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Tuesday, Mayor Lovely Warren and Lt. Gov. Kathy Hochul were joined by other local officials for a ribbon cutting ceremony at the Blue Cross Arena. The ribbon cutting was in celebration of Phase 1 of the Blue Cross Arena’s expansion project. Rochester First reported: “City officials say the Phase 1 expansion includes a new bistro […]
Tuesday, May 26th, marks one year since George Floyd’s death. Floyd’s death sparked multiple nationwide movements. These movements spoke out against police brutality and racism, and these movements “prompted many states to ban or restrict police use of the chokehold.” Chief David Catholdi with Brighton Police Department stated: “I think George Floyd’s murder impacted almost […]
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 […]
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 […]
Area grassroots organization, Black in the Burbs, started a petition on Twitter asking Sean McCabe to step down as school board president after concerning retweets. One of the retweets read: “You know folks, I never cared that you were gay until you started shoving it down my throat, I never cared what color you were […]
The ‘Thin Blue Line’ flag or the ‘Blue Lives Matter’ flag was found hanging in a Greece Odyssey window, and it caused some controversy within the community. There was a board meeting to discuss the flag and how it made people feel. One speaker said, “Black students said the flag makes them feel unsafe. We […]
If your grocery bill is higher than normal, it is probably because key household items have been rising in price by about 3.5% percent. This has been going on for about 12 months and includes products like cereal, dairy, meats and eggs. Patrick Penfield, a Professor of Supply Chain Practices at Syracuse University, was quoted […]
After a COVID-19 outbreak among coaches, players and fans, youth ice hockey has been suspended. There were 240 people at the Regional Iceplex and 27 tested positive. Everyone that was there was told to self-quarentine immediately. The County Director of Public Health, Dr. Michael Medoza said, “As per New York State guidance, higher risk sports competitions […]
Gerard Iglesia, a Rochester basketball fixture, who coached and taught in the local area for decades, is in need of a kidney. Iglesia has kidney disease and was just released from the hospital after fighting pneumia in intensive care for 21 days. Iglesia tells reporters: “I’ve had so many kids, my old students, reaching out […]
Tuesday afternoon, the third fatal shooting in 24 hours occured in Rochester. Monday afternoon a man was shot and killed and 12 hours later a young 16 year-old boy was shot, and now the fatal shooting yesterday. After the third shooting yesterday afternoon, Captain Frank Umbrino was quoted saying: “As far as what’s going on, […]