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July 16 2019

The 50 Mile Garage Sale on Route 90 in the Finger Lakes Guide

Every year during the last full weekend of July, the 50-mile stretch of Route 90 in the Finger Lakes becomes one humongous garage sale. Here’s everything you need to know about getting there. by Chris Clemens The legendary weekend long event that is the Route 90 Garage Sale brings visitors from as far away as […]

This Day In Upstate History

1901 New York becomes the first state to require license plates on automobiles

1936 A radio beacon is activated at the Oswego Lighthouse station that is synchronized with the fog signal for distance finding.

1959 The St. Lawrence Seaway officially opens to allow shipping

2009 The fifth annual Tora-Con, an anime convention hosted at the Rochester Institute of Technology, features guests Armcannon, Colleen Clinkenbeard, Geek Comedy Tour, Todd Haberkorn, Vic Mignogna, and John Swasey. This would be the final year that the convention is only a single day--all following events would be two-days.

2010 The second and final day 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.