5+ hour, 43+ min ago  (318+ words) The Mountain Press I’d heard of Dog Days all my life but only knew that it referred to the sweltering heat of late summer when dogs laid around more and were prone to go mad (with rabies) I…...

11+ hour, 28+ min ago  (413+ words) Villagers have been asked to put up their gardens and land for an archaeological dig that will explore the area's lead mining history. A series of one metre by one metre (3ft by 3ft) test pits would be dug by volunteers across…...

1+ day, 6+ hour ago  (402+ words) Published 9:00 am Saturday, July 11, 2026 About 70 per cent of Langley Township land is within the Agricultural Land Reserve, a designation created to preserve farmland. (Langley Advance Times files) Moving to Canada at the age of 12 in 1968, looking back, was like winning…...

1+ day, 12+ hour ago  (192+ words) Community Newspaper Group VINTON — The Benton County Historical Society invites all to come and enjoy a presentation by Dennis Schlicht about Vintonian: Lu Berry. The event will be held at the Vinton Train Depot on Monday July 13 at 7:00 p....

1+ day, 4+ hour ago  (573+ words) Published 10:00 am Saturday, July 11, 2026 The ranch at Maiden Creek, pictured in 1943. The ranch house is just visible as the furthest building from the viewer, at centre. Built in 1897, it was destroyed by fire in July 1951. The Borland and Veith Ranch…...

1+ day, 6+ hour ago  (1019+ words) A massive sugar maple growing on the front lawn of a historic Lafontaine church may have taken root long before the village itself was settled. The first log chapel for Paroisse Sainte-Croix was built in 1856, while construction of the current…...

1+ day, 8+ hour ago  (238+ words) War memorials in Hull's Paragon Square (Image: Hull City Council) A specialist cleaning programme to restore Hull's war memorials will begin next week. Hull City Council, in partnership with local contractor Fresh Memory Headstone Cleaning and Restoration Service, will carry…...

1+ day, 9+ hour ago  (420+ words) The original organization was started in Britain in 1917 by the Board of Agriculture. It didn’t take long for the US to follow suit: “From 1917 to 1919, the Woman’s Land Army of America brought more than 20,000 city and town women to rural…...

1+ day, 11+ hour ago  (326+ words) Johnson City Press Weeds more than seven feet tall continue to grow at the Washington County Farm Cemetery The cemetery — less than an acre of land — contains 141 known burials with unmarked graves and is located at…...

1+ day, 11+ hour ago  (173+ words) The Adel Chamber helped celebrate the opening of a new museum exhibit on Friday. A ribbon cutting and dedication ceremony was held at the Adel Historical Museum for “The Little Green Garden Barn.” President Erin Milroy says it is a…...