Johnstown native and author Russell Shorto will hold a reading for his latest nonfiction book, “Taking Manhattan: The ...

YOUNGSTOWN, N.Y. — This weekend marks a big anniversary for our country, 250 years since the shot heard round the world, ...

They established the colony of New Amsterdam on the island of Manhattan. When the British took control of the area in 1664, they renamed it New York, and it became one of the original 13 colonies.

The French, Spanish, and Portuguese competed with the British for colonies ... flexing its muscle in the New World. This economic policy rested on the idea that the colonies existed for the ...