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Female Veteran of the Year awards returns for seventh year in Rochester
ROCHESTER, N.Y. (WROC) — A local veterans organization invites the community to celebrate our female vets and all they do to serve the Greater Rochester region. This is the seventh year that Compeer Corps Rochester will host the Female Veteran of the Year awards, dedicating an evening to celebrating women who often feel overlooked in […]
City of Rochester launches ‘Neighbors in Action’ program
ROCHESTER, N.Y. (WROC) — Rochester Mayor Malik Evans announced the launch of a new community engagement program Monday called Neighbors in Action. Officials say the program will encourage community members to work together to help strengthen, improve, and develop their neighborhoods by allowing them to apply for city resources and small grants to support community-driven […]
Gates Fire District receives $200K for new training facility
ROCHESTER, N.Y. (WROC) – $200,000 is heading to the Gates Fire District to help build a new facility for training. In this new building there will be a candidate physical ability test also known as C-PAT – a required test that measures a person’s ability to handle physical demands of being a firefighter. Funding was […]
As NY District Implements Science of Reading, Parents Push for New Focus on Math
One of New York’s largest school districts has grappled with a long list of challenges, including a revolving door of eight superintendents in the last decade and an enrollment drop of 15,000 students since 1998. But the Rochester City School District, which teaches more than 20,700 students in upstate New York, is focusing on what […]
Bergen to receive $1.26M of FAST money for Apple Tree Acres development
A Bergen-based project already given the go-ahead by Genesee County Economic Development Center and pending additional financial incentives got the good news this week that a state grant will be coming its way.Empire State Development announced Tuesday that of the nearly $25 million in awards for the Focused Attraction
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