Jefferson County

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November 27 2016

Stay: 1000 Islands Harbor Hotel in Clayton, New York

Thousand Island-Seaway Region Jefferson County

by Chris Clemens Clayton, New York is responsible for Thousand Island Dressing, breeding two founding members of the rock band Blue Oyster Cult, and is home to the most premiere antique boating museum in the country. The town is located in Jefferson County right on the south shores of the St. Lawrence River. It was […]

This Day In Upstate History

1834 The Long Island Railroad is chartered. Today, it is the oldest running railroad in the United States to still be operating under its original name.

1848 James G. Cutler, former Mayor of Rochester from 1904-07 and most recognized for inventing the mail chute, is born in Albany.

2010 The first of two days of the sixth annual Tora-Con, an anime convention hosted at Rochester Institute of Technology. This would be the first year that the event was two days instead of one. The event featured guests Armcannon, Johnny Yong Bosch, Eyeshine, Geek Comedy Tour, Gavin Goszka, Yuko "Aido" Ota, Ananth Panagariya, Michael Poe, Monica Rial, Chris Sabat, Adam Smithee, Eric Vale, and Billy West and approximately 2,500 were in attendance.

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2018 The Commission on Judicial Conduct makes a historic announcement stating that Rochester Judge Letitia Astacio should be removed from the bench. Her infamous story began two years previous when she stopped for driving while intoxicated.

2019 The Syracuse New Times ceases free distribution of their print edition, opting instead to distribute directly using a paid subscription model.