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Fairport, Irondequoit enter the picture: New York state football rankings for Oct. 9
Two unbeaten teams have been recognized in the New York State Sportswriters Association rankings for the first time this season. Undefeated Fairport (5-0 in Class AA) and Irondequoit (5-0 in Class A) have entered the picture in their respective classifications. Both teams were mentioned among honorable mentions in the three previous lists. ...
Rochester singer featured in new Apple iPhone 16 advertisement
ROCHESTER, N.Y. (WROC) – Rochester singer Danielle Ponder’s music has been featured in a new Apple iPhone 16 advertisement! Ponder whose debut Album was ‘Some of Us are Brave’ in 2022, worked as a public defender in the Monroe County Public Defender’s Office before pursuing music full-time in 2018. Her song ‘Roll the Credits’ can […]
East Rochester Fire District marks Fire Prevention Week
ROCHESTER, N.Y. (WROC) — The East Rochester Fire Department is spreading awareness during this Fire Prevention Week, which is rolled out every October by the National Fire protection association. To help spread the knowledge, the East Rochester Fire District welcomed first- and second-graders to the firehouse Wednesday, and pre-kindergarten and kindergarten last week, to teach […]
The lasting impact of Rochester’s world-renowned plant nurseries
Rochester, for its first 50 years or so, was a boisterous place. Water roared through millraces on either side of High Falls. Boats on the Erie Canal tied up at all hours, disgorging produce and raw materials and the hardworking, sometimes quarrelsome crews who tended to them. The construction was clangorous and never-ending; during the construction season of 1827, the number of newly built houses exceeded the total number of carpenters in the city by 50 percent.
‘Don’t be afraid:’ Amazon’s deaf and hard-of-hearing employees thriving with the right accommodations
GATES, N.Y. (WROC) – Tristan Hower is a process engineer at Amazon’s Roc 1 center in Gates. That basically means he ensures everything is operating the way it should. He’s also part of the deaf and hard-of-hearing community. “Many people underestimate what deaf and hard-of-hearing people are capable of doing because they are using a different […]
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