Preservation

STAMFORD – The city seal, used to mark official documents, displays two keys. Stamford’s first nickname, earned a century and a half ago, was The Lock City. The lock reference and the keys in the seal denote a company that was established in Stamford in 1868 and went on to become the world’s leading manufacturer of that hardware.  After Linus …

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Scientists have confirmed that a captive deer at a northwestern Wisconsin shooting preserve has tested positive for chronic wasting disease. State agriculture officials announced Thursday that the National Veterinary Services Laboratories in Ames, Iowa, confirmed the 3-year-old doe at Thundeer Trophy Whitetails in Birchwood was infected, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported. Records show the doe was transferred from …

Walker County wildfire continuing to grow FOX 26 Reporter Sherman Desselle has more on how fire crews are working to contain the huge wildfire. (NOTE: This report is from Friday night) WALKER COUNTY, Texas – All evacuation orders have been lifted and roads have reopened as firefighters continue to battle a wildfire in Walker County, officials says. According to the …

DHAHRAN: The Energy Exhibit, formerly the Oil Exhibit, celebrates its 60th anniversary this year as one of the Kingdom’s premier attractions, a space dedicated to making “facts fun” — and all without asking visitors to pay a penny to enter. For the past six decades, the exhibit has showcased the knowledge and techniques behind the extraction of oil and related …

Photo by Pixabay Office of Gov. TOPEKA – Governor Laura Kelly announced that $750,000 in federal funding will go toward preserving historic properties in the downtown commercial cores of Kansas’ rural communities with populations under 30,000. The Kansas Historical Society’s State Historic Preservation Office, which administers the Kansas Rural Main Street Grants, was among 13 subgrant programs in 12 states to receive …

The Commonwealth has been awarded $750,000 in grant funds through the 2022 NPS Paul Bruhn Historic Revitalization Grants Program (PBHRGP) to support the rehabilitation of historic buildings and sites in the state’s southwestern region. In alignment with its overarching mission to ensure that Virginia’s historic places are valued and used as assets for education, tourism, environmental sustainability, and economic vitality, …

Texas residents fled their homes overnight after a wildfire in Walker County quickly grew to engulf thousands of acres.  The blaze, dubbed the Game Preserve Fire, ignited Friday afternoon near Huntsville, an hour north of Houston, and spread to 3,000 acres from 100 in less than a day, according to the Texas A&M Forest Service.  As of Saturday morning, only 10% of the …

Linda Pope displays a cake to John Upton during the auction of desserts at last year’s Preservation Party for Lincoln County Historical Association. Bob Bond photo DRESDEN — The Lincoln County Historical Association’s annual fundraiser dinner and auction of cakes by a veteran auctioneer, Kaja Veilleux of Thomaston Place Auction Galleries, is set for 4 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 10. The …

CNN  —  A large wildfire burning across 500 acres in Huntsville, Texas, forced some parts of the city to evacuate Friday, as forecasters are predicting extremely hot weather to persist over Labor Day weekend. According to the Texas A&M Forest Service, the fire, named the “Game Preserve Fire,” has burned an estimated 500 acres and is 0% contained. Aircraft are …

The antique doors from Puerto Rico at the entrance to Papi on Exchange Street caused a stir over historic preservation rules and will likely be replaced in mid-September. Derek Davis/Staff Photographer The antique doors that caused a stir over historic preservation rules in Portland last spring will be replaced after all. Papi, a Puerto Rican restaurant on Exchange Street, installed …