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Mary McTamaney

Lustron Homes Were “A New Standard Of Living” – by Mary McTamaney (Newburgh City Historian)

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Spread the loveLustron Homes Were “A New Standard Of Living” People worry about the affordability of their homes and crave something they can safely manage. 

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Mary McTamaney

When the Klan Walked Boldly – by Mary McTamaney (Newburgh City Historian)

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Spread the loveWhen the Klan Walked Boldly While my generation and my parents’ can recall how bad things were before equality was more codified in

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Archie and Mary at Airport
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Joe Santacroce

Stewart Field: From My Point of View – by Archie Stewart

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Spread the loveThe Brothers Wright made their historic flight at Kitty Hawk in September 1903 some eighteen months after my birth. I cannot recall a

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1856 Balmville Mansion
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Anthony Musso

Balmville mansion was designed by architect famed for Gothic NYC churches

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Spread the loveIn 1856, architect Frederick Clarke Withers designed a 14-room, 5,545-square-foot Victorian-style mansion at 60 Grand Ave. (now Balmville Road) in the Newburgh hamlet

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NFA Madrigals at Washington's Headquarters
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Michael Aaron Green

Mary Elizabeth Monell: The Forgotten Poet of Grand Street – By Michael Aaron Green

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Spread the loveMary Elizabeth Monell: The Forgotten Poet of Grand Street – By Michael Aaron Green On a crisp, sunny spring day in 2016, the

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The Madrigal Choir at WHQ
Buildings
Joe Santacroce

Washington’s Headquarters: 169 Years Ago – July 4, 1850 by Joe Santacroce

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Spread the loveAn Ode In April of 2016 a group of students at Newburgh Free Academy, The Madrigal Choir, came together at Washington’s Headquarters to

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Newburgh
Michael Aaron Green

Private Stone’s War – by Michael Aaron Green

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Spread the love  Introduction. On October 17, 1908, a brief death notice appeared in the Newburgh Telegram: James Stone, a well-known Union veteran, died aged

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Mary McTamaney

A Society For Heart and Hand – by Mary McTamaney

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Spread the loveA Society For Heart and Hand Just north of the intersection of Route 9W and Fostertown Road is a sad little building of

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Mary McTamaney January 11, 2019 2 Comments
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Newburgh
Mary McTamaney

Hero and Killer Comes to Newburgh in 1870 – by Mary McTamaney

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Spread the loveA novel entitled, Stealing The General, about a Civil War spy escapade contains references to the notorious “Newburgh Murder” or “Newburgh Horror” that

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Mary McTamaney January 6, 2019 No Comments
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Business
Miguel J. Hernandez

Newburgh, NY: The Cradle of the American Lawn Mower Industry – by Miquel J. Hernandez

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Spread the loveAbraham Levitt, the man who arguably built more suburban homes in the United States than anyone else in the years following World War

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