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Yesterday, the Rochester Strong Museum announced its twelve finalists for the World Video Game Hall of Fame in Rochester. The World Video Game Hall of Fame received thousands of nominations for consideration for the 2022 class. Video game fans can vote online till March 24 as part of a “Player’s Choice” ballot at worldvideogamehalloffame.org. Once […]
New York State lawmakers are calling on Governor Kathy Hochul to provide funding for free breakfast and lunch for students in grades K-12 in the state budget. Lawmakers would like the funding to provide free, healthy breakfast and lunch for students regardless of where they live and their family’s income level. Assemblymember Jessica Gonzalez-Rojas stated: […]
This year’s Lilac Fest is back and better than ever and this time it will spread out over three weekends: May 6-8, May 12-15, and May 19-22. More than 85 musical sets will take place, including The Coupe De’Villes, Jumbo Shrimp, Blues Traveler, the Zac Brown Tribute Band, Black Joe Lewis & the Honeybears, Giant […]
Even though millions of refugees have left Ukraine since the war began, the United Nations has reported that many others stay behind without food, basic supplies, or a place to live. Local Rochesterian Cameron Knaub, Co-founder of Guardians of Hope, has headed to Poland to deliver supplies to those who have stayed behind. Knaub stated; […]
It seems as though life is slowly going back to the pre-pandemic days. Wegmans announced a new update for Wegmans employees that allows for their workers to go maskless at work if they choose to do so. However, this does not apply if masks are mandated at the state or local level. Employees and shoppers […]
Rochester’s InterVol is seeking to provide humanitarian aid to people in Ukraine by gathering personal care items from the community. Starting today, personal care items are being collected at several locations throughout Rochester. If you are wanting to donate, they are in need of sleeping bags, socks and underwear, baby diapers and wipes, adult diapers, […]
It’s official, today the mask mandate has become officially optional for students and staff. Governor Kathy Hochul left the mask decisions up to the counties, and Monroe, Livingston, and Ontario County leaders have all announced they will not mandate masks in their local districts. Dr. Mike Mendoza, Monroe County Health Commissioner, spoke out on the […]
Starting Wednesday, the New York State school mask mandate, as well as the children 2 years and older in childcare facilities, will officially be lifted. This announcement from Governor Kathy Hochul comes from just 2 days after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) outlined new guidance for areas that aren’t experiencing high transmission […]
The FDA-recommended mask, N95s, seemed to be impossible to find for weeks, just like toilet paper at the beginning of the pandemic. Well now, finally, the search for N95s has become easier than we thought. Free N95 masks are being given out at Wegmans, as part of a federal initiative. Each person is limited to […]
Yesterday, Rochester’s Seneca Park Zoo received a “philanthropic gift” from JPEG DAO that will be used to “address deforestation in Madagascar,” a cause the organization says they’ve been working on for decades. However, this donation was quite different from the rest, as the original donation was given to the zoo in the cryptocurrency called “Stellar […]
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