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The town of Greece just recently announced that the Memorial Day Parade will be canceled. The cancellation was made due to COVID concerns. The town stated: “Health and safety is our priority. Our participants, our veterans, many of whom are in their senior years, are health and safety conscious of all who participate and we […]

Over the weekend, West Street Elementary School, was defaced with swastikas and racial slurs. Among the racial slurs, the vandals wrote, “Bring the Nazis back.” The slurs and swastikas were all etched into the school’s property. The vandalism was reported Sunday at the school and the school’s playground. Rochester First reports: “Police sent out a […]

This past Saturday, Students from Northeast College Preparatory High School started to break ground on an outdoor learning space, taking advantage of nature to improve their learning. The space will include picnic tables, a yoga platform, garden beds, and shaded structures The plan for this outdoor learning space is to be used for the school’s […]

Marijuana was decriminalized in New York on April 2, 2021. However recreational  retail sales of the plant may not be available until 2022 or 2023. On Thursday, Majority Leader Crystal Peoples-Stokes joined Rochester Mayor Lovely Warren in a community forum to give residents key information about how to prepare to profit in the New York’s […]

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 […]

Yesterday, Governor Andrew Cuomo announced an update on our state’s status. Gov. Cuomo said that yesterday, 218,676 doses have been administered across New York in the past 24 hours. Remembering the struggling days of trying to find a vaccination, all NY mass vaccination sites are now open to eligible New Yorkers for walk-in vaccination on […]

Rochester Police Chief Cynthia Herriott-Sullivan released details on a new mandatory training program for officers.  The program is designed to recognize and learn how to deal with excited delirium, as well as working with adolescents and young people. The Robert E. Craig Institute for Ethical Leadership will feature a number of different learning opportunities. Some […]

Heritage Christian Services announced that it will be raising its workers’ base wages to $15 an hour, including residential staff that will raise to $15.75 an hour. Heritage Christian Services is the seventh-largest employer in Rochester. A quote from the President and CEO Marisa Geitner: “This is a social justice commitment. People who choose a […]

The pandemic has caused an economic impact that has affected many. Since financial troubles became a priority for many, NY lawmakers voted last year on a law that prohibits a landlord to kick out their tenant due to financial issues. This law is in effect until May 1st, 2021. Now that we are reaching that […]