January 2023

By guest columnist Amelia Aidman, Professor Emeritus in the Department of Film and Media at Emory University and a member of the Intown Atlanta Chapter of the Georgia Native Plant Society. Something beautiful is happening in Atlanta.…

Sebring BOE to meet The Sebring School Board will hold a special meeting at 7 a.m. Monday in the boardroom of the Administrative Office to terminate the employment of Ryan Jones as Acting…

Dr. Jack Douglas Link June 9, 1934 – 2022 Dr. James Douglas Link, 88, of Dandridge, Tennessee, died on Friday morning August 5, 2022 at his…

The Kingdom of Callaway Historical Society has recognized three individuals for their commitment to the area’s history. The society held its annual luncheon and meeting last week, which included the announcement of historic preservation!--This>…

It’s not just humans who have endured the sweltering temperatures of the past few weeks. Wildlife, including hedgehogs, hares, bats and badgers, may well be struggling with harsh conditions this summer, according to a wildlife charity.…

A Bloomington-based company that operates nursing homes and other long-term care facilities in central Illinois has adopted a policy that would eventually require all employees to be vaccinated against COVID-19 or to lose their jobs.…

Finally, the Heritage House and Valle Verde developments in North Napa, intended to accommodate a mix of chronically homeless and very low- to middle-income Napa residents, are moving forward. More than two years after the Napa City…

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) – A list of Anchorage schools being considered for closure was released today by Anchorage School District Superintendent Jharrett Bryantt. Bryantt wrote in an email to parents that the $68 million budget shortfall…

Spring means festivals bloom like flowers across the landscape, watering event schedules. I’m no meteorologist, but I can vouch for a strong festival front moving through the North Carolina spring forecast. J. Cole’s Dreamville features…

Jerry Paul Harrell, 58, died on Wednesday, November 23, 2021. A Celebration of Life will be held at 10 a.m. on Saturday, November 27, 2021 at the Chapel of McReynolds-Nave & Larson Funeral Home with Reverend Tim Ferrell as…

The property is located at 775 Hembree Road. Nearby homes have sold for at least $400,000 this year, according to Zillow. The 1,400 square foot home was the original property of the Hembree family. Amariah Hembree, the family patriarch,…

Senior Mayor Jim Paine told us that discussions will continue on how to redevelop this space. SUPERIOR, Wisconsin – The two buildings that burned to the ground were staples of Superior’s waterfront, providing storage and resale space…

PADUCAH – Christmas is in the air in Paducah, and local businesses are finding new ways to celebrate the holiday season. On Thursday evening, Local 6 got a first look at how the Metropolitan Hotel is involving the…

Sixteen nonprofit organizations in Marion County benefit from taxpayer dollars that are pumped back into the community by the federal government. Marion County commissioners announced Friday the recipients of grants funded by money from…

Ellen elizabeth bergman Ellen Elizabeth (Fahrbach) Bergman, 69, died at her home in Genoa, Ohio on November 20, 2021, after a brief battle with pancreatic cancer. Ellen was born in Fremont, Ohio on September 27, 1952, to Wesley and…

Historic Bath High School Preservation operates a community farmers market until the end of August to raise funds for the preservation of the old high school. “As Bath does not have a store selling fresh produce, the Farmers’ Market…

GIRARD – Robert P. Ryzner, 79, of Girard, died on Sunday, February 27, 2022 at Hospice House in Youngstown. Robert was born October 14, 1942 in Youngstown, the son of Joseph and Pauline Parshell…

Shirley B. (Huckins) Krause, longtime resident of Peabody, Kansas, and beloved wife of William (Bill) Verne Krause, died on April 13, 2022 in Newton, Kansas. She was 95 years old. Shirley was born on the family estate between Belleville,…

New tools to make notoriously opaque health care pricing more transparent show wide variation in costs between health care organizations across the state. Thanks to a federal hospital price transparency law that took effect in 2021,…

The pension scoreboard project seems to be gaining momentum. The Money and Pension Service (MaPS) dashboard itself is in alpha stage testing end-to-end journeys and the DWP and FCA have both opened and closed their consultations on the…

TUCSON, Arizona – Arizona’s state history begins in 1848. With the end of the Mexican-American War, America acquired part of the lands that would constitute the territory of New Mexico. About half of this territory was part of what would…

Christian Overland, director and CEO of the Wisconsin State Historical Society, will present the Reuben Gold Thwaites Trophy at the Ripon Historical Society, 508 Watson St., Monday, September 12 from 3-4:30 p.m. The Reuben…

DES MOINES, Iowa – Fordham Institute freed their grades of each state’s academic history and civic education standards. Iowa’s standards were deemed insufficient. According to their website, the Thomas B. Fordham Institute is a nonprofit…

MERIDIAN – Wesley Miller wasn’t running hard. The Heritage Academy senior was able to take his time as he stepped through the middle of the grill in a first quarter kickoff against Lamar School in Friday’s season opener at Gray Cobb…

The Freedom’s Way Baptist Church has planned quite a celebration for the 4th of July weekend. In the early evening of Saturday, July 2, Pastor Jerry Cook scheduled a patriotic concert. This event will have patriotic music honoring the…

The euro ended the week broadly higher, helped by the historic ECB rate hike. Still, it was eclipsed by the Swiss franc, which was the biggest gainer after the SNB reiterated its favorable host stance on franc appreciation. The…

ALBANY – Four historic rehabilitation projects in the GLOW region are expected to share $ 173,005 in federal grants and local matching funds. The funds were awarded under the Genesee Valley Rural Revitalization Grants program. m…

President of the Delaware County Historical Society and Delaware County Historian Karen Vincent hosted a presentation in honor of celebrating African American women in Muncie history on February 22. Other speakers in the presentation were…

The Scituate Historical Society announced that it had received a grant of $ 2,500 from the Mass Cultural Council, a state agency, as part of the Council’s projects program. To be named a recipient of a Mass Culture Council grant is…

GARRETT – Compete, make an effort and the victories will come. That’s all a coach of any struggling program can ask for. The Garrett Railroaders boys’ basketball team competed, shooting back a 10-point deficit in the fourth…

The Lewes Historical Society Board of Trustees has announced its new leadership for 2022, its 60th anniversary year, as Peter Keeble is installed as Board Chair. Keeble will help guide and support the society’s work to promote the…

The burger-and-wings restaurant may be small, but chef Samuel Woods and historian Emmanuel George have ambitious plans for their combination of vegan eatery and local black history arts space. At 1,000 square feet, Down the Rabbit Hole…

Historic moments don’t often happen on a particular schedule or with much fanfare. Often times, great moments happen quietly and unexpectedly. It was one of those times when a quiet widow, Pearl Oldfield, became the first woman to…

This may not seem like an obviously dangerous intersection, but Lewiston Road/Monteagle Street and Chasm Avenue are indeed on the map of dangerous places for cyclists or pedestrians in Niagara Falls. This will soon change. GObike Buffalo…

HOWLAND — The Howland Zoning Board of Appeals has approved the waiver that allows the Howland Historical Society to move the historic “Yellow House” from State Route 46 to a property across from…

October 6 marks World Geodiversity Day, which also means that many sites are assessed by an international committee to create a list of the top 100 World Geological Heritage Sites. This year, two Greek sites were on the list: The…

We, the Presidents of Poland, Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia, express our concern about historical revisionism in Russia and in particular the possible closure of Memorial. Memorial is one of the oldest independent organizations…

HARKERS ISLAND – “Celebrating the heroes of our community†was this year’s theme for the annual All-American Shrimp Fry which took place July 10 at the Core Sound Waterfowl Museum and Heritage Center on Harkers Island. More than…

Samuel Crump Jr. had a printing business in Brooklyn which was started by his father, Samuel, in 1832. His father retired in 1861. Samuel Jr. took on a business partner, William Everdell. Business was good. They started making labels for…

Excitement is in the air as the Tokyo Olympics kick off. With so many Maryland natives competing, there are plenty of athletes to cheer on. But more than a century ago, a Baltimore resident was part of the first international…

For more than 30 years, the members of the Association of Descendants and Friends of the Sultana have dreamed of a permanent Museum of the Sultana. That dream came true on Thursday, October 13, 2022 when Judge John Fogleman of the Sultana…

This press release is submitted and posted here in its original, unedited form by Furniture Today. DutchCrafters, the largest online retailer of Amish furniture and décor on www.dutchcrafters.com, is pleased to announce that application…

The fate of the historic menhaden net spool on the Lewes Historical Society campus could be determined at the Monday, March 14 meeting of the mayor and council. City officials are considering an ordinance to change the city code regarding…

The South Boston Garden Club, the Halifax County Historical Society and the City of South Boston invite residents to a community reception from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. on November 7 at the historic Halifax Damask Mills Tower on Railroad…

1/12 BTS poses in the press room with the awards for Favorite Pop Duo or Group, Favorite Pop Song for “Butter,” and Artist of the Year at the American Music Awards on Sunday, November 21, 2021 at the Microsoft Theater in Los…

PANAMA CITY, Fla. (WMBB) – Saturday is the 17th Annual Museum Day hosted by Smithsonian Magazine, and some local history buffs are attending. The Panama City Publishing Company Museum on Beck Avenue and the Historical Society’s Bay…

TORONTO, ONTARIO, CANADA, March 21, 2022 /EINPresswire.com/ — Jerico Explorations Inc. (the “Company” or “Jerico”) is pleased to announce that it has completed a consolidation of the issued and outstanding common shares…

NEW YORK & JOHANNESBURG, November 21, 2022–(BUSINESS WIRE)–The Rohatyn Group (“TRG” or the “Company”), a global asset management firm specializing in emerging markets and real assets investment solutions, has entered into an agreement…

New Richland Farm & City Days has something for everyone and runs from Friday to Sunday. Events kick off with potato gratin and root beer floats at 4:30 p.m. At 6:00 p.m., RAD Zoo will be at the city park. Friday at City Hall,…

MINNEAPOLIS — The pews swayed at Holy Trinity on a recent Sunday as congregants from Minnesota’s Swahili Christian congregation sang and danced beneath the high dark wood ceilings and bustling stained glass windows. Founded in the 1920s,…

The Murphy Arts District has a new attraction to brag about, but longtime residents and observant visitors will recognize the new artsy features that dot the entertainment complex. Six sculptural panels that were previously displayed high…

Barrett’s fourth book tells the forgotten history of the city and the College through architecture by Julia Robitaille | 7/2/21 1h00 !--Photo>!-->…

Sharjah: The works of Emirati artisans were made accessible to an audience of over 15,000 people and craft enthusiasts who participated in local and international Irthi events in 2021. The UAE-based Irthi Contemporary Crafts Council is…

Ed Gerber is one of the good guys in preservation. For more than 10 years, he patiently preserved 93 Cross Highway. The house – visible to all, on a main road – was built in 1764 by the spectacular named Eliphalet Sturges. From 1908 to…

Mike genet | [email protected] While the City of Independence recently repaid $ 10.6 million in Power & Light bonds about 15 years ahead of schedule, saving over $ 4.5 million in interest payments, this still represents a…

Photo submitted Employees of the former Ohio Leathworks in Girard work inside the factory. The photo is one of those exhibited at the Girard Free Library. GIRARD – The free Girard Library…

MAURY THOMPSON Special for The Post-Star Development of the new museum at Dr Joseph Warren’s Visitors’ House in Queensbury is progressing, with a target to open in 2026, when the region and country celebrate the 250th…

BOXFORD – A homeowner knows all too well how ongoing and costly routine upkeep and maintenance to preserve his home is. The historic 1760 Holyoke-French House, recognized as one of New England’s earliest Greek Revival settlements, listed…