Seth Voorhees

3 weeks ago | mynews13.com | Seth Voorhees |Emily Kenny

Cameron residents in Steuben County have been fighting against the use of sewage sludge for decades, and they are finally seeing progress with local legislation that would ban the spreading of biosolids on farmland.  “I’ve been wanting to have this level of town action for 40, 39 years now,” said Wayne Wells, a resident of Cameron whose creek has been tainted by forever chemicals, which he believes is a result of the neighboring farm’s use of sewage sludge.

1 month ago | mynews13.com | Emily Kenny |Seth Voorhees

Ryan Dunham and his family have lived across the road from a farm field in New Scotland for 21 years. He was used to the smell of manure and fertilizer, but the use of sewage sludge a year ago changed that. “The first thing that hit us was the smell, which was unbearable,” Dunham said. “It smelled like rot, like something had died. My kids didn’t want to go outside in the middle of July.”Then he heard his daughter yell from the shower. Water in a wastewater treatment facility in Watertown.

1 month ago | spectrumlocalnews.com | Seth Voorhees

Ryan Dunham and his family have lived across the road from a farm field in New Scotland for 21 years. He was used to the smell of manure and fertilizer, but the use of sewage sludge a year ago changed that. “The first thing that hit us was the smell, which was unbearable,” Dunham said. “It smelled like rot, like something had died. My kids didn’t want to go outside in the middle of July.”Then he heard his daughter yell from the shower. Water in a wastewater treatment facility in Watertown.

1 month ago | spectrumlocalnews.com | Seth Voorhees

ROCHESTER, N.Y. — This past spring, Major League Baseball used a camera-based system to accurately tell whether a pitched ball is in the strike zone or not. The challenge system using so-called “robo umps” could become part of regular season games. In the minor leagues, they already are.  Matt LeCroy has seen a lot in his nearly three decades of professional baseball. “I’m kind of an old timer,” said LeCroy, a former MLB player and current Rochester Red Wings manager. “I like contact plays at second.

1 month ago | spectrumnews1.com | Seth Voorhees

ROCHESTER, N.Y. — This past spring, Major League Baseball used a camera-based system to accurately tell whether a pitched ball is in the strike zone or not. The challenge system using so-called “robo umps” could become part of regular season games. In the minor leagues, they already are.  Matt LeCroy has seen a lot in his nearly three decades of professional baseball. “I’m kind of an old timer,” said LeCroy, a former MLB player and current Rochester Red Wings manager. “I like contact plays at second.