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• Family friend remembers 12-year-old boy killed in house fire Monday

  01-06-2021 23:58
  
  News10NBC is learning more about the boy who tragically lost his life in a house fire.
  
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• DOH releases guidelines for essential caregiver law

  01-06-2021 23:45
  
  The New York State Department of Health (NYSDOH) Tuesday released guidelines for personal caregiving and compassionate caregiving visitors in nursing homes and adult care facilities.
  
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• Red Wings gearing up for next homestand

  01-06-2021 23:24
  
  It's been two weeks now since Frontier Field has welcomed fans back into the ballpark, and Rochester Red Wings General Manager Dan Mason says things couldn't be any better.
  
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• State Senate Republicans lay out plans for parole reform

  01-06-2021 22:31
  
  New York Senate Republicans Tuesday laid out their plans for parole reform.
  
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• First Alert Weather: Clouds and humidity roll in Wednesday, rain chance Thursday

  01-06-2021 22:14
  
  After another perfect day with comfortable temperatures and low humidity, a lot of that is going to change.
  
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• Cusp turns up the fuzz on emotional debut EP

  01-06-2021 22:09 via rochestercitynewspaper.com
  
  On its first release "Spill," the post-punk band Cusp combines bursts of fuzzed-out guitars with introspective angst.Cusp is a Rochester-based quartet that’s made up of members of Full Body 2 (formerly known as Full Body) and Rut. The quartet’s debut EP, “Spill,” was released on Dadstache Records on May 7 and serves as a striking and fantastic first offering.…
  
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• 2 repavement projects announced on I-390 and I-490

  01-06-2021 22:09
  
  Gov. Andrew Cuomo Tuesday announced two repavement projects in the Rochester area.
  
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• AAA marks start of '100 Deadliest Days'

  01-06-2021 21:46
  
  Memorial Day marked the start of what AAA calls the "100 Deadliest Days."
  
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• New York AG petitions for Kodak CEO to testify in insider trading case

  01-06-2021 21:31
  
  New York Attorney General Letitia James Tuesday announced that she has filed a petition to have Kodak CEO Jim Continenza publicly testify in her investigation into insider trading connected to Kodak's $765 million deal to make generic drug ingredients.
  
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• Coronavirus in Monroe County: 37 new cases confirmed, county updates deaths

  01-06-2021 20:40
  
  According to the Monroe County Health Department, over 66,820 people in the county have tested positive for COVID-19.
  
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• Flour City Brewers Fest to return with split sessions in August

  01-06-2021 19:57
  
  The 2021 festival will take place on Friday, August 20 at the Rochester Public Market, but under a new look.
  
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• Chauvin faces hearing on federal charges in Floyd's death

  01-06-2021 19:18
  
  Derek Chauvin, 45, is scheduled to appear in federal court via videoconference from Minnesota's maximum-security prison in Oak Park Heights, where he's being held as he awaits sentencing following his April conviction on murder and manslaughter charges.
  
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• 2 local theater students named finalists for national awards

  01-06-2021 19:11
  
  The students were named finalists for the annual presentation of the National High School Musical Theatre Award, also known as "The Jimmy Awards" which will take place live on July 15.
  
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• Barrington Home begins renovations, seeks to provide recovery care to women with children

  01-06-2021 18:41
  
  The Barrington House Tuesday got started on renovations with agroundbreaking ceremony.
  
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• Report: Inner Loop North ranked among worst highways in the US

  01-06-2021 17:55
  
  that's according to a new report from the Congress For the New Urbanism.
  
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• Boyz II Men to headline Rochester Summer Soul

  01-06-2021 17:49 via rochestercitynewspaper.com
  
  Boyz II Men will serve as the headliners for this year's Rochester Summer Soul Music Festival.The Rochester Summer Soul Music Festival at Frontier Field is back on this year, with '90s R&B icons Boyz II Men serving as the headlining act. The festival is set to take place across Friday, Aug. 27 and Saturday, Aug. 28, and will feature a free community block party on Saturday leading up to Boyz II Men's performance.…
  
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• Boyz II Men to headline Rochester's Soul Fest in August

  01-06-2021 17:21
  
  Chalk it up as another win for festival season as Rochester's Summer Soul Music Fest returns to celebrate its 25th anniversary.
  
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• Rochester's Soul Fest Returns

  01-06-2021 16:46
  
  Chalk it up as another win for festival season as Rochester's Summer Soul Music Fest returns to celebrate its 25th anniversary.
  
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• Moderna applies for full FDA approval of COVID vaccine

  01-06-2021 15:48
  
  rectors say it will continue to submit data to the FDA on a "rolling basis" over the coming week.
  
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• Ogden Police: Shots fired into several apartments Tuesday morning

  01-06-2021 14:51
  
  Police went to the scene at Teaberry Drive in the Crossroads Apartments and Townhomes around 1:50 a.m.
  
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• An embattled Warren faces a mayoral challenge from Evans

  01-06-2021 13:45 via rochestercitynewspaper.com
  
  It's been a trying year for Mayor Lovely Warren, and with the latest scandal, the brawl for City Hall against Malik Evans tightens.Mayor Lovely Warren stood at the podium outside her office at City Hall facing what would have been a circular firing squad of reporters had she given them a chance to pull the trigger. There were plenty of questions.…
  
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• North Star Players resurrect Tulsa Massacre 100 years later

  01-06-2021 13:39 via rochestercitynewspaper.com
  
  The North Star Players are now staging “Emancipation Denied: The Story of Black Wall Street," a play about the Tulsa Massacre.The Greenwood District, a thriving business community in Tulsa, Oklahoma, built by Black Americans, was known as Black Wall Street. But the success story became a horror story when mobs of white residents attacked the district and killed many of its workers and inhabitants.…
  
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• First Alert Weather: Nice weather Tuesday with an increasing shower threat, but warm weather on the way

  01-06-2021 13:08
  
  A nice evening and night are ahead Tuesday.
  
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• Postal Service proposal could raise prices on first-class stamps, other postage

  01-06-2021 12:41
  
  The rate raise is part of a 10 year-plan the USPS says will help it achieve financial sustainability
  
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• Fact Check: Curbside requirement at veterinarian's office

  01-06-2021 12:05
  
  News10NBC has been getting emails for months from people upset they can't be with their pets at the vet's!
  
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• Police: 3 shot in 3 separate shootings Monday night

  01-06-2021 11:17
  
  Rochester Police are searching for shooters in connection to three separate shootings that sent three people to the hospital Monday night.
  
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• Snack attacks at House of Whacks

  01-06-2021 11:00 via rochestercitynewspaper.com
  
  The new St. Paul eatery is serving up comfort food and ice cream concoctions to break up the workweek doldrums. The Cracked Cake looked like an ordinary lemon square covered in powdered sugar, but the chef promised it was more. “Imagine that pudding and cheesecake had a baby,” was how Es Davy described her signature dessert at House of Whacks, a new restaurant in the St. Paul Quarter that specializes in comfort foods both savory and sweet.…
  
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• Signing off, Michael Lasser still hears that 'Fascinatin' Rhythm'

  01-06-2021 11:00 via rochestercitynewspaper.com
  
  Michael Lasser's Peabody Award-winning radio show "Fascinatin' Rhythm" ends its distinguished 40-year run in June.Summing up 85 years of a man’s life — especially if he’s a bit of a Renaissance man — into a pithy phrase to be printed on the front of a T-shirt isn’t easy. But the one on the shirt Michael Lasser got from Ruth Phinney, his co-worker at Rochester’s WXXI classical radio station, nicely hits on a career milestone: “Ask me about my Peabody.&rdq
  
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• Rochester School Board: Tough, thankless, but not hopeless

  01-06-2021 11:00 via rochestercitynewspaper.com
  
  Nine candidates are seeking the Democratic line for three open Rochester city school board seats.The nine candidates seeking the Democratic line for three open Rochester city school board seats are applying for one of the most thankless jobs in local politics and government. The Rochester City School District has been trying to claw its way out of several serious problems for about as long as most people can remember.…
  
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• Rochester breweries walk on the wild side with wild ales

  01-06-2021 11:00 via rochestercitynewspaper.com
  
  Get wild in Rochester with tastes of complex, wood-aged wild ales brimming with nuance and complexity.On a sunny morning recently, Eric Salazar, the director of wood-aged beers at Strangebird Brewing on Marshall Street in Rochester, poured a glass of Salus, the brewery’s wild dark saison. Upon a first sip, the off-brown brew is tart, then shifts to darker notes of woodiness and funk before ending with an herbal, tonic water-esque finish.…
  
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• Primaries shape the future of Democrats in the County Legislature

  01-06-2021 11:00 via rochestercitynewspaper.com
  
  Since Democratic County Executive Adam Bello took office in 2020, two different power struggles have been playing out in the Legislature. Politics is all about power.…
  
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• On 'Master Cat,' Hard Nips explore the rough edges of punky power pop

  01-06-2021 11:00 via rochestercitynewspaper.com
  
  The Brooklyn band Hard Nips blends catchy power pop and raw garage rock on "Master Cat," released by Rochester label Dadstache Records. It’s been four years since the Brooklyn-based garage rock quartet Hard Nips released its brilliant EP “Bunny.” The wait is over with the June 4 release of its third full-length album, “Master Cat,” via the Rochester indie record label Dadstache Records.…
  
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• Nani's Kitchen workers unionized. Why don't more restaurants?

  01-06-2021 11:00 via rochestercitynewspaper.com
  
  Nani’s Kitchen workers unionized with the blessing of their boss. Why aren’t more restaurants union shops? It’s complicated.About a month ago, workers at Nani’s Kitchen, an Indian restaurant at the Mercantile on Main food court collection of eateries in the Sibley’s building, did something remarkable: they voted to unionize. Even more extraordinary, perhaps, was that their boss, the owner Meghesh Pansasri, encouraged them to do it.…
  
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• Nani's Kitchen workers unionized and think more restaurants should

  01-06-2021 11:00 via rochestercitynewspaper.com
  
  With the blessing of their boss, Nani’s Kitchen workers voted to unionize. Why aren’t more restaurants union shops? It’s complicated. About a month ago, workers at Nani’s Kitchen, an Indian restaurant at the Mercantile on Main food court collection of eateries in the Sibley’s building, did something remarkable: they voted to unionize.…
  
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• Local Black artists embrace natural hair styles

  01-06-2021 11:00 via rochestercitynewspaper.com
  
  A growing number of Black women — including several Rochester artists — are embracing natural Black hair over white, Eurocentric styles. Within weeks of Rochester musician Zahyia releasing the music video for her new single “Foul SoulChild” this spring, it had hit almost 50,000 views.…
  
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• Head to the Roots branches out with versatile pop on 'Seeker'

  01-06-2021 11:00 via rochestercitynewspaper.com
  
  Anthony Siciliano's project Head to the Roots moves beyond folky vibes and reaches a new level of pop-music maturity with "Seeker." Rochester musician Anthony Siciliano has been releasing music under the moniker Head to the Roots since 2018, distilling heartfelt hippie vibes into catchy folk-pop packages. On Head to the Roots’s new album “Seeker,” which came out in late April, Siciliano continues to pump out life-affirming songs aching to be Top 40 radio hits.…
  
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• Genesee Country Village & Museum reckons with representation

  01-06-2021 11:00 via rochestercitynewspaper.com
  
  The museum's inaugural commemoration of Juneteenth is part an effort to more accurately portray the people of 19th-century western New York. It is a breezy, sunny spring day in the hamlet of Mumford on the western edge of Monroe County, and two women in well-worn dresses, dirty aprons, and white bonnets are at work in a farmhouse kitchen.…
  
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• Fivebyfive blends music and meditation in interactive online event

  01-06-2021 11:00 via rochestercitynewspaper.com
  
  The Zoom performance of Pauline Oliveros's "Tuning Meditation" on June 6 is open for anyone to participate, even without a musical background.“Tuning Meditation” is not your typical musical piece. Created by the late experimental composer Pauline Oliveros in 1971, the composition has no set length, and the music isn’t written down.…
  
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• Eastman Museum looks back with a Carl Chiarenza retrospective

  01-06-2021 11:00 via rochestercitynewspaper.com
  
  While reflecting on nearly seven decades of work, photographer Carl Chiarenza hasn’t stopped evolving his artistic practice. A lot has changed for photographer Carl Chiarenza since the 1950s, when as a teenager he was a valet parker at a new museum then called the George Eastman House.…
  
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• At-large City Council seats loom large

  01-06-2021 11:00 via rochestercitynewspaper.com
  
  16 candidates are vying for five at-large seats on City Council in the primary on June 22. Get to know your options.All five at-large seats on nine-member City Council are on the ballot this year, and with President Loretta Scott deciding not to run for re-election and Councilmember Malik Evans running for mayor, the body is guaranteed some new blood. The remaining at-large incumbents — Willie Lightfoot, Mitch Gruber, and Miguel Melendez — are looking to be re-elected.…
  
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• Rochester City Council to hold dirt bike, ATV forum Tuesday

  01-06-2021 10:55
  
  The forum comes just a week after Monroe County passed a new law allowing authorities to confiscate the bikes and ATVs.
  
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• Free Casino finds its math-rock groove on second EP

  01-06-2021 10:00 via rochestercitynewspaper.com
  
  On "Our Casino," the trio of Nazareth College graduates sheds its indie influences and hones its identity as a a compelling math rock outfit.What a difference a year has made for the Rochester math rock band Free Casino. With its second EP out today on  Spotify and other digital platforms, appropriately titled “Our Casino,” the trio of music business grads from Nazareth College has come into its own and achieved the kind of stylistic makeover it can take years to accomplish.&hel
  
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• Worker shortage keeping many bars from opening late, even as curfew lifted

  01-06-2021 05:26
  
  Heading out to your favorite bar or restaurant later in the evening is now possible.
  
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• Police say increased enforcement at Ontario Beach Park this weekend was success

  01-06-2021 05:26
  
  Rochester law enforcement is declaring success in keeping Memorial Day events calm this year.
  
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• Batavia Police: 6-year-old girl hit by pickup truck, flown to hospital with serious injuries

  01-06-2021 03:32
  
  A 6-year-old girl was flown to the hospital with serious injuries after police say she was hit by a pickup truck Monday evening.
  
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• Man injured in crash on Lake Avenue

  01-06-2021 03:05
  
  A man was injured in a crash on the 500 block of Lake Avenue Monday evening.
  
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• Rochester Police: Man dead, woman injured after possible medical event leads to crash

  01-06-2021 02:47
  
  A driver is dead after police say he possibly suffered a medical event behind the wheel and crashed near Dewey Avenue and Emerson Street Monday evening.
  
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• Local veteran, a first-generation American, looks back on career on Memorial Day

  01-06-2021 02:06
  
  Monday not only represents Memorial Day, but it also marks the last day of Asian American Pacific Islander month during the month of May.
  
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• Man seriously injured, but in stable condition after crash between car and motorcycle in Chili

  01-06-2021 01:34
  
  A man has serious injuries but is in stable condition after deputies say he hit a car with his motorcycle at the intersection of Ballantyne Road and Chili Avenue in Chili Monday night.
  
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• Town of Greece holds Memorial Day parade

  01-06-2021 01:14
  
  In a sea full of red white and blue, there were also a lot of face masks—a sign that COVID-19 is still a concern for many. However, Monday’s Memorial Day parade in the Town of Greece also signified the beginning of a return to normal life.
  
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