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The City of Rochester is offering many Halloween activities for children and families, including costume parties, crafts, trick-or-treating, and a haunted house. Oct. 24-31 Sunday, Oct. 25 Tuesday, Oct. 27 and Wednesday, Oct. 28 Wednesday, Oct. 28 Thursday, Oct. 29 Friday, Oct. 30 Saturday, Oct. 31 Source: Rochester First
About one in five Americans say they have had to cut back on groceries to afford their electricity bills, while roughly a quarter of consumers are turning down their heating or air conditioning to uncomfortable levels to lower their energy costs, according to a new survey from Consumer Reports. About 80% of people who have […]
Dollar General is set to donate over $1.8 million in food and personal items to Foodlink after an investigation by the New York Attorney General’s Office found the store chain “routinely overcharged” customers for items. Foodlink president Julia Tedesco said the Rochester-based nonprofit will share the donations with its network of food pantries and meal […]
A Sept. 22 study from Zelle found that 52% of Gen Z daters have ghosted, blocked or unfollowed someone at least once to avoid paying them back after a date. As Gen Z, the cohort born between 1997 and 2012, struggles with financial anxiety in their dating lives, the process of paying for dates is becoming […]
Starting Oct. 1, states will have to pick up 75% of the administrative costs of running the program, with the funding burden of providing benefits to participants set to shift from the federal to state level over the next few years. State and national food assistance groups are calling on Congress to pass a resolution […]
The Rochester Red Wings are holding a food drive to help Rochester City School District school pantries. Fans attending home games through Sunday are encouraged to bring non-perishable food donations to the ballpark. The donations will help stock school pantries facilitated by Fooklink as students return to the classroom. You do not have to go […]
The Rochester Red Wings is collecting food donations at ESL Ballpark starting Tuesday to fight food insecurity in the Rochester City School District. The team is partnering with Foodlink and Wegmans to host the first-ever “Home Plate Food Drive” during its homestand. The donations will help to stock RCSD’s food pantries ahead of the new school year. […]
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With dozens of local food and retail vendors expected to set up shop for its three-day run, the Puerto Rican Festival is organized by its nine-member board. Festival President Orlando Ortiz says that it takes about a year to plan the event and more than 60 people to assist with setup. Ortiz shared all there […]
Cheesy Eddie’s is celebrating National Cheesecake Day and its 50th birthday starting on Thursday. Two different Cheesy Eddie’s locations will give out thousands of free slices over the next three days. The Jefferson Road location will give out over 1,500 free slices from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Thursday and again on Friday. Then, the South Avenue location […]
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