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Preserved for future generations: James Monroe's Loudoun County estate becomes Virginia's newest state park
1+ hour, 38+ min ago (469+ words) The Oak Hill Farm estate in southern Loudoun County belonged to former President James Monroe and also holds the stories of the enslaved and indigenous people who worked the land. The area sits between James Monroe Highway, Little River Turnpike…...
Which Brisbane suburb is the fastest growing? Take the Brisbane Times Quiz
8+ hour, 18+ min ago (22+ words) Catch up on the week's local, national and international news with the new-look trivia challenge. July 2, 2026 " 7: 50pm...
Center for Black History tells the story of Newport's Black community - AOL
8+ hour, 59+ min ago (707+ words) NEWPORT " For her entire life, Akeia de Barros Gomes has proudly told people that she is from Newport when introducing herself. Over the years, the Brown University adjunct lecturer has gotten used to receiving one standard response. "Oh, Black people…...
Building Dobbin House Square
1+ day, 14+ hour ago (127+ words) Gettysburg Times. com Jeremiah Funt of C. E. Williams Sons Inc. operates a mini excavator Tuesday to dig a foundation for a stone seating and retaining wall in Dobbin House Square on Steinwehr Avenue. Cement bases to display full-size bronze replicas of…...
Futureland joined city decades ago, residents say infrastructure never caught up
9+ hour, 14+ min ago (475+ words) EL PASO, TEXAS (KFOX14/CBS4) " Tucked between U. S. 54 and Dyer in Northeast El Paso near Stan Roberts, the small Futureland neighborhood is surrounded by newer development, but some residents say basic city services still have not caught up decades after annexation. "We're just…...
Only in Chicago: How stockyards transformed Chicago, America
19+ hour, 44+ min ago (19+ words) NBC 5 Chicago Only in Chicago: How stockyards transformed Chicago, America...
COLUMN: Looking back at the last big benchmark
1+ day, 1+ hour ago (552+ words) While the country celebrates the 250th anniversary of the adoption of the Declaration of Independence, let's go back a few years. In 1976, Bloomington celebrated the bicentennial by becoming a bicentennial community. To do so, several requirements had to be met. President…...
What's Driving San Francisco's New Landmark Frenzy
1+ day, 1+ hour ago (1017+ words) In September 1776, Spanish colonizers built San Francisco's first Presidio. Within a few years, most of the buildings were in ruins. It turns out adobe wasn't the ideal material for our foggy, rainy, wind-cursed coastline. San Franciscans have since learned quite…...
After Guwahati's purple plan, Arunachal capital goes blue
1+ day, 4+ hour ago (292+ words) Published - July 01, 2026 07: 13 pm IST - GUWAHATI Itanagar, the capital of Arunachal Pradesh, has beaten Guwahati to a uniform colour scheme. Mrigen Sarania, the Mayor of Guwahati Municipal Corporation, unveiled a plan on May 30 to turn Assam's largest urban centre into a…...
Ballarat's underground tunnels: Photos, Video | The Courier | Ballarat, VIC
1+ day, 10+ hour ago (308+ words) Located within the Unicorn Hotel on Sturt Street, there is a trapdoor that leads to another world underground. In the darkness under the street, cellars, tunnels, bakeries and buried shop fronts - possibly even a restaurant - lie dormant. Years ago, they…...