Bob Duffy, CEO of the Rochester Business Alliance, will speak at the Irondequoit Chamber of Commerce’s final luncheon of the year on Tuesday, December 8. Duffy is the former mayor of Rochester and he was New York’s lieutenant governor from 2011 to 2014. The luncheon will be held from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., at […]
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Week ahead: For the week of Monday, November 30
The Paris climate talks are under way and will continue for the next 12 days. Approximately 150 world leaders convened in the city for the opening of the United Nations talks, in which UN members are negotiating a global treaty for addressing climate change. The talks come soon after a brutal terrorist attack on the […]
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Week Ahead: For the week of Monday, November 23
Rochester City Council will hold a public meeting at 6 p.m. on Monday, November 23, on the pending police body-camera program. Meetings will be held throughout November and one on December 3. Tonight’s meeting is at the Edgerton center, 41 Backus Street The purpose of the meetings is to get public input on the pending […]
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Week Ahead: For the week of Monday, November 16
Rochester schools Superintendent Bolgen Vargas will hold his coffee and conversation meeting from 5 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday, November 17. The meeting is an opportunity to meet with the superintendent in a casual setting and ask questions and bring issues to his attention. The meeting will be held at the district’s central office, […]
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Week Ahead: For the week of Monday, Nov. 9
Rochester City Council kicks-off a series of public meetings tomorrow on the pending police body-camera program. Meetings will be held throughout November and one on December 3. The first meeting, on Thursday, November 12, will be held at 6 p.m. in City Council Chambers at City Hall, 30 Church Street. The purpose of the meetings […]
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Week Ahead for Monday, November 2
The election is Tuesday, November 3. County executive, County Legislature, and City Council are on the ballot.
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Events for week of Oct. 26
Ban the Cameras will hold a protest against Rochester’s red-light camera program at 4 p.m. today.
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Week ahead: Monday, October 19
Several candidate forums and debates are scheduled this week in anticipation of the November 3 general election. The League of Women Voters, the Children’s Agenda’s Interfaith Collaborative, Greece Baptist Church, and the Interfaith Alliance of Rochester are sponsoring a forum for County Legislature districts 4 and 26 at 7:30 p.m. today (Monday, October 19). The […]
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Week Ahead: Events for the week of Monday, October 12
Living in Harmony, an interfaith environmental group, will show “Cowspiracy” at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, October 13. The documentary film examines the science surrounding animal agriculture and its impact on climate change. The film will be shown at the Henrietta United Church of Christ, 1400 Lehigh Station Road. Rochester schools Superintendent Bolgen Vargas will hold […]
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WEEK AHEAD: Events for the week of Monday, October 5
The Finger Lakes region must submit its application for the Upstate Revitalization Initiative, a state competition for economic development money, by the end of the day today (October 5). Seven Upstate regions are competing for three $500 million awards. The Buffalo-Niagara region can’t participate, since the state already has an investment program for that area: […]
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Week Ahead: Events for the week of Monday, September 28
Unions and an anti-violence group will hold their annual Peace on the Streets Day at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, September 29, on the corner of Dewey and Driving Park avenues. Peace on the Streets Day is held annually in memory of Latasha Shaw, who was attacked by a mob and stabbed to death at the Dewey-Driving […]
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Week Ahead: Events for the week of Monday, September 21
The University of Rochester Medical Center will provide free prostate cancer screenings for uninsured men on Wednesday, September 23. Prostate cancer is the most common form of cancer in men after skin cancer and causes more than 27,500 deaths annually. The screenings will be held at Brown Square Health Center, 322 Lake Avenue, from 5:30 […]
