Troy

August 21 2018

How to Eat Along the New York State Thruway

New York State Central New York Region, Finger Lakes Region, Niagara Frontier Region, Troy, Utica

by Chris Clemens Ever wondered where to jump off the New York State Thruway for a unique bite to eat? A few months ago, I received a note from Megan Mack, who is the producer of WXXI’s Connections out of Rochester. She was traveling west on the Thruway from Albany and wanted to stop somewhere […]

This Day In Upstate History

1676 Kateri Tekekwitha is baptized in present day Fonda, New York

1825 The town of Winchester is created in Wayne County by splitting off a section of land from the town of Williamson. The following year, Winchester would be re-named to become the town of Marion.

1888 Seth Green, fish farming pioneer responsible for the first fish hatchery in what is believed all of the Western Hemisphere, dies.

1906 The Haloid Photographic Company is founded. It would later become Xerox Corporation in 1961.

2009 Xerox announces that it wants to sell its Xerox Tower building and buildings within Xreox Square, and lease the space back from the owner. Later in 2013, Buckingham Properties would take ownership of the properties.

2015 The eleventh annual Tora-Con begins. The two-day event is an anime convention hosted at the Rochester Institute of Technology and featured guests Armcannon, Chalk Twins, Geek Comedy Tour, Josh Grelle, Cherami Leigh, and Chris Rager.