LITE 98.7 » thousand islands http://lite987.com The Best Variety Of Yesterday And Today Fri, 24 May 2013 16:36:54 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 Thousand Islands Dressing History Featured on 'CBS Sunday Morning' http://lite987.com/thousand-islands-dressing-history-featured-on-cbs-sunday-morning/ http://lite987.com/thousand-islands-dressing-history-featured-on-cbs-sunday-morning/#comments Mon, 21 May 2012 16:46:47 +0000 Eric Meier http://lite987.com/?p=73455 An Upstate New York tradition was a featured story on last weekend's edition of 'CBS Sunday Morning.'  What is the story behind Thousand Islands dressing and why is the name associated with the St. Lawrence River region?

]]> http://lite987.com/thousand-islands-dressing-history-featured-on-cbs-sunday-morning/feed/ 0 Flickr Creative Commons/stevendepolo Thousand Islands Bridge is Dedicated Today in 1938 http://lite987.com/thousands-islands-bridge-is-dedicated-today-in-1938/ http://lite987.com/thousands-islands-bridge-is-dedicated-today-in-1938/#comments Thu, 18 Aug 2011 20:50:53 +0000 Eric Meier http://lite987.com/?p=19085 It was on this date in 1938 that the Thousand Island Bridge in Upstate New York's Jefferson County was dedicated.  The bridge opened to traffic the year before but today is the anniversary of a dedication ceremony featuring President Franklin Roosevelt, the former governor of New York State.

The international border crossing at the 1000 Islands is actually a series of bridges connecting the US mainland near Alexandria Bay to New York's Wellsley Island, Canada's Hill Island and finally the Canadian Mainland.

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