On a Tuesday in mid-October, the most expensive map ever to hit the market was sitting on the floor of an empty office on Manhattan’s Upper East Side. Daniel Crouch, the rare book and map dealer to whom it had been consigned, stood over it, beaming. “I’ve handled several [similar] maps in my life,” said Crouch. “But never one so gleamingly brilliant as this.” The map, which was created by […]

After insane amounts of snow and bitterly cold temperatures this week, the Buffalo area begins to thaw out Saturday. The good news: Warmer temperatures will begin to melt some 7 feet of snow across the region. The bad news: Warmer temperatures will begin to melt some 7 feet of snow across the region. Saturday’s high should reach 40 degrees, but with it comes rain. The entire area is under a […]

The storm has caused at least eight deaths in New York, New Hampshire and Michigan, according to authorities Up to six feet of snow have fallen in western New York since Monday night Three feet more could be on the way before the storm subsides New York governor Andrew Cuomo has mobilized the National Guard to help western New York dig out from the storm Snow blown by strong winds […]