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A HERITAGE railway line has launched an appeal to restore a historic station to its former glory. The Bluebell Railway is hoping to raise at least £ 500,000 to help repair leaky roofs and rotten beams at Grade II listed Horstead…

The group that operates the historic tug Lyttelton plans to stop using coal to power the boat and switch to a more environmentally friendly fuel.The Tug Lyttelton Preservation Society is considering new options to power the 115-year-old!--break-->…

Elise Faircloth Blackwell died peacefully on January 15, 2022 at her home in Birmingham. She was born November 13, 1936, in Clinton, North Carolina, to James Manning Faircloth and Annie Moore Parker Faircloth, and grew up in Tuscaloosa,…

A hedgehog As the days get longer and the temperature rises, warmth will seep into the hidden nests of hedgehogs across the country, letting them know it’s time to come out of their long hibernation. Fay Vass, chief executive of the…

TABOR – Located on the highest point of Tabor, St. Wenceslas Catholic Church has long been associated with the first Czech settlers whose descendants still live there today. The church, founded in 1871, will celebrate its 150th…

The Victorian-era townhouse at 75 ½ Bedford Street in the West Village has a reputation for being New York’s narrowest house (some claim 39 Saint Marks Place is leaner, but as the Greenwich Village Preservation Society, it’s…

Kim melMay 28, 1948 – August 16, 202152-year-old resident of Santa CruzKimberly S. Mel passed away peacefully at her home on the evening of August 16 after a long battle with cancer. She is survived by her husband John; his son…

Wednesday, October 27, 2021 JJ Duffy Funeral Home Enlarge + Bains Jr., Frederick C., 91, formerly of Cumberland, died Wednesday, October 27, 2021 at Middlesex Hospital in Connecticut. Husband of the late June D. (Salway) Bains for…

Photo by York University The University of York received a ‘Gold’ award from the British Hedgehog Preservation Society for having a hedgehog-friendly campus. This recognition follows three years of work by staff and students, who…

Friday February 25 Judge Russo, The Wastemen and Tasteful will perform at The Union, 18 W. Union St., this Friday at 8 p.m. Doors open at 7 p.m. This exciting triple performance will be organized by Blackout Booking. Don’t miss this…

Kristopher King, executive director of the Preservation Society of Charleston, resigned his post last week. During his tenure he oversaw significant strategic and financial improvements and left on good terms, said board chair Betsy…

This is the fifth and final article in a series recounting the history of Lake Lanier and the Buford Dam and coinciding with a special exhibit on Lake Lanier presented by the Sugar Hill Historic Preservation Society at the city. The…

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…

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…

Ian Fleet who wrote the history of Framfield Road and the New Town of Uckfield. A new story of the Framfield Road and the New Town of Uckfield has been published. It was written by Ian Fleet who has lived in the city his entire life…

To celebrate the 175th anniversary, Parker Ranch announces its intention to donate their historic stables at Pukalani to the Paniolo Preservation Society, a non-profit organization whose mission is to educate the public, thereby…

CAMEO, Colo. (KREX) – The pioneer monument was set in stone decades ago. The Elks Club of Grand Junction built the monument in 1931 to honor the pioneers of western Colorado – who have built homes, schools, and more since the 1800s.…

NEWPORT, RI – Those “green shoots†everyone was talking about in the spring? Well, now it’s roses. And peonies. And the hydrangea. And they were all on display at the opening reception of the Newport Flower Show. More Palm Beach…

Studio B Fine Art Gallery, 39A East Philadelphia Avenue in Boyertown, PA, announces the opening of “Flora and Fauna” – an art exhibit on the theme of the Earth, the ecosystem and all life that lives within it finds – January 28, 2022, from…

She was once one of the most influential and talked about women in Washington, DC, but in the end her life was destroyed as an innocent bystander in one of the most serious political scandals of all. time. Martha Mitchell went from…

A nine-member board of directors who will help guide efforts to revitalize the Africatown community north of Mobile will meet for the first time on Thursday. The names of the members were revealed Tuesday evening by State…

For Julie Rupert of Roseville, something good has come out of the pandemic year of 2020, something that has been brewing for 157 years. Henry L. Mills came to America from Germany as a child, but he became a Civil War hero and justice…

Julian Temple made two documentaries on the Kinks. The first one, Imaginary Man, stars the oldest of the Davies brothers, the group’s main songwriter, Ray. The second, Kinkdom Come on, focuses on Dave: less known, less celebrated,…

Mayor Veronica Smith-Creer has announced that the town of El Dorado will observe Halloween on Saturday. The holiday falls on a Sunday and at a recent El Dorado city council meeting, Smith-Creer said she had received several inquiries…

When the state of Arkansas changed the terms of a Certified Local Government Grant (CLG) that had been awarded to the town of El Dorado, the El Dorado Historic District Commission (EHDC) planned to apply for El Dorado Works Tax…

By Tiffany Chan Durham University’s Hedgehog Friendly Campus campaign was recently announced as the winner of the national Big Hog-Friendly Litter Pick Challenge, in which 26 teams participated. The 31-person Durham team has collected…

The word “Ehren”, of German origin, means “to honor”. And, an example of doing just that can be found at Mt. Carmel Cemetery, in the once prosperous community of Ehren, off Ehren Cutoff in Land O ‘Lakes. For over 114 years, a small…

Hello Barrackville. I came across this lighter version of a green bean dish for Thanksgiving. It’s great to add healthier choices to our indulgent holiday dishes. I love anything that contains dried cranberries and even add them to…

A historic ship docked at Ramsgate next to the country’s largest Wetherspoon pub before crucial restoration work. The Medway Queen, which saved 7,000 men from Dunkirk during World War II, is due to undergo a £ 30,000 renovation at!-->…

Banksy’s renowned street art ‘Season’s Greetings’ has been removed from its temporary home in Port Talbot town centre, bringing a sad end to its short and controversial stay in Wales A large barrier was erected around Ty’r Orsaf at Station…

Eastleigh Hedgehog Rescue calls for donations One of the patients at the sanctuary. pic Eastleigh Hedgehog Rescue Eastleigh Hedgehog Rescue is in urgent need of donations to help protect our increasingly threatened hedgehogs…

(ORANGE COUNTY, CA) – Offshoot Beer Co. is bringing back the season favorite Double Dry Hopped Hazy IPA! If single dry hopping is good, double dry hopping is even better, and Offshoot Beer Co. returns with its season favorite: Visions,…

Event date: Repeats daily until Mon 05 Jul 2021. July 1, 2021 (All day) July 2, 2021 (All day) July 3, 2021 (All day) July 4, 2021 (All day) July 5, 2021 (All day) View full picture July 4th in Virginia City…

Kavinda Herath / Tips Gore District Arts and Heritage Curator Jim Geddes suggested calling a piece of land the “Black Diamond†block, in reference to the Ohai coal that was transferred to the old railway line from Waimea Plains.…

Just before 2 p.m. on Wednesday afternoon, a giant yellow crane lifted a cabin into the air and placed it in its original home on the Leland River. This was the third cabin to be moved and repaired in the historic Leland Fish…

By James Anderson and Sam Metz, Associated Press On the eve of the 80th anniversary of the forced internment of 120,000 Japanese Americans at the start of World War II, Republican US Senator Mike Lee of Utah is being criticized for…

Its mission is to help our pets. . . and is here to answer YOUR questions. Sean, who is the chief veterinarian of a bespoke pet food company queues.com, has been responding to owners’ requests for ten years. 4 Sean helps reader…

The Ecclesbourne Valley Railway has announced that Class 55 Deltic, No 55019 ‘Royal Highland Fusilier’ will visit them in 2022. Courtesy of the Deltic Preservation Society, 55019 is expected to enter service on the Ecclesbourne Valley…

DENVER (AP) — On the eve of the 80th anniversary of the forced internment of 120,000 Japanese Americans at the start of World War II, Republican U.S. Senator Mike Lee of Utah is being criticized for delaying the establishment of a National…

PROVIDENCE, RI (WPRI) – Governor Dan McKee said this week that the demolition of Providence’s iconic Industrial Trust Building may be an option. This remark did not please many Rhode Islanders, nor the Providence Preservation Society.…

The Thompson family were finally laid to rest last year, their cemetery moved for the second time. The Thompson were pioneer settlers of Hall County, and their name remains important today on Thompson Bridge, Thompson Bridge Road, and…

Bite into the quoll at Alexandra Park Zoo Crunchy the spotted-tailed quoll celebrated its third birthday at the Alexandra Park Zoo this week, with the unique opportunity to see the native animal providing even more reason to…

DECATUR — Augustus Eugene Staley may have been born to Southern farmers financially ruined by the Civil War, but he dreamed of becoming a businessman. Willing to travel and good at selling, he saw that cornstarch was in greater demand…

Nothing says Halloween like a little walk through the graveyard, and Preservation Detroit would love to be your guide. After a year off due to COVID-19, popular Detroit Cemetery tours are back. Strait of Preservation, the city’s…

The sprawling White House in the Second Creek area of ​​Monroe County is quiet. It hasn’t always been that way. “Just being on the property is one of those kinds of things ‘if anything could speak, the stories it would tell,’ 

PAWTUCKET – The degraded facade of one of the city’s most recognizable former mansions once again takes center stage in the Quality Hill neighborhood after the city committed violations last month against its owner, the church Greek…

– Movers and Shakers, White County’s professional networking group, meets every Thursday at IU Health White Memorial Hospital, Hibner Conference Room, at 8 a.m. – Chair Exercise Classes – Presbyterian Church, 104 N. Illinois St.,…

Vaccinated with two injections: 829,155 (out of approximately 1.1 million population) New cases: 1,435 (Friday) Positive test rate: 10.5% Currently hospitalized: 406 Total number of deaths: 3,302 More statistics from the RI Ministry of…

NARRAGANSETT-SOUTH KINGSTOWN, RI – Ready for a family outing? Below we’ve included some of this week’s top events in the Narragansett-South Kingstown area. Here are some of the events happening in town this week. If you are…

Have a nice day Carson City. It is Sunday August 4, 2019. We envision continued sunshine and warm temperatures with daytime highs in the 90s. Today’s events include fitness and art gatherings, music and shows. guest speakers at…