FOOD & DRINK
Pool Mart Celebrates 50 Years
Pool Mart is celebrating 50 years of business in the Western New York Region, with five locations in the area including Olean, Depew, Lockport, Tonawanda and Orchard Park. The Olean location serves five counties in both New York and Pennsylvania and will be offering year-long specials to celebrate. The company...
AMERICAN EXPERIENCE Showcases Everyday Heroes
A new AMERICAN EXPERIENCE film captures the power of everyday people to change the course of their own lives — and history. Poisoned Ground: The Tragedy at Love Canal tells the dramatic story of the ordinary women who fought against overwhelming odds for the health and safety of their families. In the late 1970s, residents of Love Canal, a working-class neighborhood in Niagara Falls, N.Y., discovered that their homes, schools, and playgrounds were built on top of a former chemical waste dump, which was now leaking poison and wreaking havoc on their health. Disposed containers contained carcinogenic chemicals such as dioxin and chlorinated hydrocarbons, which are byproducts from the manufacturing of dyes, perfumes, and solvents.
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