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Mayor Lovely A. Warren announced Wednesday, May 12th that she has joined Mayors for a Guaranteed Income, a network of mayors advocating for a guaranteed income to ensure that all Americans are provided with a basic level of income. The topic of guaranteed income will be explored during the first meeting of the Mayor’s Reparations […]

With warmer weather appraoching, Fairport business owners grow fearful of lost foot traffic due to the closed lift bridge. The bridge has been closed since September 2019 and was supposed to open back up last November. However, there was a delay due to lack of supplies. The Department of Transportation says the crew will be […]

Monday night, the Rochester City School District Board passed a $986 million budget for the coming school year. The next years budget is surpassing the 2020-2021 budget by $58 million. School leaders are thankful for the state and federal money, but they believe money to only be a short term fix. Rochester First reported: “’We […]

Yesterday morning, in celebration of Mother’s Day, Rochester firefighters and EMTs helped a woman in emergency labor deliver her baby on a beautiful Sunday morning. The woman was quick to call the fire department over to Spencer Street as she was in advanced labor. Fortunately, the father was able to make it for the birthing. […]

After changes were made to the annual Lilac Festival in Rochester, the festival is finally here. The festival will take place over three weekends: May 7-9, May 14-16, and May 21-23. Organizer Jeff Springut says: “As this COVID thing rolled out and rolled over us, there have been many discussions on whether to cancel the […]

When it comes to the COVID-19 vaccinations. Leaders say Monroe County continues to outpace the state average, with more than 51% of residents having received at least one dose. Monroe County Executive Adam Bello announced a number of new COVID-19 pop-up vaccination clinics are scheduled in the weeks ahead in Monroe County, they include: – Brockport […]

Common Ground Health’s program, the ambassador program, is helping to reach others and encourage them to get the COVID-19 vaccine. Camaje Grissom, a senior at Edison Tech High School, is one of these people. In a statement from Camaje Grissom, he stated; “I would help them better understand the importance of this.I really want to […]

Monroe County announced Thursday they have seen success in the pop-up vaccine sites. Currently, Monroe County is outpacing the states vaccine average with more than 51% of residents having recieved at least one dose. 13 Wham reports: “A number of new COVID-19 pop-up vaccination clinics are scheduled in the weeks ahead in Monroe County. This […]

WDKX’s meteorologist Richard McCollough shares more of his life on Roc55.com. Beside reporting the weather on 103.9 WDKX, for the last 20 years. Richard was first black weatherman on TV in Rochester. Worked at two of Rochester’s TV stations, a teacher, producer of award-winning film and television documentaries and his new joy spreading blackberry crops to […]

On Wednesday, Governor Andrew Cuomo said that starting May 19, vaccinated spectators will be able to be seated normally, with no more social distancing. Younger Spectators that are currently ineligible for the vaccine will still be able to sit with vaccinated family members. Those fans who are not vaccinated who are eligible for the vaccine […]