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Remember This?: The Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company
30 Aug 2023 14:00 GMT
Nathaniel Gilman was born in New Hampshire before the United States declared independence from Great Britain. His birth year remains a mystery. As a young man, he became interested in shipbuilding.
The New York Times reported that young Nathaniel “ …
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Farmers used weather vanes for forecasting the weather. The Vikings did too
29 Aug 2025 19:24 GMT
When Jerry Apps was a kid growing up in Waushara County, the weather vane sitting high atop his family's barn was not only a tool to forecast the weather, but it was a temptation for a boy to test his marksmanship with a BB gun.
"Shooting the …
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25 photos show what life looked like for Americans 150 years ago
22 Aug 2025 14:06 GMT
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The 1870s were a time of great cultural, economic, and technological …
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Remembering When: It was back to school time for G-A Schools
20 Aug 2025 08:28 GMT
Greencastle-Antrim schools opened for the 1955-56 school year with an estimated 1,705 students.
The Greencastle A's won the Franklin County Adult League championship for the second consecutive year in 1985.
The Greencastle-Antrim Lioness Club published …
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A grocery chain with only four stores in Connecticut will close its Greenwich location this fall
07 Aug 2025 14:44 GMT
The Acme Markets store in Greenwich is set to close this fall and transfer employees to different locations.A notice sent Wednesday to employees from Albertsons, the company that owns the ACME Markets grocery chain, said the company plans to close the …
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We've all heard the old sayings about corn. Here are a few facts
06 Aug 2025 10:18 GMT
This summer has been a mixture of rainy, humid and hot days. Doesn't sound like much fun for humans but the corn fields in rural Wisconsin are loving it.
At one time, Wisconsin's most dominant crop was wheat. However, in the mid-19th century, …
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Hilco Streambank to Market All Intellectual Property Associated With The Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company.
23 Oct 2015 15:55 GMT
NEW YORK, Oct. 23, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Hilco Streambank (www.hilcostreambank.com) has been hired as the intellectual property disposition and sales agent of The Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company, Inc. ("A &P"). The sale includes …