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Yesterday, the Monroe County legislature approved an amended set of district maps in a 20 to 9 vote. While this vote occurred, some democrats argued the vote was illegal and cited legislative rules as well as gerrymandering. Others also argued the amendments were not made available to the individual legislatures before the vote. Monroe County […]
Central New Yorker and mother to actor Alec Baldwin, Carol Baldwin, has recently celebrated her 92nd birthday! In her son Alec Balwin’s Instagram post for his mother, Alec said her key to a longer life, in part, is because of Wegmans. Alec’s birthday post celebrating his mother had nearly 150,000 likes and counting and more […]
Mayor-elect Malik Evans is set to take office on January 1st, 2022 and in preparation for his arrival, Evans has announced more staff appointments. According to Evans, former Rochester City Councilman Dana Miller has been named commissioner of neighborhood and business development and Erik Frisch has been named deputy commissioner of neighborhood and business development. […]
As the COVID-19 surge hits our county, many are concerned for college campuses as booster shots are not required on any local college campuses yet. According to SUNY officials (where Monroe Community College falls under), while vaccines are currently required for state schools, SUNY has no plans to mandate boosters at this time. As for […]
Back when former Governor Andrew Cuomo pitched his memoir, he promised it would have nothing to do with the ins and outs of his role as the state’s leader. In addition to this promise, Cuomo also pledged to write it on his own time and without tapping into any of the state’s vast resources. However, […]
After receiving backlash from local officials, Governor Kathy Hochul is standing by the state’s new masking rules and so is Monroe County. Monroe County Executive Adam Bello believes the mask mandate is common sense in fighting COVID-19 and says we can’t afford another big wave. Bello stated: “We can’t have another exponential increase throughout this […]
Yesterday, New York Governor Kathy Hochul made the announcement that the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey will build a 2.4 million square foot state-of-the-art new international terminal on the south side of John F. Kennedy International Airport. The new terminal comes from reaching an agreement with a group of financial sponsors, New […]
After the brutal wind storm that rolled in on Saturday night, workers continue to restore power for thousands throughout the county. According to county officials as of yesterday afternoon, early 7,500 RG&E customers don’t have power, and the bulk of those without power are located in Greece. On top of those without power, some intersections […]
In order to help combat the staffing issues in hospitals, nurses from Northwell Health in New York City arrived to support Strong Memorial Hospital by taking on patient care duties in the hospital’s ED and ICU. Yesterday, a cohort of eight Northwell Health Nurses and an administrative support team member began their work at the […]
Yesterday afternoon, thousands of Monroe County residents were faced with fierce winds throughout the county, where thousands lost power. According to National Grid and RG&E, by 6:40 p.m., nearly 31,000, mainly on the west side of Monroe County, had lost power. Electrical service outages have affected some traffic signals, and residents are reminded to treat […]
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