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This Week’s Top New York History News

September 11, 2015 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

  • Higher-Ed Groups Attack Incresased-Pay Plan
  • Cuomo Details Bigger, Better State Fair
  • National Marine Sanctuary Designation Sought
  • Rail Biking Arrives, Rail Future Uncertain
  • High Peaks Oil Train Plan Opposed
  • Cuomo Admin Developement Official Shot
  • US Treasurer In Seneca Falls
  • Wanakena Rallies For Iconic Footbridge
  • Former Clarkson Prof Wes Craven Dies
  • Plan to Curb Test Boycott Criticized

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This Week’s Top New York History News

September 4, 2015 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

  • US Treasurer In Seneca Falls
  • Wanakena Rallies For Iconic Footbridge
  • Former Clarkson Prof Wes Craven Dies
  • Plan to Curb Test Boycott Criticized
  • Religious Zealots Destroy Ancient Palmyra
  • Groups Protest High Peaks Oil Car Dump
  • 2015 NEH Grant Winners Announced
  • Whitney Museum Gets $2 Million
  • Lake George Dig Uncovers Fort Walls
  • Smithsonian Welcomes New Secretary

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This Week’s Top New York History News

August 28, 2015 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Latest New York History News

  • Plan to Curb Test Boycott Criticized
  • Religious Zealots Destroy Ancient Palmyra
  • Groups Protest High Peaks Oil Car Dump
  • 2015 NEH Grant Winners Announced
  • Whitney Museum Gets $2 Million
  • Lake George Dig Uncovers Fort Walls
  • Smithsonian Welcomes New Secretary
  • NYU Expansion Plan Gets Final Approval
  • NCAA Rule Change Costing Colleges Millions
  • 20th Madison County Hop Fest Set

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This Week’s Top New York History News

August 21, 2015 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Latest New York History News

  • Lake George Dig Uncovers Fort Walls
  • Smithsonian Welcomes New Secretary
  • NYU Expansion Plan Gets Final Approval
  • NCAA Rule Change Costing Colleges Millions
  • 20th Madison County Hop Fest Set
  • Suffrage Centennial Conference Planned
  • Questions Abvout NCCC Head’s Big Raise
  • Amid Controversy Museum Cuts Marketing
  • Battle of Plattsburgh Events Planned
  • Erie Canal Funding Challenged In Court

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This Week’s Top New York History News

August 14, 2015 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Latest New York History News

  • UK National Gallery Staff On Strike
  • Erie Canal Funding Challenged In Court
  • Storm Damaged Historic Sites Sharing $6.2M
  • $1.5B ‘Development’ Money Contest Underway
  • Wild Center Attracting Record Crowds
  • Most Students Fail Common Core Exams
  • Comments Sought On Historic Champlain Islands
  • NY Economic Devlopment Scheme Criticized
  • Oldest Eastern Cottonwood Cut in Newburgh
  • RR Plans To Store Oil Tankers in High Peaks

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This Week’s Top New York History News

August 7, 2015 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Latest New York History News

  • Historic Champlain Island Comments Sought
  • NY Economic Devlopment Scheme Criticized
  • Oldest Eastern Cottonwood Cut in Newburgh
  • RR Plans To Store Oil Tankers in High Peaks
  • Complaint Against DEC Over Mine Lobbying
  • $4.6M Toward Thousands Islands Parks
  • Restoration of 30s Baths Sought
  • Archaeological Dig Returns to Adks
  • Event Planned Marking Grant’s Death
  • Adirondack Council Marks 40 Years

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This Week’s Top New York History News

July 31, 2015 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Latest New York History News

  • Mohawk Country Heritage Association Forms
  • WWII Pilot’s Remains Returned
  • 1780 Raid of Canajoharie Event Planned
  • ARTnews, Art in America Merge
  • Former School For Deaf Being Demolished
  • La Guardia Airport Overhaul Planned
  • Saratoga Battlefields Get Protection Grants
  • Freight Car Damages Historic Engine
  • Preservationists Heavily Fined By Court
  • Native Artifacts Unearthed In The Bronx

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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

June 26, 2015 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Latest New York History News

  • Watertown Time Capsule Opened
  • NYS Museum Getting Upgrade
  • Erie Canalway Heritage Awards Announced
  • Brandon Park Sold To Conservationist
  • Amid Corruption Gov Mocks Media
  • Museums Seek Greater Control of Docents
  • Teachers Lack of Common Core Materials
  • Diversity: Niagara River Island Renamed
  • Troy Returns Artifacts to Mohicans
  • Feminist Artist Miriam Schapiro Dies

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This Week’s Top New York History News

June 19, 2015 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Latest New York History News

  • Last NJ Women’s College Goes Coed
  • NYS Museum Getting $14M Upgrade
  • GOP Budget Cuts Ed Spending By $2.8B
  • Museum Education Act Introduced
  • Campus Sex Assault Legislation Passes
  • Land Jurisdiction Returned To Mohawk
  • New Historian For Hamilton County
  • Most Tenured Profs Skipping Retirement
  • Grant Cottage Property Headed To Parks
  • Adirondack Rail-Trail Decision Announced

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