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Here are the latest closings and cancellations due to today's winter storm.

This historic Inn opened in 1766 and has hosted Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Paul Newman, Yoko Ono and many others. This is the oldest Inn in America.

The first day of spring is Tuesday, March 19, 2024.

Learn American History and say you are a film maker with Veterans Film Project about Saratoga, New York.

New York State has so many historical landmarks but what about the oldest street in America?

We see our first president's head all over the place; dollar bills, quarters etc., but this find was head and shoulders above the rest when it was discovered at Union College in Schenectady recently.  Amazingly, strands of hair belonging to George Washington turned up inside a leather-bound almanac from 1793.

Everyone is talking about  wealth these days ,especially the financial well-being of certain financial candidates (i.e. Mitt Romney).  Yes, he is filthy rich, without doubt.  But if, and I do say IF he were to become the leader of the free world, how would he stack up on the richness scale?  This is interesting (at least to me!)