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House of the Week: Tudor in Albany Leigh Hornbeck FacebookTwitterEmail This weeks house is a brick Tudor-style home two blocks from Buckingham Pond, at 77 Brookline Ave., Albany. It was built in 1933 and has 2,000 square feet of living space. The exterior has half-cladding and stucco on the upper story and brick below, and a steep slate roof that adds to its fairy-tale look. The style carries through inside with diamond-shaped muntins on the windows, doorways with cathedral arches and exposed b...

Timeline: A look back at the COVID-19 pandemic in Laredo, one year later Louis San Miguel FacebookTwitterEmail One year later, Laredo has finally started to see the light of the end of the tunnel as it comes to the coronavirus pandemic. March 16 marked the first confirmed case of the novel coronavirus, and since that fateful day, Laredoans have experienced a year that could never have been imagined. Schools, parks and nonessential businesses were shuttered, and friends and families were forced ...

Women who broke barriers from the year you were born Keri Wiginton FacebookTwitterEmail NASA on the Commons // Wikimedia Commons Women who broke barriers from the year you were born The 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution was ratified in 1920 to give women the right to vote. Since then, women have been elected to government roles in increasing numbers, culminating in 2021 with the first woman sworn in as vice president of the United States. Politics isnt the only field where women have br...

Pi Day: Where to find the sweetest pies, specials in Seattle Sign In Callie Craighead, Seattle P-I FacebookTwitterEmail Math and munchies are uniting for another weekend holiday in Seattle, because this March 14, were celebrating National Pi Day. Also known by the Greek letter "π," the constant value frequented in much of our high school math homework, 3.14, was first calculated by Archimedes of Syracuse (287-212 BC). Thousands of years later and its still frequented, even for a sweet national...

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House of the Week: Bungalow in Wynantskill Leigh Hornbeck FacebookTwitterEmail This weeks house is a sweet bungalow along County Route 130 in Rensselaer County. Built in 1938, an update pays respect to original details in the home. For example, while the kitchen was madeover in shades of white, the window trip and doors still have natural wood finishes. A long, rectangular space comprises both kitchen and dining areas, with a sitting room and contemporary stone fireplace visible from the kitche...

Major civil rights moments in every state Andrew Lisa FacebookTwitterEmail Hulton Archive // Getty Images Major civil rights moments in every state A land of contradictions from the outset, the United States was founded by slave owners who spoke passionately and eloquently about liberty, freedom, and justice for all. In the beginning, “all” was limited to men of European ancestry who were wealthy enough to own land. The Constitution’s protections did not apply to most of the people living...

Not all the houses along North Broadway in Saratoga Springs were built in the 19th...

FacebookTwitterEmail It began as a day of reckoning for President Donald Trumps futile attempt to cling to power as Congress took up the certification of President-elect Joe Bidens victory. It devolved into scenes of fear and agony that left a prime ritual of American democracy in tatters. Trump supporters, bearing Trump flags, stormed the halls of the U.S. Capitol and pounded on doors as lawmakers, staff members and more hid under tables, hunkered in lockdowns and said prayers. Guns were drawn...

Site names best town to raise a family in CT, each state Jody Ellis, provided by Stacker Dec. 31, 2020 FacebookTwitterEmail Sean Pavone // Shutterstock Best small towns to raise a family in every state There’s something about living in a small town, whether it be the sense of community, lack of crowded spaces, more options for outdoor fun, low crime, or just a less hectic daily pace. Now, perhaps more than ever, families are embracing the idea of small-town life, moving out of bigger cities a...