The US Military Police closed the doors on the Antonelli Fireworks Co. in Spencerport on June 13, 1943 and wouldn’t let any employees in. The next week 7 managers of the company were arrested by the F.B.I. and put in jail for fraud and sabotage. After much digging and looking at a lot of old …
Remember those Genesee Beer ads that said it was made from Hemlock Lake water? The northern part of Monroe County has been getting water from Lake Ontario for quite a while. And here we have an accident from 1971 happening at the pumping station on Edgemere Drive in Greece. The good news was that people …
Fifty years ago Webster was changing over from a Town of primarily agriculture to a large suburban community. One thing that helped the growth was the completion of the Route 104 bridge over Irondequoit Bay. It seems that the Town was also having a problem with people having junk cars on their property. I’ll bet …
Remember when detergents had phosphates? They were good for cleaning but in creeks and lakes they promoted algae growth. Too much algae and it makes waterways impossible for fish and other organisms to breath. A few states banned phosphates in the mid-1970s but it wasn’t until 1994 when all phosphates were removed from detergents in …