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Van Ostrande – Radliff House

Albany, New York’s Oldest Building at 48 Hudson Avenue In our October 2006, OFA Newsletter we published an article- Oldest standing house in the city (Albany, NY – a very Dutch city).  It was written by Donna Liquor, as a Special to the Times Union. The article is four pages long, but was summarized and

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Sinterklaas

Sinterklaas (also called Sint-Nicolaas in Dutch and Saint Nicolas in French) is a traditional holiday figure in the Netherlands and Belgium, celebrated every year on Saint Nicholas’ eve (December 5) or, in Belgium, on the morning of December 6.

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A stone house is off to the right among tall pine trees that overlook Ostrander Lake with snowy mountains in the background.
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Discovering a Yosemite Hushed by Winter’s Snow

An interesting article on how Huts are used with references to the ‘Ostrander Hut’ which is operated by the nonprofit Yosemite Association. Also references a 1995 publication entitled “The Perfect Art: The Ostrander Hut and Ski Touring in Yosemite, a published history of the Ostrander Hut by Mr. Howard Weamer.

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