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Road Tire Pollution Shown to Affect Salmon, Rainbow and Brook Trout

October 3, 2023 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Vehicle Tire Road Wear Particles (courtesy World Business Council for Sustainable Development)“When contemplating the emissions from road vehicles, our first thought is often about the various gases coming out of the tailpipe,” Lewin Day writes for The Drive. However, new research shows that we should be more concerned with the harmful particles that are shed from tires and brakes.” [Read more…] about Road Tire Pollution Shown to Affect Salmon, Rainbow and Brook Trout

Filed Under: Nature, Recreation Tagged With: amphibians, clean water, development, Environmental History, fish, Fisheries, fishing, floods, gardening, plastics, pollution, Road Tire Pollution, Salmon, Science, Transportation, Trout, water quality, wetlands

Marty Glickman: American Jewish Sports Legend

October 2, 2023 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Marty Glickman The Life of an American Jewish Sports LegendThe book Marty Glickman: The Life of an American Jewish Sports Legend (NYU Press, 2023) by Jeffrey S. Gurock takes a look at Marty Glickman, who for close to half a century after World War II, was the voice of New York sports. [Read more…] about Marty Glickman: American Jewish Sports Legend

Filed Under: Books, History, New York City, Western NY Tagged With: Baseball, Basketball, Books, Brooklyn, Buffalo, football, Jewish History, Manhattan, New York City, NY Giants, NY Knicks, NY Mets, NYU Press, Olympic History, Pop Culture History, Radio History, sports, Sports History, Syracuse University, Television History, The Bronx, Yeshiva University

Colonizing Sweetness: The History of Sugar on Long Island

October 2, 2023 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Sugar tradeConsumer demand for sugar in colonial America (and elsewhere) spurred the expansion of plantations and slavery in the Caribbean with profound human and ecological consequences – including chattel slavery and environmental disaster. [Read more…] about Colonizing Sweetness: The History of Sugar on Long Island

Filed Under: History Tagged With: Southampton History Museum

Leadership Changes At Long Island Museums Stir Controversy, Confidence

October 2, 2023 by John Warren Leave a Comment

Nassau County Museum of Art in 2017The Nassau County Museum of Art has abruptly dismissed its Museum Director in a controversial move that is prompting calls for his reinstatement and the Southampton History Museum has announced a new Executive Director without controversy.

This is the second time in six years the Nassau County Museum suddenly and without warning replaced its Museum Director. [Read more…] about Leadership Changes At Long Island Museums Stir Controversy, Confidence

Filed Under: Arts, History, New York City Tagged With: Long Island, Museums, Nassau County, Nassau County Museum of Art, Southampton, Southampton History Museum, Suffolk County

Debar Pond Lodge: History & Controversy

October 2, 2023 by Editorial Staff 3 Comments

Debar Pong Lodge in 2020 (courtesy Adirondack Architectural Heritage)For the past 20 years – but increasingly over the past three years – state legislators, local and regional government officials, state agencies, environmental and economic development groups, and others have deliberated over the future of Debar Pond Lodge, which was built in about 1940.

The 10-bedroom lodge and support buildings are located on New York State “Forever Wild” Forest Preserve land in the Northern Adirondack Park town of Duane, Franklin County, and are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. [Read more…] about Debar Pond Lodge: History & Controversy

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, History, Nature, Recreation Tagged With: AARCH, Adirondack Architectural Heritage, Adirondack Wild, Adirondacks, Architecture, Article 14, Brighton, Debar Mountain Wild Forest, Debar Pond Lodge, development, Duane, Easements, Forest Preserve, Franklin, Franklin County, Historic Preservation, Protect the Adirondacks, Santa Clara, Waverly, wilderness

Albany County-Wide History Driving, Walking, and Bike Tours

October 2, 2023 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Ten Broeck MansionThe Albany County Historical Association and 11 other museums, historic, and cultural sites throughout Albany County are presenting a Path Through History Day on Saturday October 7 from 11 am until 4 pm. [Read more…] about Albany County-Wide History Driving, Walking, and Bike Tours

Filed Under: Capital-Saratoga, Events, History Tagged With: Albany, Albany County, Albany Rural Cemetery, Altamont, American Italian Heritage Association & Museum, Bethlehem, Bethlehem Historical Association, Cohoes, Colonie, Historical Society of Colonie, Huyck Preserve & Biological Research Station, Irish American Heritage Museum, Knox, Knox Historical Society, Menands, New Scotland Historical Association, Rensselaerville, Van Schaick Mansion, Village of Altamont Archives and Museum, Voorheesville

Bath Fish Hatchery: Home to Wild Finger Lakes Strain Rainbow Trout

October 2, 2023 by Editorial Staff 1 Comment

Bath Fish HatcheryEstablished in 1893, New York State’s Bath Fish Hatchery in Steuben County and is one of the state’s oldest hatcheries and the only hatchery raising wild Finger Lakes strain rainbow trout. [Read more…] about Bath Fish Hatchery: Home to Wild Finger Lakes Strain Rainbow Trout

Filed Under: Nature, Recreation, Western NY Tagged With: Bath, Bath Fish Hatchery, Broome County, Canadice lake, Canandaigua Lake, Cayuga County, Cayuga Lake, Chemung County, Finger Lakes, fish, Fisheries, fishing, Hemlock Lake, Keuka Lake, Lake Champlain, Lake Erie, Lake Ontario, Otsego Lake, Owasco Lake, Schuyler County, Seneca County, Seneca Lake, Skaneateles Lake, Steuben County, Tioga County, Tompkins County, Trout, Yates County

The Canal Era in the Finger Lakes

October 1, 2023 by Guest Contributor 1 Comment

1858 Canal Map of New York StateAs the population of interior New York increased, developers pushed for a faster method of transportation between the area and developed population centers like the city of New York.

The Erie Canal, completed in 1825, revolutionized inland travel and ushered in a broader era of canal construction across the state, connecting the state capital of Albany on the Hudson River to Western New York and the Great Lakes. [Read more…] about The Canal Era in the Finger Lakes

Filed Under: History, Mohawk Valley, Western NY Tagged With: Agricultural History, Binghamton, Cayuga, Cayuga Lake, Cayuga-Seneca Canal, Chemung Barge Canal, Chemung County, Chemung River, Crooked Lake Canal, Elmira, Erie Canal, Finger Lakes, Genesee River, Genesee Valley Canal, Geneva, Great Lakes, Industrial History, Keuka Lake, Lake Erie, Livingston County, Monroe County, Onondaga Lake, Ontario County, Penn Yan, Pennsylvania, Rochester, Schuyler County, Seneca County, Seneca Falls, Seneca Lake, Seneca River, Steuben County, Syracuse, Tompkins, Transportation History, Waterloo, Watkins Glen, Wayne County, Yates County

Tidbits From Northern New York Newspapers

October 1, 2023 by Maury Thompson Leave a Comment

A New York Times pressman checking a newspaper for defects in 1942Trivia clue: Who introduced American corn bread to England? Correct response: Jeremiah Rusk of Wisconsin, U.S. Secretary of State from 1889-1893.

“It must never be forgotten of Hon. Jeremiah Rusk that when he was secretary of agriculture, he made a market for American pork that was shut off for many years,” The Morning Star of Glens Falls editorialized on December 19, 1893. [Read more…] about Tidbits From Northern New York Newspapers

Filed Under: History Tagged With: Glens Falls, Newspapers, Political History, Warren County, Washington County

Tour of the Historic Ruins of Rossie’s Factories and Industrial Sites

October 1, 2023 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Coal Hill, Victoria Lead Mine, Rossie, NY (Lithograph by Eugene Ciceri and Lafosse, after Salathiel Ellis, ca 1850s (courtesy of Yale University Art Gallery)The St. Lawrence County Historical Association will host John Austin on Sunday, October 8, at 2 pm, for an exploratory tour of the village of Rossie and the remains of what was once a thriving industrial center in St. Lawrence County. [Read more…] about Tour of the Historic Ruins of Rossie’s Factories and Industrial Sites

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, Events, History Tagged With: St Lawrence County Historical Association

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