"I'm these flowers. I'm the zinnia, I'm the dahlia. As beautiful as I want to grow and strong as I want my roots to be, it's about the attention to detail and the work that we put in individually every single day." -Shamar McCray
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Libraries across the United States received a record-breaking number of requests last year to ban books. On Saturday, the Central Library of Rochester and Monroe County will hold an event intended to push back on book ban efforts. wxxinews.org/2024-10-17/read…
Over the past two years, the city has spent $1 million to bolster its only sanctioned homeless encampment. Today, that camp doesn't exist, razed due to issues with the nonprofit overseeing it, and its future in limbo.
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It'll be impossible to replace the legendary @kdewitt7, but since she insisted on retiring 😉, we are looking for a new statehouse reporter. Check out the job listing below!
We're hiring a multimedia reporter for our Albany bureau! This reporter will cover issues of statewide interest for the New York Public News Network, a coalition of 13 newsrooms. Check out our detailed job posting at tinyurl.com/2dz57an5.
A tornado watch has been issued for parts of New York, Pennsylvania and Vermont until 9 PM EDT
ALT This graphic displays Tornado Watch watch number 517 plotted on a map. The watch is in effect until 9:00 PM EDT. The watch includes parts of New York, Pennsylvania and Vermont. The threats associated with this watch are a few tornadoes likely, isolated hail up to half inch size possible and scattered gusts up to 70 mph possible. There are 8,989,747 people in the watch along with 2835 schools and 192 hospitals.
Rochester City Court Judge Van White has been admonished for making public statements that created “an appearance of bias, or a lack of impartiality.” wxxinews.org/local-news/2024…
Thread for young #journalism pros. Life is long. I hope your career will be long. I had zero career until my mid30s. I stepped away from work repeatedly. I drifted, I vanished, I got paid garbage, I got "soft" fired. I was still sort of figuring it all out well into my 40s 1/
DEVELOPING: University of Rochester Dept. of Public Safety personnel and other UR workers began efforts on Tuesday morning to disband an encampment of people protesting university and U.S. policies related to the war in Gaza.
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#Xerox plans to cut a production line at the Webster campus. The number of potential layoffs is not being released right now.
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