There was something strange and wonderful happening at 257 Pearl St. in lower Manhattan, the result of which would change the city and the world forever. New York is always on the cutting edge. Is it ...

The earliest known lamps are some 40,000 years old. Cave dwellers in Western Europe made them by hollowing out stones, and burning animal fat through a wick made of moss. Light is an essential part of ...

One of the inventions that put this central New Jersey town on the map could go the way of the typewriter and the horse and buggy if some lawmakers have their way. The incandescent light bulb, ...

This year marks the 50th anniversary for the spectacular Holiday Nights display at the Edison and Ford Winter Estates in Fort Myers.

Thomas Alva Edison, the man behind the electric bulb has been a well-known inventor for more than a century now. It is primarily thanks to his incredible demonstration on a chilly New Year's Eve in ...

As I research my family history, preparing a book about my grandmother Madeleine Edison Sloane, “Edison’s Daughter,” I occasionally come across holiday pictures of Glenmont. This was my ...

Telangana students from Edison perform a traditional dance on stage during the first Diwali Festival in Papaianni Park in Edison on Saturday, October 22, 2022. Diwali is a Hindu festival of lights ...

There was something strange and wonderful happening at 257 Pearl St. in lower Manhattan, the result of which would change the city and the world forever. New York is always on the cutting edge. Is it ...

Edison Light Bulb, 1879, Smithsonian's National Museum of American History Thomas Edison used this carbon-filament bulb in the first public demonstration of his most famous invention—the light bulb, ...