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Founders Day of Caring 2024: Lollypop Farm Pet Food Drive
ROCHESTER, N.Y. (WROC) — News 8 is teaming up with Lollypop Farm for this year’s Founder’s Day of Caring! You can drive up to our station on Thursday, June 6 to donate pet food from 4:30 p.m. to 6 p.m. You will also be entered for the chance to win two tickets to the Bills […]
Mosquitoes have emerged in New York. How to reduce the common pests where you live
With mosquitoes already out and about, there are some simple things you can do to protect yourself from disease-causing and nuisance varieties. Warmer winters and climate change have contributed to mosquitoes expanding their home range. Those same factors, including more rain events in the winter and heavier rain events in general, can create conditions favorable for mosquito propagation.
Six questions for KiX on Main restaurant co-owner
CANANDAIGUA, NY — From dishwasher to fry cook to sous chef to head chef, with dishwashing, trash emptying and various other tasks in between — yes, Alexander “Xan” Bacon has done it all in this, his 35th year in the food business. Bacon, who co-owns KiX on Main with his wife, Kim Vakiener, knows this at-times grueling biz inside and out, from high up on the totem pole to the lowest of lows. ...
A bittersweet closing, an event worth considering
Hello friends, A pizza place in a mall is closing, a circumstance that probably wouldn't have caught my attention as a food reporter. But reporter Marcia Greenwood grew up in Henrietta, so she knows why this particular pizza place is special. ...
Adam Interviews: Pentatonix
Canandaigua, N.Y. (WROC) — Wildly popular a capella band Pentatonix is coming to the Finger Lakes. The 5-member group that rose to fame after winning the 2011 season of the hit TV show “Sing-Off” will take the stage at CMAC on August 29. While many know them for their Christmas songs, the band is promising […]
Stars of Tomorrow: New York City bound
ROCHESTER, N.Y. (WROC) — Some 41 talented theatre kids from across the region left it all on the stage Thursday, as they competed for a chance to represent Rochester in a national competition next month on Broadway. This is the 14th year Rochester Broadway Theatre League has hosted the Stars of Tomorrow program. News 8 […]
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