National Soaring Museum – Elmira NY – Staycation Destinations The Soaring Museum is an interesting placed to visit any time, but the week ahead (July 6-13) has a unique event while comes to our listening area only once every four years.   Some two dozen motorless aircraft “descend” on Elmira, New York for the International …

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It’s “Staycation Destinations” on Family Life “Staycation Destinations” takes you to a museum which celebrates how a water-powered sawmill fostered a transformation of America. The Hanford Mills Museum in Delaware County New York displays a still-operating waterwheel that powered the mill’s equipment. Education Coordinator Ryan Jones tells us about how economic, geographic and social history …

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It’s “Staycation Destinations” on Family Life We begin the Summer 2024 tour of Pennsylvania and New York in the Finger Lakes region, celebrating 300+ people who transformed medicine, culture, sports, politics, the arts and so much more. Every one of these special people — a woman. The National Women’s Hall of Fame in Seneca Falls …

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It’s “Staycation Destinations” on Family Life! This special edition of the Family Life Noon Report offers a radio version of our “vacation slideshow” from Summer 2023. This half-hour special recaps our Staycation Destination interviews from the past few months. Hear these stories, about the women who launched a cultural movement from an upstate New York …

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It’s “Staycation Destinations” on Family Life! Each Friday afternoon, our Noon Report took you to a unique location in the Family Life listening area. Our goals were to find a variety of places which connect with a variety of interests, fairly close to home, and fairly affordable — whether for a day trip or a …

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“Staycation Destinations” on Family Life The Strong Museum of Play opened a generation ago (in 1982) and unites multiple generations with the delights– and the necessity! — of play. Rochester native Margaret Woodbury Strong (starting in her childhood) became a prolific collector of dolls, toys and many other household items. Her legacy now brings hundreds …

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“Staycation Destinations” on Family Life Presque Isle extends about five miles into Lake Erie, giving northwest Pennsylvanians — and visitors from a wide range of the region — a combination of lake front beaches, walking trails, natural settings and so much more. Visitors can enjoy picnicking, swimming, wildlife watching, and rentals of kayaks and paddleboards …

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It’s “Staycation Destinations” on Family Life A World War II soldier carried art supplies with him onto battlefields. When he could, he painted to find balance amid the violence around him. After his return home in western New York, Larry Griffis Jr. felt a tug between his budding career running a family business, and fulfilling …

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Tens of thousands of stock car racing fans decend on Watkins Glen in New York’s Twin Tiers each August. That happens this weekend (August 18-20, 2023). Whether you are going to be among that throng, or if you live in or plan to visit the area other times of the year, the International Motor Racing …

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Family Life’s “Staycation Destinations” The Buffalo Transportation Pierce-Arrow Museum owns one million pieces of memorabilia, from small automotive mementos to classic cars, carriages, motorcycles and bicycles. Co-founder Jim Sandoro talks not only about the current exhibits at the museum, but also how a prosperous city became home to the manufacturers of — and consumers for …

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