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  1. ` For about 3 decades, Rushmore’s daughter, Elizabeth H. Rowe ran a summer boarding house here. The "Bennett Hill House" could accommodate 40 guests, May through October, at a rate of $14.00 per week. Transportation charges from New York City to the Feura Bush West Shore Railroad Station were $4.36 and conveyance from the station to the "Bennett Hill House" was 50 cents per person and baggage was free.`

    newscotlandhistory.org/landmar

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  2. Hype for the Future 260/284: Greater New York Explained

    Introduction New York City remains notable as the largest metropolitan area worldwide in terms of urban landmass, even following decades of not serving as the most populated global city. In the modern context of the major city and metropolitan area, the United States Census defines a combined metropolitan area with the Metropolitan Statistical Area officially divided into the New York—Jersey City—White Plains, Nassau County—Suffolk County, Newark, and New Brunswick—Lakewood […]

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  3. Hype for the Future 251B: Montgomery County, New York

    Overview Montgomery County is a notable county in the State of New York associated with the Mohawk Valley and home to the City of Amsterdam; the Villages of Canajoharie, Fort Plain, Saint Johnsville, Hagaman, Palatine Bridge, Fulton, Fonda (county seat), Nelliston, and Ames; and the Towns of Amsterdam, Canajoharie, Charleston, Florida, Glen, Minden, Mohawk, Palatine, Root, and Saint Johnsville. Notable features from west to east include Fort Klock Restoration, the Fort Plain Museum and […]

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  4. Hype for the Future 250G: Tompkins County, New York

    Introudction Tompkins County is a notable county near the Southern Tier of the State of New York most notable for Cornell University, an Ivy League in the City of Ithaca near the southern end of Cayuga Lake and the furthest inland of the Ivy League institutions (even further inland than Dartmouth College in Hanover, New Hampshire, well to the east-northeast). Major highways within the county include Routes 13, 13A, 34, 34B, 38, 79, 89, 96, 96B, 222, 227, 327, 366, and 392. Beyond the City of […]

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  5. Hype for the Future 250D: Chemung County, New York

    Overview Chemung County is a notable county in the Southern Tier of the State of New York home to the City of Elmira (county seat) and the Villages of Horseheads, Elmira Heights, Wellsburg, and Millport. Towns include Ashland, Baldwin, Big Flats, Catlin, Chemung, Elmira, Erin, Horseheads, Southport, Van Etten, and Veteran. Van Etten is also the name of a former village within the county. Major highways include the Southern Tier Expressway (Interstate 86, Route 17) and Routes 13, 14, 34, 223, […]

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  6. Hype for the Future 250B: Steuben County, New York

    Overview Steuben County is a notable county in the Southern Tier of the State of New York home to the Cities of Corning and Hornell and the Villages of Bath (county seat), Canisteo, Wayland, Painted Post, Addison, South Corning, Avoca, Arkport, Cohocton, Savona, North Hornell, Hammodnsport, Riverside, and Almond (mostly Allegany County). Major highways include the Southern Tier Expressway (Interstate 86, Route 17); Interstates 99 and 390; and Routes 15 (both US and State), 21, 36, 414, 415, […]

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  7. Hype for the Future 250A: Yates County, New York

    Overview Yates County is a notable county representing the third-smallest population of people in the Finger Lakes region of the State of New York home to the Villages of Penn Yan (county seat), Dundee, Rushville (also Ontario County), and Dresden and the Towns of Barrington, Benton, Italy, Jerusalem, Middlesex, Milo, Porter, Starkey, and Torrey. Major highways include Routes 14, 14A, 21, 54, 54A, 230, 245, 247, and 364. Interestingly, Keuka College is a notable institution of higher […]

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  8. Hype for the Future 250/284: Monroe County, New York

    Introduction Sometimes known as Western New York, Monroe County is a notable county along Lake Ontario within the northwestern Finger Lakes region of the State home to the City of Rochester and numerous associated areas. Major highways include Interstates 90 Toll (New York Thruway), 390, 490, and 590; Routes 15, 15A, 18, 19, 31, 31F, 33, 33A, 36, 64, 65, 96, 104, 153, 250, 251, 252, 259, 286, 390, 404, 441, 531, and 590; and the Lake Ontario State Parkway. Nine distinct colleges and […]

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  9. Hype for the Future 249F: Livingston County, New York

    Introduction Livingston County is a notable county at the western end of the Finger Lakes region of the State of New York and is commonly associated with a portion of the Western New York region immediately south of Rochester and bounded by the Genesee River to the west. Villages within the county include Avon, Caledonia, Dansville, Geneseo (county seat), Leicester, Lima, Livonia, Mount Morris, and Nunda, while the surrounding towns include Avon, Caledonia, Conesus, Geneseo, Groveland, […]

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  10. Hype for the Future 248E: New York Metropolitan Definition

    Introduction The New York Metropolitan Area is a notable statistical area representative of the largest metro area worldwide by urban landmass as well as four (4) distinct metropolitan divisions including New York—Jersey City—White Plains, Newark, New Brunswick—Lakewood, and Nassau County—Suffolk County, along with the nearby urbanized and metropolitan counties north of White Plains and south toward Trenton, Mercer County, New Jersey. Counties The New York—Jersey City—White […]

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  11. Hype for the Future 242L: Allegany County, New York

    Overview Allegany County is a notable county associated with the Southern Tier of Western New York and is home to the Villages of Wellsville, Alfred, Cuba, Bolivar, Andover, Belmont (county seat), Angelica, Canaseraga, Almond (part), and Richburg and the Towns of Alfred, Allen, Alma, Almond, Amity, Andover, Angelica, Belfast, Birdsall, Bolivar, Burns, Caneadea, Centerville, Clarksville, Cuba, Friendship, Genesee, Granger, Grove, Hume, Independence, New Hudson, Rushford, Scio, Ward, […]

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  12. Meanwhile, in upstate #NY, rainfall is increasing, leading some farmers to consider growing rice in paddies. Opportunities exist in agricultural land that lies in flood plains, and promises benefits for aquatic bird habitats as well.

    My comment: homegrown #NYS sake would be fabulous and I'm all for it, but it's all for naught if we don't stop burning fossil fuels. If not, this wetter warmer NYS will be a brief transitional state on the way to hell.

    #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #agriculture #NewYorkState #RiceFarming

    sciencex.com/wire-news/4637625