Historic Sites and History

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (236+ words) The News-Gazette Today is Friday, Aug Here are local news reports from 100, 50 and 15 years ago:In 1926, the University of Illinois is spending $75,000 on pavement and walks at Memorial Stadium The big boardwalk which had extended from the west ramp to…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (121+ words) Reporter-Herald ‘Something beautiful for the world’: Loveland’s Poppy flower farm grows from grief 1 killed, 5 hurt as driver crashes onto sidewalk during Fort Collins’ Tour de Fat Loveland bronze statue damaged after attempted theft in Benson Sculpture Garden Man arrested in…...

4+ week, 1+ day ago   (67+ words) Local Brief: Aug. 14 Herald Bulletin White River rises past 24 feet in Anderson, imperiling levee River Flood Warning until FRI 7:34 PM EDT River Flood Warning until SAT 6:00 AM EDT River Flood Warning until MON 10:00 AM EDT Flash Flood Warning until FRI…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (312+ words) Archelogists and crews from Albany Waterway Inc. and SUNY Polytechnic Institute have been digging to uncover the eastern section of the historic Erie Canal Lock 1 since Aug 3. “The original lock is 1823, 1825. That’s called Lock 53. It was measured from Rome, New…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (1049+ words) upstate New Yorker knows the lake clean enough that Syracuse pipes its drinking water straight from it, and...

2+ day, 17+ hour ago   (81+ words) North Country Now Marion E. Blauvelt, 85, Potsdam POTSDAM - A Celebration of Life for Marion E. Blauvelt, 85, will be Marion died August 16, 2026 in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Other items that may interest you Edward M. Carter, 91, Watertown, formerly of … Potsdam village board authorizes new retiree insurance…...

2+ day, 16+ hour ago   (139+ words) sharonherald.com HERMITAGE — An upcoming presentation will give the public a chance to learn about the local history of the Erie Canal Extension. A narrative detailing an 1849-era trip on the Erie Canal Extension from Harrisburg to Big Bend,…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (478+ words) At Cambridge University’s gothic dining hall, Peterhouse, students gather weekly for a Latin grace and candlelit dinner, and have done so since the late 13th century. Although Trinity University may be a few hundred years or so late to the party,…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (325+ words) Andrew Farley Rutter - Obituary Born March 8 1933, died July 25 2026 aged 93 After attending a tribunal in Bristol in 1956, as a Conscientious Objector, he was allowed to do work for IVSP (International Voluntary Service for Peace) first in Germany to work on housebuilding…...

4+ week, 10+ hour ago   (164+ words) A new exhibit at the Finger Lakes Boating Museum in Hammondsport explores how waterways connected people, industries and communities across the region for centuries. "Finger Lakes Water Ways: The People, Boats, and Maritime Systems that Shaped the Region" opened July…...