Plattsburgh Press-Republican Via Newsbank Database
The Plattsburgh Press-Republican is now accessible via our Newsbank subscription which also features the Watertown Daily Times. You can even create email alerts for both news sources! Newsbank is dedicated to providing easy access to the world’s largest repository of reliable information including diverse source types such as printed and online newspapers, blogs, journals, newswires, broadcast transcripts and videos. Access it on our website here.
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NYS Historic Newspapers Adds 7 Millionth Page
The front page of the October 25th 1953 issue of the Lackawanna Leader is the 7 millionth page to be uploaded to the NYS Historic Newspapers project. This title is provided to us by the Lackawanna Public Library.The NYS Historic Newspapers project provides free online access to a wide range of newspapers chosen to reflect New York’s unique history. To learn more, please visit the website here.
Post expires on Wednesday October 18th, 2017
Don’t Forget Father’s Day!
Don’t forget to wish the special Dads in your life a happy Father’s day on June 18th. For a little background history on the holiday check out the blurb in the Catholic Courier originally printed in 1998. To view the whole page, click here.
Applications now open for NNYLN Technology Improvement and Digitization Grants.
The NNYLN is again offering its member organizations two grant opportunities: NNYLN Technology Service Innovation Grants and NNYLN Digitization Grants. read more…
Post expires on Friday August 18th, 2017
Happy Mother’s Day!
Don’t forget to wish your mother a happy Mother’s Day on the 14th of this month. Check out the lovely Mother’s Day poem featured in the Indian Time on May 6th, 1994. You can read the full page, including the fun messages left by children for their mothers by visiting NYS Historic Newspapers here.
April Fools!
Buffalo’s The Bee put a disclaimer up on its front page warning readers that the articles in this issue are not truthful. In bold lettering, the title instructs all readers to read the disclaimer before reading the rest of the paper. To read more of the paper from March 31, 1944 click here.