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Actor Gregory Boyce who played in the movie Twilight has passed away at age 30. According to TMZ, Gregory and his girlfriend were found dead in their apartment in Las Vegas, Nevada. Law enforcement reports they also found a powdery white substance at the scene. He passed away last week and there has not been […]

Tuesday RCSD announced Dr. Leslie Myers Small as the new superintendent of Rochester City Schools. Becoming the first black woman to lead the position. Dr. Myers-Small was previously superintendent for the Brockport Central School District. She left Brockport to become State Assistant Commissioner of School Reform and Innovation in December. Dr. Myers-Small is taking over […]

The pandemic has forced many residents in our region to choose between buying groceries and paying rent. Some people also can’t find the food they need on grocery store shelves. On the other side of the equation, local farmers have suffered because they haven’t been able to find viable solutions to financial losses caused by […]

A survey conducted by two equal rights groups has found that small businesses owned by minorities have been disproportionately denied requests for COVID-19 relief loans, reports the New York Times. As a result, almost half of these businesses are expecting to close. Just 12 percent of minority-owned businesses received requested funds from the Paycheck Protection […]

New York officials hope to re-open barber shops and hair salons in Phase 1 areas, such as the Rochester and Finger Lakes region, within approximately two weeks. During his daily pandemic briefing this weekend, Governor Andrew Cuomo explained that the plan is tentative because of the up-close nature of the work: “That is an occupation […]

If you’re not familiar with the name @chazbruce0 , I urge you to ‘Get Familiar’, like DJ Grand Imperial would always say! Chaz has been an extremely bright light in entertaining people in the Monroe County area for years. The guy dances, teaches, sings, plays instruments, does comedy and just has been an all around people […]

University of Rochester Medical Center doctors released information to the public this week about Pediatric Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome (PMIS) caused in children by an immune response to the SARS-CoV-2 virus. The release occurred on the same day that Governor Andrew Cuomo announced during his daily briefing that there are now 110 known cases and that […]

If the federal government denied you a business loan, New York State could say YES! Starting today at noon, you can fill out a pre-application for the “New York Forward Loan Fund” on-line. Gov. Andrew Cuomo made the announcement last week. Small businesses could get up to $100,000 of the $4 million dollars that is […]

The potential threat of weaponized COVID-19 transmission – such as deliberately coughing on other people to get them infected – has led New Jersey to be the first state to openly consider a law that will criminalize attempted COVID-19 transmission. Social justice advocates are concerned that such a law will disproportionately target minorities in their […]

From this weekend, all New York state drive-ins can re-open. As previously reported, health and other state officials had been hoping to eventually re-open drive-ins as a safer alternative to enclosed movie theaters and sit-down restaurants. The Queens’ Bel Aire Diner, however, had already received permission to start offering drive-in services. So far, it has […]