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Soon to Close! This Well Liked Retail Brand To Eliminate All New York Locations, Including Albany
The definition of "trend" is "a general direction in which something is developing or changing." Sometimes a trend is good such as when your favorite baseball team is trending up in the standings. In the retail world the latest trend is upsetting. Earlier this month one retail chain, that has...
Flower City Days return to the Rochester Public Market
Get your hands in the dirt after a long winter season as Rochester Public Market's annual springtime plant sale is again underway. For the next three Sundays, hundreds of gardeners will flock to Flower City Days at the Market, at the Rochester Public Market, 280 N. Union St., a gardener's paradise of a sale held at the market each spring. ...
🚧 Traffic Update: Repaving on NY 104 in Rochester Scheduled for May 8th
The time displayed is local to the original 511 traffic site in NewYork. Attention residents and commuters in Rochester, NY: The New York State Department of Transportation has scheduled repaving work on NY 104 westbound from Seneca Avenue to North Clinton Avenue. This maintenance event is set for Wednesday, May 8th, 2024, and will take place between the hours of 7:00 AM and 4:00 PM. During this period, all lanes will remain open to traffic. Motorists are advised to be mindful of potential slow-downs and are encouraged to plan additional travel time if they intend to use this route. Stay tuned for further updates on local transportation projects and traffic advisories.
News 2 You Extra: The Great Yogurt Debate
ALBANY, N.Y. — Viewers who enjoy our weekly look back at stories that made the news 10, 20, 30, and even 40 years ago must know there are more nuggets packed into the WGRZ archives than we can possibly show on television every week. This week’s News 2 You...
Assemblymember Lunsford hosts Narcan training
PENFIELD, N.Y. (WROC) – Assemblymember Jen Lunsford teamed up with Monroe County’s IMPACT on Saturday at the Penfield Community Center to offer free Narcan training to teach people how to administer Narcan which is the life-saving medication used to reverse opioid overdoses. Fentanyl overdoses devastate communities across the nation. Lunsford said it’s crucial for those […]
Trillium Health touts overdose harm reduction services
ROUCHESTER, N.Y. (WROC) — Approximately 700 individuals in Monroe County have overdosed since the start of 2024, according to the latest numbers on the county’s opioid overdose dashboard. More than 70 of those have been potentially fatal. Trillium Health’s Harm Reduction Services Center is one of several local organizations and locations that is helping to […]
Here's when Rochester-area schools start summer break
The last day of school for elementary and middle school students in districts around Monroe County for varies between June 21 and June 26, 2024. Regents testing for secondary students is between June 14 and 25. All local schools observe Juneteenth as a holiday June 19. ...
Monroe County nurse allegedly lied about vaccinating children
ROCHESTER, N.Y. (WROC) — A nurse in Monroe County has been penalized for allegedly creating false vaccine records. The NYS Department of Health says Sandra Miceli, a nurse practitioner who operated the natural wellness center “Surviving Naturally” in Webster, was accused of creating false immunization records that affected hundreds of children in the area. After […]
$60M in NYS state funding secured to help protect Jewish non-profits ‘at-risk’ of antisemitism
ROCHESTER, N.Y. (WROC) — A recent roundtable moderated by New York Governor Kathy Hochul aimed to spotlight the nearly $60 million in state funding for at-risk non-profits. This comes after recent bomb threats statewide against Jewish Houses of Worship. You might remember when we reported back in September about bomb threats at two Rochester-area synagogues, […]
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