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Given that July 4th is almost here, many of us are about to be in the middle of a crowd comfortable sprawled on blankets or lawn chairs and all looking up at the sky at the same time. Most communities don’t start the show until nearly full darkness has fallen at around 9:30 or even 10 p.m., which gives us plenty of time to gaze into the deepening twilight. This year, no planets are out then, but there will be a very conspicuous crescent Moon.
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City officials are reminding residents about the dangers and the illegality of fireworks and sparklers in Albany.
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A new documentary by Pittsfield Community Television traces the Massachusetts city’s 4th of July parade back to the turn of the 19th century.With the…
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A New York Capital Region tradition has been sidelined due to COVID-19.For the first time in 44 years, New York State’s Fourth of July Celebration at the…
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As Independence Day arrives, it’s a divisive time in the U.S. Siena College is out with the results of a survey asking New Yorkers about patriotism. Most…
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Hanford Mills Museum will hold its annual Independence Day Celebration on Wednesday, July 4. Activities include a kids’ fishing derby on the Mill Pond,…
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Ahoy WAMC-land!We’re finally getting the hot summers we’re used to and we have some great programming coming up this month that you can listen to while…