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GoDutch book table a rich community resource on Dutch history

Tell it to the next generation and let books help you

Publish Date: Jun 11, 2012
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Readers of the Windmill Herald often expressed amazement about little known facets of the history of the Netherlands, its people and their achievements, and, yes, about their foibles too. There are many aspects of Dutch history that have be...

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The Windmill Herald ™ – Farewell Issue

Publish Date: Jun 11, 2012
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As soon the shock caused by the news that The Windmill Herald ™ would cease to publish in June 2012 had been digested, readers, advertisers, suppliers and also staff recommended that the paper say farewell with a special commemorative Farew...

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First Sunday of June as cold as Christmas Day

Coldest since 1975

Publish Date: Jun 11, 2012
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DE BILT - With a maximum temperature of 11 degrees Celsius, Sunday June 3 was the Netherlands’ coldest summer’s day since 1975. Meteorological service Meteo Consult reports that it was just as ‘warm’ on Christmas Day.

The maximum t...

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Local council may be rescuing Kinderdijk windmills from insolvency

Heritage site in financial distress

Publish Date: Jun 11, 2012
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KINDERDIJK - The foundation which operates the Kinderdijk windmills, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, faces financial distress and may be fighting bankruptcy. According to Dutch broadcaster NOS, the famous windmills are trying to cope with a b...

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Landscaper turned former abandoned shingle mill site into a gorgeous garden

Publish Date: Jun 11, 2012
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BELLINGHAM, Washington – If anyone wants to turn an abandoned and overgrown former mill site into a gorgeous commercial garden, they do well to first visit Dick and Jennie Bosch’s Glen Echo Garden to see how it is done. Located in the heart...

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Maasvlakte 2 planners anticipate huge container volume growth

Publish Date: Jun 11, 2012
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ROTTERDAM – Dutch freight forwarders are taking steps to avoid congestion at the Rotterdam port, where the new Maasvlakte 2 facility is being developed next to Maasvlakte 1, a large spread built in the 1980s which abuts the Dutch North Sea ...

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Robert M. case leads police to other child molesters

Publish Date: Jun 11, 2012
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AMSTERDAM – The horrific child molester case against Latvian-born Robert Mikelsons (Robert M. in the Dutch media) has lead to the arrest of 33 suspected child molesters worldwide, including 8 in the United States. Dutch police gathered extr...

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Market fluctuations a drag on results for Dutch meat processor

Publish Date: Jun 11, 2012
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EINDHOVEN - More sales did not result in higher profits for the Dutch farmer cooperative-owned, Brabant-based food producer Vion Food Group. The giant meat processor saw its sales increase by seven percent for a total of €9.5 billion in 201...

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Danish Sound toll registries accessible online

Publish Date: Jun 11, 2012
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GRONINGEN - A joint effort, involving the Frisian Archive depository Tresoar and a research institute at the Groningen University, has resulted in posting the data of 1,8 million ships which passed through the narrow Sound between Denmark a...

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Dutch parliamentarians debate Mormon proxy baptisms

Publish Date: Jun 11, 2012
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THE HAGUE – Do Dutch archive depositories allow the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, commonly known as the Mormon church, microfilm or copy Dutch records, knowing they could be used as a source of information for the Mormon ritu...

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