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A new report from State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli found the frequency of severe weather in the state...

The source of the Bronx River is now the Kensico Reservoir in Westchester County. From here the river...

The term “Low Countries” is a political and historic concept rather than a geographic one. Prior to modern...

The first written record of oil in North America is believed to have been made at Seneca Oil...

Most people know that the bottom of a northern lake or large pond is a mucky, muddy mess...

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The Bowery is one of Manhattan’s oldest “streets,” dating back to the Dutch days of New Amsterdam. It...

The Port of Albany is one of the five Upstate New York State port authorities, established for the...

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In response to the trauma of industrialization and urbanization in the late-nineteenth century, the Arts and Crafts Movement...