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 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 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
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 curious design. It is nestled
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 was headline news throughout the
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 II once said that: “No
Spread the loveOn the west side of Balmville Road in the Newburgh hamlet of Balmville is a mid-18th-century structure known as the Bloomer-Dailey house. It sits just west of where the
Spread the loveOur Men of Property, 1846-1892 Our trade has left us and it will continue to do so. Last fall a great many of the farmers from the towns
Spread the loveBuilt around 1801, the North Plank Road Tavern in Newburgh is one of the oldest buildings to exist in the municipality. Starting out as a hotel along the
