LOWVILLE — A lot of preparation is in the works for the three minutes of darkness to occur April 8. Four Lewis County entities are partnering to provide an eclipse
BOONVILLE — Members of the General William Floyd Chapter National Society Daughters of the American Revolution held their first meeting of the 2023 season on April 15 at the American
LOWVILLE — New York’s public library system is encouraging students to engage in summer reading activities with this year’s “Oceans of Possibilities” theme. At the conclusion of the summer program,
TURIN â It was a fire that led to the building of the Brick Block in the Tug Hill village and fire that led to its demise. But if history repeats itself, a better building will rise from the ashes now as it did more than 150 years ago.
The two-story brick structure with large arched windows and stately architectural flourishes replaced a number of wooden structures as a result of a fire that devastated a swash of Turin in the early hours of Christmas 1869.
The C.G. Riggs Brick Block at the corner of East Main and State Route 26 in Turin, circa the late 1800s. The block was constructed by Mr. Riggs in 1870 after two of his businesses burned down in a 1869 blaze. Photo courtesy of the Lewis County Historical Society