraugus County, Chautauqua County, Economic Development, Erie County, Lake Ontario, Monroe County, Niagara County, Path Through History, Rochester, Tourism

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