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• Dirt Bike/ATV task force provides update on seizures and citations

  30-04-2021 22:50
  
  A coalition of local law enforcement agencies says it's taken 21 dirt bikes, ATVs, or go-karts off the streets of Rochester.
  
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• Audit finds Brighton Fire Department didn't provide adequate financial oversight

  30-04-2021 22:25
  
  The New York State Comptroller says a Rochester-area fire department did not provide adequate oversight of its financial operations.
  
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• First Alert Weather: Flakes overnight, improving weekend

  30-04-2021 22:14
  
  April will be going out with a bang, with gusty winds, chillier air and even some snow showers for the last few hours of the month.
  
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• Rochester man convicted in Chili Avenue shooting where woman was severely hurt

  30-04-2021 21:36
  
  A Rochester man was convicted Thursday on one count of second degree assault and one count of second degree criminal possession of a weapon for a shooting that happened on Chili Avenue over the summer.
  
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• Deputies: 2 Florida men charged in bail scam in WNY and other states

  30-04-2021 21:05
  
  Two Florida men are facing charges in connection to a series of bail scams the Monroe County Sheriff's Office says spans Monroe, Genesee and Erie counties, as well as other states.
  
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• 2nd suspect pleads not guilty to murder in Gates attempted carjacking case

  30-04-2021 20:53
  
  Gates Police Chief James VanBrederode confirmed to News10NBC 16-year-old Anthony R. Jacobs was brought into police custody Friday morning.
  
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• US to restrict travel from India over COVID starting Tuesday

  30-04-2021 20:43
  
  White House press secretary Jen Psaki said President Joe Biden's administration made the determination on the advice of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
  
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• Number of Americans fully vaccinated tops 100 million

  30-04-2021 20:24
  
  The number of Americans fully vaccinated against COVID-19 hit another milestone: 100 million.
  
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• 16-year-old pleads not guilty to murder in Gates attempted carjacking case

  30-04-2021 19:58
  
  Gates Police Chief James VanBrederode confirmed to News10NBC 16-year-old Anthony R. Jacobs was brought into police custody Friday morning.
  
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• UK study: Single Pfizer dose could boost immune response to variants in people previously infected with COVID

  30-04-2021 19:27
  
  They found that those who had previous mild or asymptomatic infection had significant protection against the b.1.1.7 and South Africa variants.
  
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• Israel mourns deaths of 45 in stampede at religious festival

  30-04-2021 19:20
  
  The stampede began when large numbers of people thronged a narrow tunnel-like passage during the event, according to witnesses and video footage.
  
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• Cuomo: Barbershops, hair salons to expand to 75% capacity next week

  30-04-2021 19:00
  
  Shops and salons across New York State continue to be limited to 50% capacity
  
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• Harvey Weinstein extradition could face further delays

  30-04-2021 18:49
  
  Attorney Norman Effman told an Erie County Court judge in Buffalo that he will file paperwork within the next 30 days that will likely require another court appearance concerning Weinstein's extradition.
  
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• WATCH; 16-year-old wanted in deadly attempted carjacking now in police custody

  30-04-2021 18:14
  
  Gates Police Chief James VanBrederode confirmed to News10NBC 16-year-old Anthony R. Jacobs was brought into police custody Friday morning.
  
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• 16-year-old wanted in deadly attempted carjacking now in police custody

  30-04-2021 17:50
  
  Gates Police Chief James VanBrederode confirmed to News10NBC16-year-old Anthony R. Jacobs was brought into police custody Friday morning.
  
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• Salvation Army of Greater Rochester to resume one-on-one appointments Monday

  30-04-2021 17:37
  
  The organization says it put in place extensive safety precautions, and face masks and social distancing continue to be required.
  
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• Pfizer, BioNTech seek EU's OK to use COVID vaccine on kids

  30-04-2021 17:12
  
  In a statement Friday, the two pharmaceuticals said their submission to the European Medicines Agency is based on an advanced study in more than 2,000 adolescents that showed their vaccine to be safe and effective.
  
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• Report: Cuomo vaccine czar Schwartz resigns

  30-04-2021 16:44
  
  The Times reports Larry Schwartz is stepping down, and it comes just after legislators made changes that restored rules that would have impacted him.
  
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• Rochester Police: Man shot in 1991 dies, counted as 2021 homicide

  30-04-2021 16:24
  
  Rochester Police Friday announced Rasheem Broughton, 45, died last Friday from complications of a gunshot wound from he was shot back in 1991.
  
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• Bills upgrade pass rush by drafting Miami's Rousseau 30th

  30-04-2021 14:58
  
  With the 30th pick, the Bills drafted defensive lineman Greg Rousseau of Miami.
  
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• Religious festival stampede in Israel kills 45, hurts dozens

  30-04-2021 14:20
  
  The stampede began when large numbers of people thronged a narrow tunnel-like passage during the event, according to witnesses and video footage.
  
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• Amazon wants waiver from local labor requirement connected to tax breaks

  30-04-2021 13:51 via rochestercitynewspaper.com
  
  A Monroe County official said Amazon has concerns about a requirement that they use only local laborers to build a facility in Gates.Monroe County’s economic development agency has already approved millions of dollars in tax breaks to Amazon for the proposed construction of a warehouse and distribution center in Gates. Now, according to the county’s director of planning and development, the online retailer has asked for another sort of break — from having to hire only local peo
  
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• First Alert Weather: Windy and chilly day ahead

  30-04-2021 13:15
  
  The NWS Buffalo has placed much of our region under a Wind Advisory for today but it is a very borderline advisory as top wind gusts will barely approach 50mph.
  
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• Good Question: Is Wegmans reopening the East Avenue restaurant?

  30-04-2021 12:02
  
  Delores asked News10NBC’s Brennan Somers: Wondering if Amore Restaurant at Wegmans on East Avenue is going to be reopening
  
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• Religious festival stampede in Israel kills 44, hurts dozens

  30-04-2021 11:41
  
  The stampede began when large numbers of people thronged a narrow tunnel-like passage during the event, according to witnesses and video footage.
  
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• Two Rochester firefighters hurt in overnight fire

  30-04-2021 11:40
  
  Crews went to the scene at atwo-family home on Texas Street just off of child street around 11:00 p.m.
  
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• Man fighting for his life after shooting on Rochester's east side

  30-04-2021 11:24
  
  Police are investigating a shooting on Rochester's east side.
  
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• Car slams into Clarkson home, causes gas leak

  30-04-2021 11:15
  
  The crash happened on West Ridge Road about a mile or so away from Drake Road around 10:45 p.m.
  
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• Man seriously hurt in shooting on Rochester's east side

  30-04-2021 11:01
  
  Police are investigating a shooting on Rochester's east side.
  
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• The other red meat: try lamb on the grill

  30-04-2021 11:00 via rochestercitynewspaper.com
  
  Lamb is a healthy, spring grilling alternative to burgers and brats. Here are three ways to prepare it over an open flame.The arrival of spring means the start of the outdoor grilling season after a long winter  of indoor cooking. For most people, that means busting out the same old burgers, sausages, and hotdogs.…
  
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• The Local Hang-Ups' 'Dialtone' addresses quarantine and connection

  30-04-2021 11:00 via rochestercitynewspaper.com
  
  The acoustic pop duo The Local Hang-Ups uses seamless vocal harmonies to ponder missed connections on itsdebut "DialtoneEP," out May 7.In listening to the debut EP “Dialtone,” self-released on May 7 by Rochester acoustic pop duo The Local Hang-Ups, it’s nearly impossible to separate the heartfelt original songs of Abbey Sitterley and Katy Martin from the era of isolation and missed connections brought on by the pandemic. The duo formed just before COVID-19, and as a result, dev
  
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• Schittin Good Coffee: Good to the last plop

  30-04-2021 11:00 via rochestercitynewspaper.com
  
  Wait'll you hear the story behind Kate and Kyle Korman's private label coffee company, Schittin Good Coffee.“Genius,” the inventor Thomas Edison is said to have once remarked, “is 1 percent inspiration and 99 percent perspiration.” Had he known the story behind Kate and Kyle Korman’s breakthrough idea, though, he might have left room for constipation.…
  
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• Sally Louise's full-length debut album celebrates self-empowerment

  30-04-2021 11:00 via rochestercitynewspaper.com
  
  On "My Hands Are On Fire, out May 14, Sally Louise finds her voice as a confident singer-songwriter navigating pop, rock, soul, and folk.Opera singer-turned-indie singer songwriter Sally Drutman seemed to appear as a sudden apparition last July, when she released her dream-like first single “Milky Blue” as Sally Louise. Less than a year later, Louise has wasted no time in expanding her stylistic palette across a sprawling collection of 10 self-possessed songs with “My Hands Are
  
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• Pop-up bookstores become indie lit's guide to survival

  30-04-2021 11:00 via rochestercitynewspaper.com
  
  Indie booksellers such as Akimbo Books and The Secondhand Librarian are turning to pop-up events and web sales to reach avid readers.Customers of John’s Tex-Mex in the South Wedge typically get their tacos and burritos with a side of refried beans or mashed potatoes. On a recent Saturday, they got a side of indie lit, too.…
  
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• On the rise: local home-based food businesses

  30-04-2021 11:00 via rochestercitynewspaper.com
  
  Monroe County has seen an explosion in home-based food processors during the pandemic, especially bakers.Like most bakers, Jon Olek starts his day long before sunrise. He fires up his oven at 3:30 a.m. and bakes for three hours before setting out to deliver fresh scones, Danishes, and brioche buns to city cafes and shops.…
  
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• New Food Policy Council looking to drain Rochester's 'food swamp'

  30-04-2021 11:00 via rochestercitynewspaper.com
  
  The City Council is expected to approve a new Food Policy Council in May that aims to advance access to healthy food and healthy lifestyles. On the anniversary of Daniel Prude’s fatal encounter with Rochester police, scores of demonstrators marched east from downtown to take over the parking lot at the East Avenue Wegmans, eventually prompting the store to close for the day.…
  
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• Jon Lewis exudes playful, everyman vibes at the frontman for FRAN

  30-04-2021 11:00 via rochestercitynewspaper.com
  
  As lead singer of FRAN, Jon Lewis has ditched the guitar and brought a warm, playful approach to the band's versatile sound.The last time I saw Rochester singer-songwriter Jon Lewis perform, pre-pandemic, he was behind a mic stand with guitar in hand, fronting the band that bore his name with a smile that was both confident and sheepish. Fast forward to a chilly late-April evening at Flour City Station on East Avenue, and the affable musician is still smiling.…
  
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• Jon Lewis exudes playful, everyman vibes as the frontman for FRAN

  30-04-2021 11:00 via rochestercitynewspaper.com
  
  As lead singer of FRAN, Jon Lewis has ditched the guitar and brought a warm, playful approach to the band's versatile sound.The last time I saw Rochester singer-songwriter Jon Lewis perform, pre-pandemic, he was behind a mic stand with guitar in hand, fronting the band that bore his name with a smile that was both confident and sheepish. Fast forward to a chilly late-April evening at Flour City Station on East Avenue, and the affable musician is still smiling.…
  
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• JCC CenterStage takes it outside

  30-04-2021 11:00 via rochestercitynewspaper.com
  
  The JCC’s CenterStage is erecting a giant tent to stage shows as a workaround to indoor capacity restrictions that are cost-prohibitive. Normally at this time of year, Ralph Meranto, the artistic director at the Jewish Community Center of Greater Rochester’s CenterStage, would be focused on planning upcoming productions for his 300-seat theater.…
  
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• Erik Happ's solo project Foothands embraces acoustic meditations

  30-04-2021 11:00 via rochestercitynewspaper.com
  
  On the solo EP "Gentle But Firm," Erik Happ, a.k.a. Foothands, substitutes contemplative experimental folk for his bands' aggressive rock.“Gentle But Firm” is an apt descriptor of the EP released in early April by local multi-instrumentalist Erik Happ, particularly when compared to his other musical projects. Happ has set aside the aggressive prog rock he embraces as guitarist and vocalist of the trio False Pockets, as well as his grungy, post-punk tendencies as bassist for the band
  
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• An accused would-be art thief has a day in court

  30-04-2021 11:00 via rochestercitynewspaper.com
  
  George Haag faces seven years in prison for allegedly trying to steal from the MAG. Everyone just wants him to get the help they think he needs.George Haag had butterflies in his stomach, more like a performer in the wings than a defendant in a criminal case, as he waited to be called into Courtroom 401 at the Hall of Justice in downtown Rochester recently. “I’m excited,” he said.…
  
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• City Hall seeks to grow Rochester's urban farms and gardens

  30-04-2021 10:00 via rochestercitynewspaper.com
  
  Rochester officials are evaluating city policies, including zoning laws, to see if they can be changed to encourage more urban agriculture.Where many in the Marketview Heights neighborhood saw problems with the vacant, city-owned lot at the corner of Forester and Mona streets, Ashley Smith saw promise. The 6,700-square feet of nothing had sat idle for years, a monument to a broad lack of investment in the neighborhood.…
  
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• Bijaya Khadka builds the America he dreamed of as a refugee

  30-04-2021 10:00 via rochestercitynewspaper.com
  
  Born in a Nepali refugee camp, Bijaya Khadka came to America at the age of 17. Today, he helps new Americans find the American dream.Bijaya Khadka was 17 when he and his family left the refugee camp on the eastern edge of Nepal in 2009 to seek a better life in the United States. Khadka, who had known no other life outside the bamboo and plastic huts of the camp erected on the banks of the Timai River, dreamed of America with wide eyes.…
  
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• A safe space for talking about visits from outer space

  30-04-2021 10:00 via rochestercitynewspaper.com
  
  Since the start of the pandemic, sightings of U.F.Os have surged. Local skygazers have long held a safe space to discuss the otherworldly.One by one, a few dozen members of the New York Chapter of the Mutual U.F.O. Network logged into the organization’s monthly virtual meeting on the third Wednesday in April. It was a proud moment for the group, a nonprofit composed of civilian volunteers who study reported sightings of unidentified flying objects.…
  
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• Bills draft DL Greg Rousseau in first round

  30-04-2021 07:20
  
  With the 30th pick, the Bills drafted defensive lineman Greg Rousseau of Miami.
  
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• Man hurt in shooting on Rochester's east side

  30-04-2021 05:57
  
  Police are investigating a shooting on Rochester's east side.
  
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• Bills draft DL Greg Rousseau in 30th round

  30-04-2021 05:53
  
  In the 30th round, the Bills drafted defensive lineman Greg Rousseau of Miami.
  
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• Lawmakers hold forum on budding legal marijuana industry

  30-04-2021 05:15
  
  Now that marijuana is legal in New York, the state's cannabis industry is growing.
  
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• Police investigating shooting on Rochester's east side

  30-04-2021 05:06
  
  Police are investigating a shooting on Rochester's east side.
  
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• Biden sells economic plan in GA, calls for rich to pay more

  30-04-2021 03:40
  
  The Democratic president is following Wednesday night's speech by pushing his plans in person, beginning in Georgia on Thursday and then on to Pennsylvania and Virginia in the days ahead.
  
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