Some time in my mid-20s, right after the pandemic, this crazy thing happened to me. Suddenly, I didn’t know how to make friends. There was no school, no clubs, no mini city-esque world of college. I got up, went to work and, most days, came straight home (to my parents’ house). Everyone I was close […]
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How a local suffragist led the mother of all movements
Elizabeth Cady Stanton was 26 years old when her first child, a son, was born. “I was entirely afloat, launched on the seas of doubt without chart or compass,” she wrote in her autobiography, “Eighty Years and More: Reminiscences, 1815–1897.” Stanton was one of 11 children, five of whom died as infants and small children. As she watched her mother grieve the […]
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For the Cavatassi family — and ‘Uncle Chris’ — St. Paul Street is worth the investment
At 12:45 p.m. on a snowy Thursday in February, every seat in the Sagra Italia dining room is full. Formerly home to Fifth Frame Brewing, 155 St. Paul St. is nearly unrecognizable, transformed into an airy, chic space somehow reminiscent of both Brooklyn and Rome. There’s a cozy sitting area off to one side and […]
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Rohrbach Brewing Company changes hands after 35 years
Brothers and Brockport natives Joel and Nathan Will are buying Rohrbach Brewing Company from founders John Urlaub and Patty Yahn-Urlaub, who started it in the German House on Gregory Street.
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LGBTQ+ historic sites and more listed on Landmark Society’s 2026 Five to Revive
The annual list is meant to highlight the potential of important historic properties that face one threat or another.
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Why we fixate on — and fetishize — chefs behind the line
There’s a reason chefs don’t translate cleanly into daylight. They belong to the hours when the rest of the world is loosening its grip. When people are drinking, touching, confessing, unraveling. While everyone else is reaching for pleasure, chefs are manufacturing it. While the room fills, they disappear. That inversion matters. Tension lives there. Food […]
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Antiques Roadshow to film at Genesee Country Village & Museum in Mumford
The popular PBS series — where people can find out if their attic junk is actually a gem — will be in town on June 17.
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In love and marriage, people with disabilities pay the price
Stephanie Woodward is a disability rights attorney, activist and mother. She is also disabled and used to strangers asking her inappropriate questions. “The amount of people who are shocked that I have children and ask me how it is done…” she said. “And I’m like, is health class illegal where you’re from?” For Woodward, those moments are not just awkward or […]
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Rochester’s drag community is more than double entendres and dollar bills
The perception that drag equals sex sparked controversy this past summer when a drag bingo fundraiser planned to benefit The Child Advocacy Center of Greater Rochester was canceled due to widespread online backlash. Many commenters objected to a drag-themed fundraiser being tied to a child-welfare charity, arguing it made the event inappropriate or was misaligned […]
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How New York State’s top-free movement started with a picnic at Cobbs Hill
The month of February provides opportunities to celebrate St. Valentine, Body Awareness Month and, perhaps, new and exciting ways to make sure your needs are being met. You may find yourself in the company of someone who you wish to celebrate with, and part of that equation may include breasts. You may have them, have […]
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6 local ways to love yourself
Self-love is a concept that is thrown around so casually and frequently these days it can sometimes feel meaningless. But I place firm stock in it, manifesting it through self-kindness, putting less pressure on yourself and not only accepting, but embracing your imperfections. Truly loving yourself means exploring who you are down to the core and […]
