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Over the weekend, the Rochester Public Market launched Flower City Days, showcasing why it earned its nickname as the Flower City. Flower City Days will continue until June 11. You can check out the complete schedule by clicking here. Source: 13 WHAM
With the blooming of the lilacs comes the much-awaited Lilac Festival. The festival kicked off yesterday and will run for 10 days. Highland Park is expected to host over half a million visitors who will enjoy the delectable cuisine, enjoy fantastic music, and bask in the magnificent flora. The Lilac Festival is renowned as New […]
Actress Jodie Foster will be introducing a screening of one of her most renowned films, the 1991 psychological thriller “The Silence of the Lambs,” at the Dryden Theatre. The screening is scheduled for Wednesday, May 24 at 7:30 p.m, one night before she receives the George Eastman Award for her significant contribution to the art […]
The 125th annual Lilac Festival is just around the corner and preparations are underway in Highland Park. In honor of the occasion, the staff from Camp Good Days recently took a break to clean up Teddi’s Place – a memorial established in 1979 by Gary Mervis in memory of his daughter, and a tribute to […]
Yesterday, Governor Kathy Hochul shared that Coca-Cola will construct a new dairy production site in Webster. The 745,000-square-foot facility will create 250 jobs and produce Fairlife milk. It will be built on Tebor Road and is anticipated to begin construction in autumn with hopes to open by 2025. Governor Hochul stated: “We were in tough […]
Yesterday, Governor Kathy Hochul shared that Coca-Cola will construct a new dairy production site in Webster. The 745,000-square-foot facility will create 250 jobs and produce Fairlife milk. It will be built on Tebor Road and is anticipated to begin construction in autumn with hopes to open by 2025. Governor Hochul stated: “We were in tough […]
Yesterday, Senator Chuck Schumer visited the Upper Falls neighborhood to push the federal government to send funding to Rochester to plant 6,000 new trees in parts of the city suffering from the declining tree canopy. Senator Schumer stated: “Too many neighborhoods are stuck in what you’d call concrete deserts without green space. The beauty of […]
Mayor Presents Opportunity While Decrying the Loss of Another Pharmacy in the City The City of Rochester will invest $5 million in American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds to increase the availability of healthy foods to city residents. Today, in a press conference in which the Mayor and City Council President Miguel Meléndez decried the […]
The Strong National Museum of Play will temporarily shut down for 11 days next month in preparation for the grand unveiling of its major expansion. The museum will be closed from June 19 to June 29, with its much-anticipated reopening scheduled for June 30 at 10 am. The impressive 90,000-square-foot expansion boasts several exciting additions, […]
After three women were killed in a crowd surge at the Main Street Armory earlier this year, yesterday, the Rochester Police Department and the Monroe County District Attorney’s Office have determined criminal charges are unfounded against the Main Street Armory. In a statement released by the city, it says; “Based on the information and evidence, […]