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This Week’s Top New York History News

July 24, 2015 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Latest New York History News

  • ‘Hamilton’ Broadway Musical Debuts
  • South St Seaport Named Endangered Place
  • Hudson River School Exhibit Goes Online
  • Climate Museum Planned For NYC
  • Student Loan Company Accused of Fraud
  • E. L. Doctorow Dies at 84
  • Regents OKs Paul Smith’s Name Change
  • ‘Kalmar Nyckel’ Sailing Into Newburgh
  • Advocates Sought for Suffrage Centennial
  • Report: DEC, APA Mismanging Adirondack Park

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This Week’s Top New York History News

July 17, 2015 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Latest New York History News

  • Advocates Sought for Suffrage Centennial
  • Report: DEC, APA Mismanging Park
  • Confederate Flag Taken Down In Newcomb
  • Donor Seeks To Rename Paul Smith’s College
  • Rolling Stones Visit Darwin Martin House
  • Historic Utica Home Demolished
  • Mohawk Valley Historic Sites Struggling
  • Cuomo Signs College Sexual Assault Law
  • Historic RR Line Being Torn-Up
  • State Historian Stepping Down

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This Week’s Top New York History News

July 10, 2015 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Latest New York History News

  • Cuomo Signs College Sexual Assault Law
  • Historic RR Line Being Torn-Up
  • State Historian Stepping Down
  • July 4th Parade Returns to Lower Manhattan
  • Amati Appointed NYS Paleontologist
  • Fold3’s Rev War Collection Free
  • New Catskills Interpretive Center Opened
  • Stonewall Inn Named Historic Landmark
  • 2015 Common Core Conference Planned
  • Champlain Rev War Artifact Headed To Navy

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This Week’s Top New York History News

July 3, 2015 by Editorial Staff 2 Comments

Latest New York History News

  • Fold3’s Rev War Collection Free
  • New Catskills Interpretive Center Opened
  • Stonewall Inn Named Historic Landmark
  • 2015 Common Core Conference Planned
  • Champlain Rev War Artifact Headed To Navy
  • DEC Commissioner Joseph Martens Resigns
  • NPS Orders Removal of Confederate Flags
  • Major Funding Rise For NYC Libraries
  • National Comedy Center Planned
  • Americans Celebrate After Rights Ruling

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This Week’s Top New York History News

May 29, 2015 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Latest New York History News

  • Mocavo Offers Free US Censuses
  • Ithaca College Adjuncts Unionize
  • Adk RR Refuses Hobofest Event
  • Florida Woman Named NY Ed Commissioner
  • Comments Sought On Adk Great Camp Plan
  • 600 Military Interviews Go Online
  • ‘Scary’ Lucy Ball Statue Being Replaced
  • Saratoga Racecourse Development Proposed
  • Cemeteries Face Financial Stress
  • 2015 AHA Research Grants Awarded

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This Week’s Top New York History News

May 22, 2015 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Latest New York History News

  • Open Data Handbook Issued
  • NYS Archives Conference June 3-5
  • Big Changes Sought For Camp Santanoni
  • Lost WWI Purple Heart Recovered
  • Happy Rockefeller Dies At 88
  • Saint Rose Cuts 40 Jobs, Benefits
  • Earliest Stone Tools Found in Kenya
  • Former Lt. Gov. Alfred DelBello Dies
  • David McCullough Gets History Award
  • Hermione Welcome, July 4th Fest Planned

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This Week’s Top New York History News

May 15, 2015 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Latest New York History News

  • Events Planned For Empire State Plaza 50th
  • Harriet Tubman Sought For $20 Bill
  • Henry Johnson To Get WWI Medal of Honor
  • New Fed Student Loans Rates Will Drop
  • College Enrollment Falls For 2nd Year
  • Teachers Vent At Potsdam Hearing
  • Jeff County Hist Society Director Resigns
  • Picasso Painting Breaks Auction Record
  • Irish Revolutionary Memorialized in Troy
  • New Owners For Erie Canal Village

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This Week’s Top New York History News

May 8, 2015 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Latest New York History News

  • Regents Seeking Teacher Eval Input
  • 1780 Beer Challenge Planned
  • John Brown Day On Saturday
  • 300 Show To Discuss NYS Fair Plans
  • Met Put 400,000 Hi-Res PD Images Online
  • Historic Millstone Unearthed in Ogdensburg
  • Criminal Charges For Senate Leader Skelos
  • 5-Year Old Handcuffed, Shackled
  • Report: Education Lobby Top Spenders
  • Historian C.A. Bayly Has Died

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This Week’s Top New York History News

May 1, 2015 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Latest New York History News

  • Historian C.A. Bayly Has Died
  • Am Library Assoc Joins Copyright Reform Project
  • Video Game Hall of Fame Finalists Named
  • Study: 8th Graders Score Low in History
  • Military Museum Opening Vietnam Exhibit
  • Events For Lincoln Funeral Train 150th
  • Vietnam Celebrates End OF Vietnam War
  • Last 2 Howard Johnson’s Soldier On
  • Prof Receives 2nd Threatening Letter
  • Lawmakers Seek Action After Testing Opt-Out

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This Week’s New York History Web Highlights

April 24, 2015 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

  • Smithsonian: Museums Should Discuss #BlackLivesMatter
  • Sarah Harris: ‘Opting Out’ in Plattsburgh
  • Grover Cleveland And The Adirondacks
  • Adirondack Attic: John Brown’s Funeral, Gravestone
  • Disaster, Death, and Distilleries
  • Please Don’t Like Us On Facebook (There’s No Point)
  • Old Salt Blog: Half Moon in Perspective
  • Professional Historical Societies And Curriculum
  • Schomburg Treasures: The Menu Collection
  • National Library Week, Preservation-Style

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