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1 month ago | colatoday.6amcity.com | David Stringer |Samantha Robertson |Michael Beausoleil |Vagney Hampshire

March is Women’s History Month, and Cola has some history to share on the topic. Columbia was home to one of the oldest female-exclusive college campuses in the US, until 1947, when the first men to attend night and graduate classes. The location, name, and student demographic have since changed, but the institution remains open today. Columbia College, formerly known as Columbia Female College, was originally near what we know today as Hampton Street.

1 month ago | colatoday.6amcity.com | David Stringer |Michael Beausoleil |Samantha Robertson

We hate to be the pearer of bad news, but sales of your favorite springtime tree were banned on begin Oct. 1, 2024. The early-blooming white flowers of the Bradford pear tree popping up around our lovely city isn’t necessarily something to celebrate. Those blooms are more of a warning sign than an indicator of spring. Bradford pear trees, a cultivar of the Callery pear native to Asia, were introduced to the US in the early 20th century for their ornamental, symmetrical beauty.