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Looking for something exciting to do soon with family and friends? Look no further than Rochester’s very own Strong Museum. At the end of this upcoming November, guests will be able to choose their own adventure at the Strong Museum of Play with their latest addition; a high adventure ropes course and zip line. This […]

RG&E recently spoke out about the possibility of more than 319,000 of its natural gas customers seeing a 33% increase in their heating bills compared to last winter. According to the average projected by New York State Public Service Commission, this is higher than the statewide average as the commission released a projection of a […]

Yesterday, Rochester’s Open Door Mission broke ground at its Miller building on W. Main St, where the building has been owned by the Mission for 20 years, but it has been used for storage. Now, the building will be renovated to create 24 permanent supportive apartments. Anna Valeria-Iseman, the executive director of Open Door Mission, […]

Governor Kathy Hochul is responding to criticism that she received after her Tuesday new conference where she made comments about religion and COVID. At a church in Brooklyn, Governor Hochul stated that the COVID-19 vaccine is “from God,” as well as referring to parishioners as “apostles” while urging them to get the COVID vaccine, which […]

During a news conference yesterday, Governor Kathy Hochul announced that she has expanded a COVID-19 vaccine mandate to include people working in the Office of Mental Health and the Office for People with Developmental Disabilities who work in hospital settings. The employees that were added to this mandate must have their first dose of the […]

After Mayor Lovely Warren took the plea deal on Monday, resigning as Rochester mayor, Deputy Mayor James Smith is ready to take his place. James Smith has been an advisor for Warren since 2015 and now will serve as mayor for the remainder of the year. Smith was a former Republican, now Democrat who had […]

A  Georgia homeowner found an intruder mauled to death but it’s 2 pit bulls. The intruder was attacked by the dogs inside the home but died from his injuries on the porch where the homeowner found him. Investigators found evidence that the 21 year old man who was Identified as Alex Abrha had broken into […]

This past week, the Rochester City School District has decided to rename School No.3 after Black educator Dr. Alice Holloway Young. Young was a former teacher at School No. 3, which was formally known as Nathanial Rochester Middle School. Young had moved from Virginia to North Carolina at age 4, as her home state did […]

The Monroe County Public Health Department has now opened two booster covid shot clinics in Chili and downtown Rochester. The two locations are the Fleet Center and MCC’s downtown campus. Monrow County Public Health Planner Michael Sayers says that the county plans to open a clinic on the east side, one on the west side, […]