CITY visits…The ROC City Skatepark. We chatted with skateboarders, roller skaters, and BMXers at Rochester’s sweatiest hotspot.
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Fairport installs new historic marker with a nod to the Senecas
The new historic marker replaces one that commemorated the “first white child” born in what is now the village of Fairport.
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Council freezes PAB hiring as investigation authorized
The Police Accountability Board will no longer be able to hire staff as an outside legal counsel investigates personnel complaints.
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The ‘Queen’ of State Street
Mary Hallford’s Queen J’s Diner on State Street is an honest-to-goodness greasy spoon with outsized portions and undersized prices.
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Police: FBI investigating whether Buffalo gunman had targeted Rochester
Online posts thought to be authored by the alleged Buffalo shooter show how he might have attacked spots in Rochester.
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Pregnancy resource centers: Healthcare or religious propaganda?
New York lawmakers question the role of pregnancy resource centers and whether they coerce women out of having abortions.
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Public safety, code enforcement, infrastructure top Evans’s budget
The $627 million budget marks new investments in public safety and infrastructure.
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Police Accountability Board director Reynolds is placed on leave
The board has not yet said why its first executive director, Conor Dwyer Reynolds, has been suspended.
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Natural wine shop Aldaskeller Wine Co. is cleared to open in South Wedge
At a reconsideration hearing, Aldaskeller was given the green light to open a natural wine shop in the South Wedge.
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Court ruling could force sale of toxic sites along the Genesee River
A state judge has ordered developer Tom Masaschi to sell 5 and 15 Flint Street, both part of the former Vacuum Oil complex in PLEX.
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They call him ‘The Daffodil Man’ of Mount Hope Cemetery
Bill Whitney has planted 15,000 daffodil bulbs in a corner of Mount Hope Cemetery where he and his husband plan to be buried.
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Dust off your tote bag, art festivals are back
With this list of regional art fairs, you’ll have your holiday shopping done early.
