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This Week’s Top New York History News

June 12, 2015 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Latest New York History News

  • Hurricane Sandy Oral History Project Launched
  • Hermione Arrives in U.S.
  • Grant Cottage Property Headed To Parks
  • Adirondack Rail-Trail Decision Announced
  • Manhattan-Bronx High Bridge Reopens
  • A Call For Municipal Historian Reform in NYS
  • Part-Time Profs at Siena Unionize
  • DAR Adds Free Bible Records Database
  • Frick Collection Withdraws Expansion Plan
  • Annual Peterboro Civil War Weekend

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This Week’s Top New York History News

June 5, 2015 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Latest New York History News

  • Call For Municipal Historian Reform
  • Part-Time Profs at Siena Unionize
  • DAR Adds Free Bible Records Database
  • Frick Collection Withdraws Expansion Plan
  • Annual Peterboro Civil War Weekend
  • Prison Deal Would Sell Forest Preserve
  • VT Passes Education Reform Law
  • $3.8M For Thatcher Park Visitor Center
  • Women’s Suffrage Commission Passes Senate
  • PortSide NY, Mary Whalen Find Home

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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 Top New York History News

April 24, 2015 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Latest New York History News

  • Democrats Push ‘Debt-Free College’
  • Norton Anthology Founder, Cornell Prof Dies
  • Museum of the City of NY Director Retiring
  • Replica Half Moon Reaches Netherlands
  • NYS Acquires High Peaks Acreage
  • Fort Stanwix Adds $3.9M To Economy
  • History Day Set in Cooperstown
  • Marker Planned For Wall St Slave Market
  • NYS May Acquire Lake George Landmark
  • 1752 House Destroyed For Strip Mall

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This Week’s Top New York History News

April 17, 2015 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Latest New York History News

  • 1752 House Destroyed For Strip Mall
  • 5M Public Domain Books On HathiTrust
  • Museum Village Artifact Collection Online
  • Massive Lincoln Archive Goes Online
  • Adjuncts Join National ‘Fight For 15’ Protests
  • I Love My Park Day May 2nd
  • Archaeologist Returning To Lake George
  • Study: 25% Of Adjuncts On Public Assistance
  • Cuomo Vetoes 184 Budget Items
  • Historic Steamboat Planned For Hudson River

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This Week’s Top New York History News

April 10, 2015 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Latest New York History News

  • Crown Point Getting Investment
  • Remington Portrait Was Traded For Forgeries
  • Shaker Museum Launches Online Photo Archive
  • Public Broadcasting Archives Launched
  • Historic Steamboat Planned For Hudson River
  • Erie Canalway Trail ‘Closing Gaps’
  • Cooper Union Ending President’s Contract
  • Museums Return Stolen Artifacts
  • NYU Libraries Partner With Internet Archive
  • 18th Century NYC Ship Headed to Albany

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