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Hardware stores full of people preparing their homes

PINELLAS COUNTY, Fla. – These last-minute storm preparations are underway and hardware stores are overwhelmed as people go from stocking up on materials to clean up and repair storm-damaged homes to trying for the second time in less than a…

Hillsborough County sales tax extension on the ballot

TAMPA, Fla. – Hillsborough County voters will have the opportunity to vote in November to decide whether to renew a 30-year-old sales tax. Revenue from sales tax is used to finance important things in the district, such as road construction…

The Bronx Zoo’s new baby tree kangaroo takes its first leap

The Bronx Zoo has a new star: A Matschie’s tree-kangaroo calf made its first leap out of its mother’s pouch this week. The baby tree kangaroo, born in late December, is the second of its kind to be born at…

The Bronx Zoo’s new baby tree kangaroo takes its first leap

The Bronx Zoo has a new star: A Matschie’s tree-kangaroo calf made its first leap out of its mother’s pouch this week. The baby tree kangaroo, born in late December, is the second of its kind to be born at…

Palm trees on display at Brookfield Place

The 16 palm trees in the Winter Garden Atrium at Brookfield Place in Battery Park City made it all the way to Florida, but have settled in well in their new home. 16 new Washingtonia Robusta palm trees were planted…

Historic fire engine back home in Avon

AVON, NY — The efforts of a nonprofit south of Rochester to raise $50,000 to buy back the local fire department’s first-ever fire truck have paid off. The vehicle, first purchased by the Avon Fire Department in 1926, sat in…