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Marking the Holocaust in Union
1+ hour, 7+ min ago (45+ words) Marking the Holocaust in Union'New Jersey Jewish News In partnership with Kean University's Holocaust Education & Resource Center, Kean Stage presents "Dedication," Roger Peltzman's one-person show, at the Wilkins Theatre. 7 p.m. Tickets: (908) 737-7469 or keanstage.com/events/dedication...
How Will One Boca's Plan to Modernize Downtown Affect the Community?
1+ hour, 12+ min ago (193+ words) One Boca claims that the revenue gained from their development will fund parks, civic amenities, and long-term infrastructure. One Boca also says over 5,700 jobs will be created, and a new city hall, community center, police substation, and critical infrastructure will…...
Historian Dagmar Herzog to deliver distinguished Lecture at DCC on Holocaust
1+ hour, 20+ min ago (181+ words) POUGHKEESPIE " The Dutchess Community College Foundation will welcome historian Dagmar Herzog for the Greenspan Trust-Handel Foundation Endowed Chair in Holocaust and Genocide Studies Distinguished Lecture Series on Thursday, March 5, at 7 p.m. in the James & Betty Hall Theatre on DCC's main campus....
Boca West Helps Veteran Through Habitat For Humanity
1+ hour, 21+ min ago (532+ words) South Florida's leading news source for Boca Raton, Delray Beach, Boynton Beach, Lake Worth Beach, Wellington, Lantana, Atlantis, and all of South Palm Beach County. BocaNewsNow.com covers Florida. Boca West Helps Veteran Through Habitat For Humanity The future homeowner…...
Meet a south London legend who survived being bombed as a baby
1+ hour, 27+ min ago (529+ words) Jug up George, as his friends call him on account of his love of a pint, is, at 83 years old, the lifeblood of Battersea. Born, bombed and bred in the place that almost killed him, he still loves it more…...
Holocaust Museum inspires young voices to stand up for human rights
2+ hour, 2+ min ago (601+ words) Inside the walls of the Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center, a group of Oak Lawn Hometown Middle School students spent Wednesday, Feb. 25, confronting history and examining their own role in shaping the future. Back at Oak Lawn Hometown Middle School,…...
The Allies refused to buy American surplus after WWII so US troops pushed it into the ocean
2+ hour, 27+ min ago (342+ words) Published Feb 26, 2026 11:00 AM PST After World War II, the U.S. faced a monumental logistics problem across the entire Pacific: getting rid of'nine million tons of surplus military material, valued at nearly $4 billion (north of $73 billion today). This massive clean-up operation became…...
‘Never again is now’: Remembering 125k incarcerated Japanese-Americans
3+ hour, 3+ min ago (1089+ words) Published 5:24 am Thursday, February 26, 2026 Reading the names of every incarcerated Japanese-American at the Puyallup Fairgrounds during World War II. Participants make signs to bring to the Solidarity Day demonstration at the Northwest Detention Center in an event organized by Tsuru for…...
A pilot who dropped the atomic bomb kept a journal. It’s now for sale.
3+ hour, 7+ min ago (965+ words) Shortly after dawn on Aug. 6, 1945, Capt. Robert A. Lewis, co-pilot of the Enola Gay, wrote in his notebook that the clouds below him were dispersing and the weather looked good for the rest of the flight to Hiroshima. "We are now…...
Saying goodbye to a fallen hero: WWII veteran laid to rest after remains identified
3+ hour, 22+ min ago (28+ words) Saying goodbye to a fallen hero: WWII veteran laid to rest after remains identified'KFDM Saying goodbye to a fallen hero: WWII veteran laid to rest after remains identified...