HERKIMER, N.Y. — A local company is helping to put Central New York on the global map. It is all thanks to the Dutchess of Sussex, Meghan Markle, who was spotted wearing a bracelet, earrings and rings ...

For one day while in New York, she prospected the land in search of the prized Herkimer Diamonds. Barbara Kurtz, owner of Kurtz Florist located on State Street in Hamburg, recently went along with a ...

A few years ago my cousins from Massachusetts brought their grandkids down to the farm. On the way they made a couple of stops. One was at Howe Caverns and the other was just north of Herkimer to dig ...

If state Sen. Jim Seward gets his way, the Herkimer Diamond will forever be the official state mineral. A bill sponsored by Seward, R-Milford, designating the quartz crystals as the official state ...

as the official state mineral. Sponsored by Sen. James Seward, R-Milford, who represents Herkimer County, where the doubly-terminated quartz crystal is found, the legislation passed unanimously. “The ...