A party of Hasidic Jews some 20 strong from New York City spent Monday and Tuesday sorting through 300 tons of trash at the High Acres Landfill in Perinton. They were looking for a couple of tefallin, small leather boxes with copies of scripture inside, given to Jewish boys at their Bar Mitzvah. They’re a […]
Drivers on St. Paul Street in Rochester have noticed the wrappers missing from the big grain silos at the Genesee Brewery; the ones that make them look like giant beer cans. It’s the beginning of construction for the brewery’s $49 million expansion and upgrade project that was announced not quite a year ago. Owner North […]
The annual “Dirty Dozen” list of unsafe toys released by the Empire State Consumer Project this week includes stationery and other products made partly of elephant droppings. The Rochester-based group says the “Ellie Poo” products are made in Sri Lanka and have a good purpose: saving live elephants. But there aren’t any standards for them […]