Rochester news

• What’s with the expiration date on the Excelsior Vaccine Pass?

  01-04-2021 23:49
  
  Many of you who have downloaded New York State’s new “Excelsior Pass” have noticed there is an expiration date on it...
  
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• Friedman Foundation Annual Trout Derby held in Pittsford despite cold

  01-04-2021 23:47
  
  The cold didn't stop attendees from showing up to the opening day of trout season Thursday.
  
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• Doctors discourage 'vaccine shopping'

  01-04-2021 23:32
  
  Currently, the Finger Lakes region has experienced a steady increase in supply...
  
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• Convicted sex offender facing child pornography charges

  01-04-2021 23:24
  
  A convicted sex offender is now facing child pornography charges.
  
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• Rochester partners with Community-Based Organizations to create vaccination PODs

  01-04-2021 23:00
  
  The CIty of Rochester is entering a new partnership with Community-Based Organizations to create vaccination PODs in the city’s four neighborhood quadrants.
  
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• County officials address rise in COVID-19 cases in younger people

  01-04-2021 22:37
  
  While county officials say the vaccine is working, they still have some concerns around a new trend of rising cases in younger people.
  
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• Pop-up vaccination sites will target the underserved

  01-04-2021 22:25 via rochestercitynewspaper.com
  
  Four pop-up vaccination sites will be focused on serving Rochester's underserved populations.The city of Rochester and Monroe County are partnering to open four pop-up COVID-19 vaccination sites, one in each geographic quarter of the city, with the intent of serving the city’s most vulnerable communities by going directly into them. In total, the pop-up sites are expected to administer 1,100 Pfizer vaccinations.…
  
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• NY Office of the Attorney General extends hold on state debt collection

  01-04-2021 22:20
  
  New York is extending the hold on student and medical debt another month.
  
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• A very different Lilac Festival is around the corner

  01-04-2021 22:14 via rochestercitynewspaper.com
  
  The Lilac Festival is back this year, although taking the form of a bit more unorthodox floral celebration.After a year's hiatus because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Rochester Lilac Festival will be back this May, but it will be a quite different experience. Organizer Jeff Springut said Thursday that social distancing and mask wearing are expected to be enforced for the 123-year-old festival.…
  
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• Coronavirus in Monroe County: 205 new cases confirmed, county updates deaths

  01-04-2021 22:03
  
  According to the Monroe County Health Department, more than 55,700 people in the county have tested positive for COVID-19.
  
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• Fire companies responding to 2-alarm condo fire in Perinton

  01-04-2021 21:57
  
  Multiple fire companies are responding to a two-alarm fire at a condo on Falcon Lane West in Perinton.
  
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• First Alert Weather: We lose the snow, but keep the chill Friday

  01-04-2021 21:51
  
  The snow showers will diminish later in the day to flurries tonight into tomorrow morning. Another cold day is on the way Friday with increasing sunshine.
  
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• New York State Police begin body-worn camera rollout

  01-04-2021 21:19
  
  New York State Police have deployed their first body-worn cameras as the agency begins its statewide rollout.
  
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• Former teacher's aide sentenced to 6½ years for receipt and distribution of child pornography

  01-04-2021 20:42
  
  A former teacher’s aide from Rochester was sentenced to six and a half years in prison for receipt and distribution of child pornography.
  
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• LATEST; Assembly Judiciary Committee to add Cuomo book allegations to its impeachment investigation

  01-04-2021 19:48
  
  The New York Times reports Cuomo used a number of state personnel to work on his book, called "American Crisis: Leadership Lessons from the COVID-19 Pandemic."
  
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• Fairport couple face charges after more than 100 cats discovered in January house fire

  01-04-2021 19:36
  
  Humane Law Enforcement Investigators with Lollypop Farm Thursday announced they arrested and charged George and Pamela Meyer with failure to provide sustenance (veterinary services.)
  
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• Fairport couple face charges after more than 100 cats discovered in January house fire, investigators describe 'extremely unsanitary and inhumane' conditions

  01-04-2021 19:32
  
  Humane Law Enforcement Investigators with Lollypop Farm Thursday announced they arrested and charged George and Pamela Meyer with failure to provide sustenance (veterinary services.)
  
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• Deputies: Man arrested facing more than 10 counts of child sex abuse, rape charges dating back to the 1980s

  01-04-2021 18:49
  
  In a release, deputies say they arrested and charged Frank Wright, 75 of Allegany County last Thursday.
  
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• Organizers share 're-imagined' 2021 Lilac Festival plans

  01-04-2021 17:49
  
  Organizers broke down the slate for events, and said live music will return.
  
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• New York State Police begin wearing body cameras

  01-04-2021 17:11
  
  The move is part of an effort that will require all troopers to wear body cams.
  
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• Report: Cuomo staff members help work on his book, a possible ethics violation

  01-04-2021 16:03
  
  The New York Times reports Cuomo used a number of state personnel to work on his book, called "American Crisis: Leadership Lessons from the COVID-19 Pandemic."
  
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• First Alert Weather: Closing out a warm & sunny March

  01-04-2021 14:42
  
  If you had a feeling that March was abnormally warm, you're not alone.
  
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• Cuomo signs HALT Solitary Confinement Act, limits confinement in prisons, jails

  01-04-2021 14:32
  
  The act will limit solitary confinement in prisons and jails to 15 days and eliminate it altogether for especially vulnerable populations in line with United Nations standards, among other moves.
  
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• NTID's founding director, D. Robert Frisina, has died at 96

  01-04-2021 14:17 via rochestercitynewspaper.com
  
  D. Robert Frisina, the founding director of the National Technical Institute for the Deaf, died Monday. He was 96.The founding director of RIT’s National Technical Institute for the Deaf, D. Robert Frisina has died. A statement from the university said that Frisina died Monday in Florida, at the age of 96.…
  
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• RHA, Trillium Health team up to offer 'round two' of free COVID vaccinations to public housing residents

  01-04-2021 14:09
  
  The event is only open to current RHA residents and staff at Hudson Ridge Tower who meet the current vaccine requirements.
  
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• In-Depth: New York State ranked fourth among US COVID case rates

  01-04-2021 13:58
  
  CDC stats show New York is currently ranked fourth, with 245 cases per 100,000 people, and that's not including New York City.
  
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• In-Depth:New York State ranked fourth among US COVID case rates

  01-04-2021 13:35
  
  CDC stats show New York is currently ranked fourth, with 245 cases per 100,000 people, and that's not including New York City.
  
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• Pfizer: Trials show vaccine effective for six months, effective against South African variant

  01-04-2021 13:12
  
  In a statement posted to its website, Pfizer, and its partner, BioNTech said the latest trial involved 12,000 people, and showed the vaccine to have a 91.3% vaccine efficacy against the virus.
  
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• First Alert Weather: Afternoon snow showers with a chill through Friday before a weekend warmup

  01-04-2021 12:48
  
  The snow showers will diminish later in the day to flurries tonight into tomorrow morning. Another cold day is on the way Friday with increasing sunshine.
  
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• NY ends mandatory quarantine for US travelers

  01-04-2021 11:43
  
  Although the quarantine and the test are no longer required, all travelers are still asked to complete the Traveler Health Form, regardless of their destination.
  
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• State budget misses deadline

  01-04-2021 11:12
  
  Gov. Andrew Cuomo and the State Legislature did not deliver an on-time budget this year.
  
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• In-Depth: New York State launches broadband access portal

  01-04-2021 11:03
  
  The portal gathers cheap internet options already available to you,
  
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• With legal weed comes the potential for a new craft beverage industry

  01-04-2021 11:00 via rochestercitynewspaper.com
  
  With a legal cannabis market on the horizon, a new craft beverage industry could very soon blossom.In 1779, Benjamin Franklin wrote in a letter that rain falling on vineyards that will one day bear grapes to make wine was proof that God loves us. Like many Founding Fathers, Franklin enjoyed a drink.…
  
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• Want the legal marijuana market to thrive? Let the 'stoners' in

  01-04-2021 11:00 via rochestercitynewspaper.com
  
  Who better to help make the legal marijuana market thrive than "criminals" and "stoners" who made a living in the black market?Word that New York legislators are serious about implementing a social equity component to their plan to legalize pot has me thinking a lot about Clint. Clint Younge is my stepbrother.…
  
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• Rochester’s rare plant market is booming

  01-04-2021 11:00 via rochestercitynewspaper.com
  
  Who says money doesn’t grow on trees? The rare houseplant boom has drawn comparisons to the tulip mania of the 17th century.Imagine a hard-to-find, intensely Instagrammable houseplant, and something like the monstera deliciosa albo variegata, with its iconic broad-split leaves streaked with white, might come to mind. Samantha Mills has one in a gold pot on the counter of her shop.…
  
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• Poetry in times of strife

  01-04-2021 11:00 via rochestercitynewspaper.com
  
  Three Rochester poets share how they perceived 2020 and how it inspired them.As Amanda Gorman reminded the world with her performance at the inauguration of President Joe Biden, good poets have the power to speak intimately and profoundly about love and loss, about phenomena and trauma. The last year had its share of all of those things.…
  
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• Panda on Acid's 'Haoma' is meditative music with momentum

  01-04-2021 11:00 via rochestercitynewspaper.com
  
  Composer-producer Panauh Kalayeh calls "Haoma" his "passion project." For all the feelings of desolation brought on by the coronavirus, 2020 really was a rich period for writing and recording new music. Plenty of albums, including those by Rochester artists, were released to little fanfare at the time.…
  
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• On 'Spring Garden,' Harold Danko channels Stravinsky, other influences

  01-04-2021 11:00 via rochestercitynewspaper.com
  
  Harold Danko’s extensive liner notes leave no doubt about his fascination — obsession, really — with Igor Stravinsky’s 1913 ballet score. On his latest adventurous CD, “Spring Garden,” pianist and retired Eastman School of Music professor Harold Danko pays tribute to Igor Stravinsky’s “The Rite of Spring.” Danko’s extensive liner notes leave no doubt about his fascination — obsession, really — with Stravinsky’s 1913 ba
  
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• On “Firefly,” Alexa Tarantino shows why she's a rising star

  01-04-2021 11:00 via rochestercitynewspaper.com
  
  “Firefly” is a showcase for Tarantino's own vision, gorgeous musical tone, and expertly shaped solos. It’s been less than seven years since woodwind player Alexa Tarantino performed with Earth, Wind & Fire at the Rochester International Jazz Festival a month after graduating from Eastman School of Music.…
  
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• Mary Kruger: Roc NORML's cannabis crusader passes it on

  01-04-2021 11:00 via rochestercitynewspaper.com
  
  ROC NORML's Mary Kruger is synonymous with local efforts to advocate for cannabis reform and education.It sounds impossibly cliché that Mary Kruger, the executive director of the Rochester chapter of the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws, smoked a bowl before she sat for an interview with CITY in her living room one recent morning. But she did, and she said she does every day.…
  
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• Hindsight inspired King 20/20's perfect vision

  01-04-2021 11:00 via rochestercitynewspaper.com
  
  With 'These Streets,' Jordan Moss moved toward sobriety and away from rap. For the better part of three years, fans of Jordan Moss have known him as the rap artist King 20/20.…
  
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• Haudenosaunee Filmmakers Festival spotlights Indigenous voices

  01-04-2021 11:00 via rochestercitynewspaper.com
  
  The inaugural festival features the work of filmmakers from the Six Nations Confederacy.For the majority of film history, stories about Indigenous people have been presented by non-Indigenous writers, directors, and too often, actors as well. This fact has done a lot of damage in terms of how Indigenous people are seen, and the often subtle apologist tones with which American history is portrayed.…
  
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• Forrest Green's “Channel 21”/ “Silent Star” is his parting gift to Rochester

  01-04-2021 11:00 via rochestercitynewspaper.com
  
  On a pair of new singles, Green retains his penchant for raw musical expression while moving toward a more polished, retro rock sound.Rock singer-songwriter Forrest Green first emerged on the Rochester music scene as a teenager in 2010, fronting the hardcore punk band Beastman. More than a decade later, Green has released a pair of new singles that retain his penchant for raw musical expression while moving toward a more polished, retro rock sound.…
  
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• Far out, but up close and personal with pot

  01-04-2021 11:00 via rochestercitynewspaper.com
  
  Ted Kinsman’s artful images of cannabis plants — and his many other creative projects — draw everyday people into the wild world of science.Many a cannabis consumer has an intimate relationship with his bud. But few have gotten as up close and personal with pot as Ted Kinsman, a scientific photographer at Rochester Institute of Technology who does not indulge in the jolly green grass.…
  
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• Expectations for THC edibles vary — here’s what to watch out for

  01-04-2021 11:00 via rochestercitynewspaper.com
  
  Beware, newbies. Edibles are deceptive and a lack of knowledge about them can lead to a bad time.Last summer, Rochester morning radio show host Brother Wease was hungry d uring a commercial break.…
  
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• Everything is better with weed butter

  01-04-2021 11:00 via rochestercitynewspaper.com
  
  With cannabutter, your culinary possibilities are endless. Live the high life with this fancy-pants three-course meal.Rochester is a foodie town, and with legal recreational cannabis coming to New York, the availability of commercially-produced cannabis edibles is poised to explode. But those who love to cook may want to experiment with cannabis as an ingredient in their own kitchen.…
  
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• Cannabis as creative fuel

  01-04-2021 11:00 via rochestercitynewspaper.com
  
  Can pot make you more creative? To be blunt — don’t bet on it.The connection between creatives and cannabis is long and storied — from the 19th-century hashish-smoking collective Club de Hachichins to the late comedian George Carlin to the ubiquitous hip-hop icon and unabashed marijuana ambassador Snoop Dogg. Musicians, artists, and writers have long used marijuana as creative fuel.…
  
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• April Letters: Our 'Lost Year,' Rochester history, police and protesters need to talk

  01-04-2021 11:00 via rochestercitynewspaper.com
  
  A selection of letters to the editor that appeared in the April edition of CITY.CITY wants to hear you rant and rave. Your feedback must:• be no more than 250 words• respond to CITY content• be engaging…
  
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• Parents share thoughts on New York's college sports games guidelines for fans

  01-04-2021 05:08
  
  Parents could soon be cheering on their collegiate student-athletes from the stands. Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced Tuesday that spectators can be back starting Friday.
  
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• Rochester unofficially sees hottest March on record

  01-04-2021 04:46
  
  If you had a feeling that March was abnormally warm, you're not alone.
  
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