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Whether you dread the winter, or you love it, you may need to invest in some snow tires as early as today. The impact of the supply chain crises can be seen at grocery stores, malls, and now, auto shops. According to Jared Dawe at Lewis General Tires in Henrietta, low-profile tires are in high […]
Returning to downtown Rochester in June of 2022 is the CGI Rochester International Jazz Festival. The festival was supposed to be held this past summer at the Rochester Institute of Technology, however, due to the pandemic, it has been canceled two years in a row. This will be the 19th festival and is scheduled for […]
Rochester’s facilities have been shipped thousands of doses of COVID-19 vaccine that are ready to go into the arms of children between the ages of 5 and 11. The region has received about 30,000 doses in this initial shipment. While this shipment was first priority to pediatricians, some municipalities are planning vaccine clinics specially targeted […]
Yesterday, Rochester City School District Superintendent Lesli Myers-Small released an outline and action steps to address RCSD health and safety issues. Here is a section from Myers-Small’s letter: “Over the past few weeks, a narrative about our schools has been created that depicts our schools and our scholars negatively. Disruptions happen in schools, and while […]
Malik Evans is set to take on the biggest role thus far, as he will be sworn in as Rochester’s mayor on January 1st. Yesterday while voting, Evans spoke on the future of Rochester: “We are at a point in our community that we are in a state of emergency as it relates to violence. […]
In hopes of attracting new employees, the Rochester City School District is now offering incentives to current and new bus drivers. These incentives include a hiring bonus of up to $2,500 for drivers hired through April 1, 2022, as well as any employee hired before October 25, 2021, whose position requires a Commercial Drivers’ License […]
Rochester Teachers Association President Adam Urbanski, Association of Supervisors and Administrators President John Rowe, Board of Education Non-teaching Employees President Dan DiClemente, and Rochester Association of Paraprofessionals President Angelina Rivera are all demanding immediate action over the series of violent incidents at schools over the past few weeks. These four union leaders have banded together […]
Happy Halloween! Everyone is super excited to have life start going back to normal, especially since this year health leaders say it’s safe to trick-or-treat this year. However, they advise you to be careful. Monroe County Public Health Commissioner, Mike Mendoza, says that parents should be cautious about celebrating indoors. If your children are not […]
Looking for a new sweet spot? Try out the national chain ‘Crumbl Cookies’ that opened yesterday. This is the first store in New York State, located in Henrietta at 100 Marketplace Drive. Every week, ‘Crumbl Cookies’ will offer four different gourmet cookies on its shelves, as well as freshly baked chocolate chip and sugar cookies […]
On Tuesday, three people were arrested at the Hilton Central School District Board of Education meeting after several people in attendance refused to comply with a masking mandate. According to the Hilton district, a group of people became disruptive during their meeting and the meeting was suspended, as well as the auditorium was cleared. A […]
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