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A treasure trove of memories currently tucked away in a basement room of city hall will soon be digitized and available to the public.

The town of Wrightsville Beach served lease termination notice to the Wrightsville Beach Museum's Ewing-Bordeaux Cottage location Friday, March 22.

Coverage of the 1845 Allegheny Cotton Mill Strike that appeared in the Voice of Industry. Allegheny was a separate city in Pennsylvania until it became part of Pittsburgh in 1907. The strike, of mostly female textile operatives, started on 15 September and lasted until 20 October. Among other demands, the workers struck for a reduction in the hours of labor to ten hours. Although the strike was not immediately successful, it did eventually pressure the Pennsylvania state legislature into passing a ten-hour bill in 1848, which manufacturers then sought to undermine.

A new biography has been published delving into the story of a civil war solider turned physician from Dorset who revolutionised medical practice

Staff writer Charlotte Galea takes a look at the history of Somerset House which neighbours the King's College London Strand Campus.