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Our weather might be warm right now in Rochester, but it’s time to be prepared at any moment when it will snow. Also, tis’ the season for various holiday celebrations. As we navigate the last two months of 2021, Dr. Fauci speaks on his predictions for COVID-19 this winter season. While this summer we have […]

Monroe County vaccination clinics had quite a busy weekend as children five to 11 years old rolled up their sleeves for their first vaccine dose for COVID-19. According to the Monroe County health department, 348 doses were distributed at four vaccination clinics. Dr. Stephen Cook at URMC was at the Pittsford clinic on Saturday, and […]

Over this past weekend, Rochester City School District parents, staff, and students were invited by Superintendent Lesli Myers-Small to participate in a Community Action Initiative at Franklin High School. This community-held initiative was formed after a spike of recent violence among Rochester city schools. Members were invited to join in conversations on how to address […]

Whether you dread the winter, or you love it, you may need to invest in some snow tires as early as today. The impact of the supply chain crises can be seen at grocery stores, malls, and now, auto shops. According to Jared Dawe at Lewis General Tires in Henrietta, low-profile tires are in high […]

Returning to downtown Rochester in June of 2022 is the CGI Rochester International Jazz Festival. The festival was supposed to be held this past summer at the Rochester Institute of Technology, however, due to the pandemic, it has been canceled two years in a row. This will be the 19th festival and is scheduled for […]

Whether you like to celebrate the holidays before or after Thanksgiving, it might be time to start looking at Christmas trees if you are planning to get one. Executive director of the American Christmas Tree Association, Jami Warner, spoke out on how extreme weather events like wildfires, droughts, and floods have made this an especially […]

Rochester’s facilities have been shipped thousands of doses of COVID-19 vaccine that are ready to go into the arms of children between the ages of 5 and 11. The region has received about 30,000 doses in this initial shipment. While this shipment was first priority to pediatricians, some municipalities are planning vaccine clinics specially targeted […]

The real estate company Zillow has announced that they will be ending their service Zillow Offers, or instant buying, that bought and renovated homes. On Tuesday, Zillow stated that they lost about $304 million in the third quarter from the program, after purchasing homes at higher prices than it now expects to sell them at. […]

Yesterday, Rochester City School District Superintendent Lesli Myers-Small released an outline and action steps to address RCSD health and safety issues. Here is a section from Myers-Small’s letter: “Over the past few weeks, a narrative about our schools has been created that depicts our schools and our scholars negatively. Disruptions happen in schools, and while […]

You know that old saying one bad Apple can spoil the bunch. In Shanghai China More than 30, 000 visitors at disneyland had to go in the lockdown and be tested after one person inside the theme park tested positive for Covid-19. Guest waited hours to be tested and had to test negative before they […]