Penny Williamsburg: calm in the heart of Brooklyn’s hottest neighbourhood An arty hotel with a homely apartment feel, just minutes from the heart of Brooklyn’s buzz, says Claire Cohen Evening Standard · Feb 3, 2023
Hulu's 1619 Project Docuseries Peddles False History The first episode paints an enslaver, plantation master, and Royalist autocrat as a leading and even celebrated agent of emancipation. Reason · Jan 31, 2023
Two Jewish men attacked with fire extinguishers in NYC Attacks targeting Jews ‘should shake the conscience of every American’, NY senator Anna Kaplan tells The Independent The Independent UK · Aug 24, 2022
AP PHOTOS: Parishioners, pilgrims flock to Brooklyn festival By the thousands, revelers recently returned to Havemeyer Street in New York City’s Williamsburg neighborhood to celebrate the annual Giglio Feast following its first-ever cancellation in 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and then downsized crowds in 2021. The Independent UK · Jul 25, 2022
Hundreds of dementia patients in Virginia are sent to state-run psychiatric hospitals that aren’t equipped for them VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — May Wells’ heart sank as she watched her husband leave their Williamsburg home in the back of a police car. Her husband, Ray, suffered from early onset Alzheimer’s disease, and his condition had deteriorated to the point that Wells called for help. Tribune News Service · May 26, 2022
Inside eerie abandoned farm containing decaying busts of US presidents Explorer and photographer Leland Kent stumbled across the Presidents Park in Williamsburg, Virginia, which displays the busts of America's 43 past presidents Daily Mirror · Mar 10, 2022
Museum begins honoring Black coachmen from the Jim Crow era The Black men who drove horse-drawn carriages through the streets of Colonial Williamsburg in Virginia were both everywhere and invisible during the Jim Crow era The Independent UK · Feb 25, 2022
This Day In Market History: Steel Magnate Charles M. Schwab Is Born Each day, Benzinga takes a look back at a notable market-related moment that occurred on this date. What Happened? On this day in 1862, Charles M. Schwab was born in Williamsburg, Pennsylvania. Where The Market Was: Schwab's birth predates both the S&P 500 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average. Benzinga · Feb 18, 2022