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Rochester’s InterVol is seeking to provide humanitarian aid to people in Ukraine by gathering personal care items from the community. Starting today, personal care items are being collected at several locations throughout Rochester. If you are wanting to donate, they are in need of sleeping bags, socks and underwear, baby diapers and wipes, adult diapers, […]
Strong Memorial Hospital is expanding visitation. The hospital will start allowing two designated visitors per an inpatient’s stay, with only one visitor permitted per day, and Strong and Highland are both suspending their four-hour limit for visits. The Emergency Department will permit one visitor per patient when capacity allows for adequate social distancing. URMC is […]
Rochester native Christine Wilson started Touch the Sky Non-Profit Organization to expand the cultural horizons of local kids. On Sunday Jazzy T attended the organization’s fundraiser Believe in Yourself Brunch. The event brought together Black-owned business owners to network and support each other. Comedian Yolanda Smilez hosted the brunch, while performers from Mentoring […]
A New York man did something that we would call the American dream times 2. Juan Hernandez has won the New York lottery scratch off jackpot for $10 million twice in 3 years. He opted to cash out in a lump sum totaling $6.51 million after required with holdings. Click Here To Read More.
Starting Wednesday, the New York State school mask mandate, as well as the children 2 years and older in childcare facilities, will officially be lifted. This announcement from Governor Kathy Hochul comes from just 2 days after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) outlined new guidance for areas that aren’t experiencing high transmission […]
The City of Rochester is asking residents’ how it should spend $10 million it was awarded from Empire State Development for Downtown Revitalization initiatives. This round of funding will go toward transforming the area along the north side of Main Street from North Clinton Avenue to the Genesee River. That area includes the dilapidated building at […]
The FDA-recommended mask, N95s, seemed to be impossible to find for weeks, just like toilet paper at the beginning of the pandemic. Well now, finally, the search for N95s has become easier than we thought. Free N95 masks are being given out at Wegmans, as part of a federal initiative. Each person is limited to […]
Over the weekend, the Ambassador Bridge, the busiest U.S.-Canada border crossing, reopened after protests against COVID-19 restrictions closed it for almost a week. Detroit International Bridge Co commented on the reopening, stating; “the Ambassador Bridge is now fully open allowing the free flow of commerce between the Canada and US economies once again.” The Ambassador […]
Yesterday, Rochester’s Seneca Park Zoo received a “philanthropic gift” from JPEG DAO that will be used to “address deforestation in Madagascar,” a cause the organization says they’ve been working on for decades. However, this donation was quite different from the rest, as the original donation was given to the zoo in the cryptocurrency called “Stellar […]
The super bowl is full of excitement and yesterday we had some Rochester representatives making history. A Rochester Institute of Technology grad, Sean Forbes, was the first person in history to sign the Super Bowl halftime show. Forbes is a deaf rapper and performer who grew up in a musical family and played the drums. […]
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