RealPolitics has a sort of interactive map of the US with a conglomeration of polls in various states. This is for the presidential race, btw. If you’ve been paying attention at all. I am going to try to not look at this every couple hours to see if new polls have come it. And how [...]
Yo La Tengo |MTV Music Their own take on the School of Rock. Related posts No related posts.
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The border of Ridgewood has been disputed for decades, if not centuries. The most specific the Queens government gets is this map, which differs from this 1940 map which is based in part on the census. The Southwestern border, these days, is clear, as it is the Queens-Brooklyn line. The Eastern edge is generally considered to [...]
17th century: the Dutch begin to settle the area. 1710: first Onderdonk House is built. 1769: border dispute between the towns of Newton and Bushwick is resolved, with the Arbitration Rock. 1856: “Ridgewood’s Reservoir” is established, named for the Ridgewood Ponds to the east. 1910: after a time of being called both East Williamsburgh and [...]
Eddie Adcock, bluegrass banjo heavyweight, needed brain surgery and was allowed to play his banjo during the procedure to insure that nothing was done to hamper his ability to play. Here’s a video taken during the surgery (begins with an ad), and here’s a radio report about it (no ad). Related posts No related posts.