Spread the loveA few weeks ago, if you remember, I wrote about how North Plank Road had changed over the years. I was intrigued by something on the blueprint, the
Spread the loveLast week, I gave you a short story about the Gillies family. I mentioned Jacob Gillies had purchased his farm from the Inness family, so let’s take a
Spread the loveI love exploring, looking for details of those long gone, and locating remnants of a previous life. So, when Glenn and I were exchanging information on old cemeteries
Spread the loveThe Robinsons of Newburgh Each day, thousands of people walk and ride along a main route through Newburgh: Robinson Avenue, part of Route 9W. Few know the origins
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 time when I was not
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 of Balmville for horticulturalist David
Spread the loveMary Elizabeth Monell: The Forgotten Poet of Grand Street – By Michael Aaron Green On a crisp, sunny spring day in 2016, the Newburgh Free Academy Madrigals assembled
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 recreate the performance of “An
Spread the loveThe Four Voyages of Henry Hudson by Joe Santacroce It may be fair to say that Henry Hudson is one of the world’s most famous explorers. Yet there
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 63. He went to the
