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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.
I-90 Ontario service area in Genesee County has re-opened
ROCHESTER, N.Y. (WROC) – The newly renovated Ontario service area on the thruway in Genesee County has re-opened, creating a 200-mile stretch of completed service areas along I-90. The service area, located westbound between exit 46 and exit 47, is the 22nd new service area to open and the third of four locations to undergo […]
EPA removes Rochester Embayment from ‘Areas of Concern’ list
ROCHESTER, N.Y. (WROC) — In 1987, the United States and Canada identified the Rochester Embayment, along with 42 other areas, as “areas of concern” on the Great Lakes. After decades of hard work, the area has finally been taken off the list. Today, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Regional Administrator Lisa Garcia joined state and local […]
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