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In the 19th century, Franconia Notch, a popular tourist site known for its pristine beauty, came under threat from the logging industry. A coalition of women’s groups started a grass-roots campaign to conserve the region.

New Bedford's Brooklawn Park was once a private estate with apple orchards and cow pastures. The estate known as Brook Lawn became a city park in the late 1800s.

New Bedford's Brooklawn Park was once a private estate with apple orchards and cow pastures. The estate known as Brook Lawn became a city park in the late 1800s.

With the recent sale of the Whitcomb Summit property, a new owner now seeks to capitalize on the Florida sites famous vistas — which for more than a century have

A popular tale claims that an act of kindness greatly impacted the lives of Helen Keller and Anne Sullivan Macy.

True West Magazine Their Courage Shaped a Nation “Resting here until day breaks and shadows fall and darkness disappears is Quanah Parker, the last chief of the Comanches” – Epitaph on Quanah Parker’s gravestone   On March 4, 1905, Comanche Chief Quanah Parker paraded down Pennsylvania Avenue in President Theodore Roosevelt’s inaugural parade. With him in the parade of 35,000 were five other Indian leaders: Geronimo, Little Plume, American Horse, Hollow Horn Bear and Buckskin Charlie...

April 14, 2021 Nicola Sacco (right) and Bartolomeo Vanzetti (third from right, with mustache) head back to jail accompanied by deputy sheriffs. We may never know who killed paymaster Frederick A. Parmenter and his bodyguard, Allesandro Berardelli. Both worked for the Slater and Morrill Shoe Factory in Braintree, Massachusetts; at about 3:05 p.m. on April 15, 1920, they were ambushed on the job and fatally gunned down, then robbed of $15,776.51 (over $200,000 today). Two Italian anarchists were ...

It was not until the middle of the 20th century that Italian cuisine was introduced to Lebanon County, but when it was, it caught on fast. Several Italian restaurants opened around the early 1950s, and food in Lebanon County has never been the same since.

SAMPLER: Blessing held at Fort Meadow Reservoir Mary Wenzel The annual outdoor Blessing of the Waters took place recently with the Rev. Gregory Nicholas Christakos of the Sts. Anargyroi Greek Orthodox Church in Marlborough. The event took place at the Bolton Street Tavern which is situated next to the Fort Meadow Reservoir. HAPPY VALENTINES DAY … Keep your heart beating sweet … Heart disease is the leading cause of death for men and women in the United States. What’s more, living with hea...