3+ day, 5+ hour ago   (130+ words) (ABC 6 News) – The Rochester Police Department added nine new officers as families marked a badge ceremony with second and third-generation ties to the force. RPD also promoted four officers to sergeant and two to lieutenant. Two separate Thompson families had…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (339+ words) New York awarded $76.2 million to 56 organizations for 90 projects intended to connect rural hospitals, health centers, behavioral health providers and community groups into stronger regional care networks. The Rural Community Health Integration Initiative includes about $22.7 million for planning and $53.5 million for…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (492+ words) GREENVILLE, N.Y. (WNYT) – A New York traffic stop blocked a shipment of 25 horses bound for slaughter and renewed calls for a nationwide ban. Earlier this week, law enforcement stopped a truck in northern New York carrying 25 horses that had been loaded…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (358+ words) New York has completed two Long Island highway-renewal projects totaling $31.5 million, resurfacing nearly 100 lane miles and adding pedestrian, drainage and traffic-signal improvements in Nassau and Suffolk counties. The work covered sections of Route 25, the Sunrise Highway service roads, Hempstead Turnpike…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (501+ words) New York has awarded more than $18.6 million to 10 downtown Albany projects that are expected to create nearly 300 homes, reuse vacant office space and support historic and community properties. The awards are the first project grants through the state's $400 million Championing…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (266+ words) A Rochester-area family has created a fund to support home-care workers and patients after local realtor Gar Lowenguth received months of care at home during the final stage of his life. Lowenguth and his wife, Cindy, were together for 40 years…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (221+ words) Rochester and Syracuse are among 10 New York communities receiving $2 million each for youth programs aimed at expanding opportunity and preventing violence, Gov. Kathy Hochul announced Monday. The $20 million Project RISE investment will support 136 programs statewide, including mentoring, mental health services,…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago   (521+ words) New York has expanded financial aid, frozen tuition at SUNY and CUNY and opened free community college to thousands of adult learners as the state marks five years of higher education policy changes under Gov. Kathy Hochul. The state Higher…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (126+ words) (ABC 6 News) — Rochester Parks and Recreation announced Tuesday that the pickleball courts at Cook Park have reopened following reconstruction.The courts were reconstructed this spring and summer with a more durable playing surface.Rochester Parks and Rec said the improvements…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (100+ words) A Rochester development project is raising questions about how the city balances growth with historic preservation. Heritage Preservation Commissioner Ben Zastrow joins us to discuss the proposed Broadway redevelopment, why the commission voted against it, and what the City Council’s…...