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When Leon “Frog” DeCelle left his small hometown of Mechanicville, in Saratoga County, NY, on December 10, 1942,...

America’s first President George Washington owned 316 acres of land in today’s Town of Kirkland, Oneida County, NY,...

New York’s vibrant immigrant history created a diversity of ethnic enclaves in the city. When over time demographics...

New York City’s Stonewall National Monument, the only site in the federal park system focused on LGBTQ history,...

Alice Mabel Allen (1886-1976) grew up in the village of Adams in Jefferson County. In 1908, while attending Syracuse...

Imagine you’re a fruit fly by a pond on a sunny day, whirring along in search of food...

At least seven Democratic Socialist candidates have won primary elections for the New York Legislature in districts considered...

William Gilliland was born in 1734 in Caddy, Northern Ireland. His father died while he was a boy...

In 2010, The New York Times Magazine called Bushwick, Brooklyn “the coolest place on the planet,” four years...