The annual presentations raise funds for the gardens at Fairlawn Mansion. Written By: Maria Lockwood | ×
A Dahlia grown by Superior Public Museums administrator Robert-Jan Quene can be seen outside his Superior home. Dahlias will be featured during one of the museum s virtual garden talk sessions. (Photo courtesy of Robert-Jan Quene)
Superior Public Museums aims to help gardeners through the seasonal doldrums with a series of virtual garden talks that span the globe.
Participants can learn about orchids and other tropical plants from Columbia, tour the New York Botanical Gardens, catch a glimpse of the unique flora and fauna of Tasmania and visit a plant breeder’s garden in California, all from the comfort of their home.
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Preliminary rendering of mixed-use development. (2461 Hughes Associates rendering)
Developers recently revealed the first renderings and construction plans for a new full-service hotel in the Belmont, N.Y., section of The Bronx, also referred to as Little Italy.
Located on East 188th Street between Arthur and Hughes avenues, the project also could contain a collection of income-restricted apartments and a large parking garage.
The proposed development calls for the construction of two connected buildings totaling approximately 150,753 gross sq. ft. This includes an assemblage of neighboring lots currently occupied by a mix of low-rise residential and commercial properties.
Meet one of the N.J. experts we’re all turning to for COVID-19 advice
Updated Dec 28, 2020;
Posted Dec 28, 2020
Stephanie Silvera, Epidemiologist and Public Health Professor at Montclair State University, at her home in Hawthorne, NJ. Steve Hockstein | For NJ Advance Media
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The scene that played out in Stephanie Silvera’s Hawthorne home on a recent Monday is one that’s all too familiar to a lot of us these days.
The WiFi went down and her 11-year-old daughter got kicked off her virtual sixth grade class. Silvera tried to reboot it. Then her 14-year-old son appeared to deliver the same message. “Use the data plan on your phone,” she told him.
evening showers from boston to d.c. thunderstorms in florida, even a chance of tornadoes from waco to shreveport and nashville snow from the colorado rockies to the texas panhandle. dallas 67, 70 in atlanta, 66 here in new york, 40s from minneapolis to detroit, boise, 52. i had a great time at the park with the kids. no winter jacket. just the t-shirt. yes. we ve heard plenty about bobby brown lately. no, not that one. the other bobby brown. he s a high-flying high school senior from the state of georgia. here s bobby lining five guys up in front of a basketball hoop last weekend. and look at this. bobby winning the slam dunk competition soaring over all five of them. on the way to the hoop, we should tell you all those guys are 4 feet or lower. yeah, right. brown s 6 7 , and despite some obvious athleticism he has not received much attention from big colleges but after this tape, that could be about to
really went out with a whimper. high temperature records broken by the hundreds. warm moist air helping kick-start an unusually early, deadly tornado season. unbelievable. back up! hey! back up! reporter: winter was not only warmer it was dry. the third smallest amount of snowfall in nearly a half century. the effects will be felt in the west, more drought that threatens water supplies, dry forests that fuel devastating wildfires. at the new york botanical gardens flowers are blooming early. these wasps are just everywhere in this house. reporter: in the south insects are creeping and crawling earlier than normal. many insects are fooled into think it is spring. and they hatch out. reporter: in pass christian, mississippi, they re already spraying for mosquitos. there was no winter frost to kill their eggs. that lack of winter frost is also sending pollen counts skyrocketing making an early start to what will be a long and nasty energy season.