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The Downtown Frederick Partnership has received an additional $25,000 to provide more security cameras for downtown businesses.

Huntington 100 2023 shined a spotlight on TedX speakers, campus leaders, pro athletes, all members of the Northeastern community.

Clemson, Harvard researchers study long-term hurricane effect on trees

The island of Dominica took a direct hit from Category 5 Hurricane Maria. Nine months afterward, Clemson University researchers found that while 89% percent of trees located in nine previously documented forest stands were damaged, but only 10 percent had immediately died. The most common damage was stem snapping and major branch damage. The damage with the highest rates of mortality were uprooting and being crushed by a neighboring tree. Large individual trees and species with lower wood densit...

City officials have expanded Paterson’s Opioid Response Team, an outreach program focused on reducing heroin dependency.

The goal is to make finding information about trails easy and make people knowledgeable about trail etiquette and how to keep safe.

A ten year plan outlines the Department of Natural Resources' goals for its expansive trail system. Since the pandemic, many more people are hiking, biking, or riding on the trails.