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The city of Deerfield Beach, Florida, originally called the town of Deerfield, was so named because of the deer that grazed along the nearby Hillsboro River. Located some 5 miles (or 8 kilometers) south of Boca Raton in Broward County, the original Town of Deerfield was incorporated on June 11, 1925, when it was primarily an agricultural community. In 1939, Read more...
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Trucks with three axles or greater are permitted to use the Hugh L Carey Tunnel, also known as the Brooklyn–Battery Tunnel, Battery Tunnel or Battery Park Tunnel, which connects Red Hook in Brooklyn with the Battery on the southern tip of Manhattan, New York City. Operated by MTA Bridges and Tunnels, the Hugh L Carey Tunnel is tolled in both Read more...
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Kaufman County district attorney Mike McLelland and his wife, Cynthia, were found shot dead in their home on Blarney Stone Way in Forney, Texas, on March 30th, 2013. Their shooting came almost two months after Assistant DA Mark Hasse was fatally gunned down on January 31st as he walked to the courthouse on East Grove Street in Kaufman, Texas. A Read more...
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Catch-and-release fishing is permitted in designated areas of Brooklyn’s Prospect Park. Prospect Park has the only freshwater waterbody in Brooklyn and the lake supports a variety of warmwater fish species, including largemouth bass, black crappie, yellow perch, chain pickerel, bluegill, pumpkinseed, common carp, and golden shiner. Fishing is prohibited from bridges and in fenced areas and no barbed hooks or Read more...
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Tubbs Hill in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, is named after Tony Tubbs, a German immigrant and prominent figure in the early history of the city after its incorporation in the late 19th century. Tubbs opened one of the Coeur d’Alene’s first hotels and acquired a tract of land on the lakefront that included the north and west faces of what became Read more...
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