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Christopher D. Stanley

ALBANY (TNS) — New York is once again wading into controversy over new educational topics. The state Board of Regents has gotten a look at the new way...

NEW YORK (TNS) — If privileged college kids want to root for terrorists, that’s their right, as wrong-headed as it is. But they shouldn’t keep other k...

BELMONT — Cattaraugus-Allegany BOCES named its Career and Technical Education High Honor and Honor rolls for the third quarter from CTE Center in Belm...

Volunteer groups and site managers are making final preparations for the 13th annual I Love My Park Day to be held on Saturday. I Love My Park Day, or...

NEW YORK (TNS) — One of the many things to appreciate about our home planet is that buried in its layers of rock is a kind of time machine. These stra...

HINSDALE — Hinsdale Historical Society and the state Office of Parks, Recreation & Historical Preservation will host a May Day celebration along the G...

ALFRED STATION — The Catherine Schuyler Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution have recognized the 2024 DAR Good Citizens chosen by parti...

It’s only April 20, but we’re already looking ahead to one of our special annual projects: the Some Gave All edition in honor of Memorial Day. The Ole...

Dr. Adil Al-Humadi, a retired Olean physician who helped establish the Center for Arab and Islamic Studies at St. Bonaventure University , has donated...

SALAMANCA — The Hughes-Skiba American Legion Post #535 held its annual birthday dinner and awards ceremony on March 23 — the post’s first since before...

An Allegany native has been named executive director of a national historic site in Buffalo where Theodore Roosevelt was sworn in as president after t...

WELLSVILLE — Historically, the Orphan Train movement from 1854 to 1929 had a connection to the local area. The Orphan Train was a philanthropic progra...

The William G. Pomeroy Foundation is accepting applications for the Legends & Lore Marker Grant Program, which helps promote cultural tourism by highl...

Irish American Heritage Month follows African American History Month on the American history calendar. African American history celebrated in February...

New York has launched an interactive, online timeline titled “Blazing a Trail: A History of New York State Parks and Historic Sites” in celebration of...

Folks in two Allegany County towns have been fundraising and planning since last year for bicentennial celebrations in 2024. The town of Andover will ...

Ask who wrote the Declaration of Independence, and most people will promptly respond with Thomas Jefferson. Ask about the Constitution, and Broadway e...