Kingston

January 3 2018

How to Explore More of Upstate in 2018

New York State Finger Lakes, Kingston, Rochester

by Chris Clemens If you’ve resolved to make 2018 a great year, then you’re in good company. There’s no sense in looking back over the stressors of a previous year. Instead, each year at this time I attempt to find things to motivate me for the future. You’d think after seven years of blogging about […]

This Day In Upstate History

2012 Emergency crews are called to a fire at a home on Lake Road in Webster. Upon arrival, they are met with gunfire from 62-year old William Spengler who had started the fire himself. During the attack, Spengler wounded two firefighters and killed two others. The gunfire prevents fire crews from being able to battle the blaze, and seven homes are destroyed. Both Mike Chiapperini, West Webster volunteer fire fighter and Lieutenant with the Webster Police Department, and Tomasz Kaczowka, West Webster volunteer fire fighter, are killed in the attack.

2018 After six years in operation, the boutique store Fahsye announces that they are closing their brick and mortar store in the North Winton Village in the city of Rochester.