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This past week, the city hosted a conference to call on kids to get involved in programs focused on building leadership skills and collaboration. Heaven Vega, spokesperson for Youth Voice One I learned when to step up and when to step down, stated: “I acquired new skills, as well as improving on ones I already […]
Across the country, a yeast infection that can cause severe and even fatal infections is on the rise. The CDC is sounding the alarm on the highly fatal and drug-resistant fungus. Dr. Stephen Thomas, director of global health and professor of medicine at Upstate Hospital, stated: “It can be highly fatal. Anywhere from 30-60 percent […]
Yesterday, Foodlink hosted a pop-up food pantry at the Rochester Public Market. The elimination of emergency benefits for SNAP has created an increased demand for local food banks. Elisha VanNorman, Rural Programs Coordinator at Foodlink, stated: “It’s definitely going to help those families and people that have been impacted by those SNAP benefit cuts, I […]
The warm weather has got us excited for the 20th installment of the CGI Rochester International Jazz Festival. This week, the full lineup has been announced! The festival runs June 23-July 1 at venues throughout the city. Headliners performing ticketed shows at Eastman Theatre’s Kodak Hall include Pat Metheny (June 23 at 8 p.m.), Keb’ […]
Rumor has it that New York State is getting ready to roll out its mobile driver’s license. There’s not that many details given on the mobile driver license, but it is in development. So instead of having a physical ID New York State Drivers could Securely store their license on their smartphones. There are some […]
This weekend, Dick’s House of Sport hosted beloved Peloton instructor, best-selling author, and motivational speaker, Tunde Onyeneyin. This event allowed for attendees to participate in a Q&A between Tunde Onyeneyin and local Rochester personality Pam Sherman, participate in a ride demonstration and a signing of Tunde’s best-selling book SPEAK. Tunde Onyeneyin stated: “It is the […]
New York State is in the works of trying to propose a bill for stream tax. If this bill happens to go through this would add an eight percent sales tax on your favorite streaming services. The increased sales tax would apply to all digital streaming products, from TV to audiobooks and even gaming and […]
This weekend, a local band was given the opportunity to sing and perform with Jimmy Fallon on St. Patrick’s Day. 1916 was performing at the Iron Smoke Distillery in Fairport when Jimmy Fallon walked in. Their lead singer, Billy Herring, said that he heard Jimmy Fallon would be in town last minute from a friend […]
This weekend is the start of the two-weekend event, Maple Weekend. More than 50 maple producers across the region will be opening their facilities to guests. During this weekend and next, maple farmers will show and explain the production process, and how different products are made. Check out the maple list by clicking here Source: […]
From the warm weather to the new announcements, can you believe it’s almost baseball season? Yesterday, the Rochester Red Wings announced a new bag policy for its upcoming season that kicks off on March 31 at 4:05 pm. Bags must be transparent and not exceed dimensions of 16-by-16-by-8 inches. Backpacks, briefcases, non-transparent or oversized fanny […]
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