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The Perseverance Rover has just successfully landed on Mars after traveling almost 300 million miles. The rover, nicknamed “Percy” by mission control, left Earth around 6 months and finally touched down onto the surface of mars, sending back this photo: Hello, world. My first look at my forever home. #CountdownToMars pic.twitter.com/dkM9jE9I6X — NASA’s Perseverance Mars […]
Yesterday, the Cinema Theater on South Clinton Ave. made an announcement on their website that said they’d be closing their doors for good: Hello friends, We (Audrey and Alex) have made the difficult decision to close the Cinema Theater. Our lease was up for renewal in January, and given the current climate, we couldn’t see […]
During the Super Bowl, there was a Mountain Dew Commercial that asked viewers to guess how many bottles of Mountain Dew Major Melon were in the ad. Each viewer had 3 chances to win a million dollars by tweeting the correct number to Mountain Dew’s twitter account. Rochester’s very own Ryan DePaul guessed right on […]
As phase 1B of the vaccination approaches, the Monroe County Department of Public Health is gearing up for the most efficient distribution possible. This week, essential workers will become eligible for the vaccine. As soon as the County receives the first shipment, a scheduling link will be posted here. The link will schedule a total […]
Some cities in the pacific Northwest are projected to receive more than a years worth of snow in the next day or so, thanks to a series of blizzards that are expected to roll through. Cities like Portland have already gotten almost an inch of snow yesterday, which may not sound like a lot to […]
Organizers for the Rochester International Jazz Festival have decided they can better meet COVID-19 guidelines this year by pushing back to date and relocating the 9-day festival to RIT. This news comes as a shock to local businesses in Rochester’s East end, many who have closed their doors until the outdoor festival season begins. In […]
After the successful result of the Buffalo Bills playoff game model, Governor Andrew Cuomo is going to let large arenas begin hosting music and sporting events again after February 23. “We’re going to now extend the Buffalo Bills example: Any large stadium or arena can open on February 23,” Gov. Cuomo said. “Their plan has […]
The first few days after the Super Bowl highlight some of the best deals on food all year. Today, Feb. 9 is National Pizza Day, so if you want to celebrate, there are plenty of businesses across the nation offering specials and discounts. National Bagel Day used to fall on the same day, but it […]
It’s been a frustrating 16 months for Section V high school football. While their season was cancelled, some of the schools in the southern tier were only miles away from the NY / PA border, where teams played every Friday night. Scott Barker, the Section V football chairman said this about the situation: “The frustration […]
Okonjo-Iweala has spent most of her career as an economist and as the finance minister for Nigeria, but now that the candidate from South Korea has dropped out of the race, she is slated to become the worlds first Black woman to become president of the World Trade Organization. At first, the South Korean Trade […]