Governor Andrew Cuomo said COVID-19-related deaths in the state may be reaching a plateau, but local officials say the local apex is a month away.
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Eastman Museum cancels 2020 Nitrate Picture Show
The 2020 Nitrate Picture Show is yet another cultural casualty of COVID-19. Eastman Museum announced Wednesday that the 6th Nitrate Picture Show, scheduled for June 4-7, has been postponed to June 3-6, 2021.
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Don’t fear the face mask
The CDC advises wearing cloth face coverings to help limit coronavirus spread. We have a responsibility to do so.
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Who is essential? The underappreciated and overlooked.
To some extent, we are all essential. Collectively, we make the world go round. But there are degrees of indispensability.
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City will allow community gardens to bloom after all
City Hall will extend any community garden permit that was issued in 2019 to last through the 2020 growing season.
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Monroe County urges covering face in public
County Executive Adam Bello stressed that cloth face coverings are not meant to replace social distancing measures.
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The F Word: Clap hands
Social distancing has gobbled up our hoorays and swallowed our hurrahs. It’s hard for a performer when there’s no way to read an audience and get the reward of applause at the end.
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‘I was told I had COVID-19, but I didn’t’
Instances of people being told they’re sick with coronavirus when, in fact, they aren’t, appear to be rare. But they do happen.
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More than half of COVID-19 deaths in Monroe County are people over 80
The Monroe County Health Department appears to be relaxing its policy of releasing age ranges of those who have died of COVID-19.
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Breakfast, lunch, and dinner…in quarantine
In the spirit of D.I.Y. self-isolation cooking, here are three easy-to-make dishes made with common pantry items and ingredients that can be swapped out and substituted as needed.
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Rochester runners launch the Virtual COVID-19 Miler this weekend
Organizers wanted to provide a social experience for runners and support local shops that have had to temporarily close.
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Suspected COVID-19 patient in Brighton jail by order of Monroe County Health
Monroe County has turned the Brighton jail into a COVID-19 isolation center, and the Health Department has issued its first civil order to detain an individual with symptoms who refused to be tested.
