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US. Senators Charles Schumer and Kristen Gillibrand have finally secured funds from the CARES act for New York State hospitals that were located in the “hot spot” areas during the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. According to reports from the senators, 86 hospitals will be getting over $680 million out of the $10 billion set […]

Mayor Lovely Warren has put together new programs that will help to prevent city residents from being evicted. She will present the new legislation to City Council Tuesday. The coronavirus has affected many city residents financially from the loss of income due to being out of work. Because of this Mayor Warren created programs that […]

The long awaited Rochester City Skate Park is happening! New concrete was poured on the site today. Local businesses all over town have been looking forward to this for years, including Krudo Co. and the Rochester clothing brand GoldnRd. Along with the people at the Department of Environmental Services, they believe this space will benefit and […]

Friday morning on the Wake Up Club we asked the question do you think people today honor their word? The reason we asked that question is because of an amazing news story. A man kept who his word to his friend 28 years later. Wisconsin native Thomas Cook and his friend Joeseph Feeney made a […]

Governor Cuomo announced that gyms can open on Monday, August 24th under certain conditions. Gyms have to be inspected by the Monroe County Health Department within two weeks of opening. The air filtration requirement is now something called MERV-13 and owners are worried that could require expensive upgrades. Personal trainers who might not have such […]

Can anyone remember when the Irondequoit mall–was actually an operating mall? Seems like a million years ago. Apparently the mall will now be home to senior living housing and a community center. Supposedly 160 affordable senior living apartments will be built in the old Sears and Seely spaces.  Citizens Bank announced this week that they […]

On Wednesday an Emergency Order went into effect in Rochester, banning after-hours block parties and house parties in an effort to curb violence in the city. An organization called “Free the People Roc” called dozens of people to Martin Luther King Park to protest against the order, just as the 11pm curfew began. The event […]

“Looks like Cuomo running to be the next Black President”. That’s the response my friend had while reading a tweet from Governor Cuomo to Mayor Keisha Bottoms of Atlanta. In the tweet Cuomo says New York is preparing to send 7,500 test kits, 30,000 pieces of PPE (personal protection equipment) and 1,250 gallons of hand […]

Yesterday during the first parent forum of the 2020-2021 school year the zoom stream got hacked. More than 100 families in the RCSD were attending the online forum. Superintendent Leslie Myers-Small terminated the online forum when she saw “racist comments and hurtful symbols” appearing on the screen. RCSD released an apology stating they had to […]