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1+ day, 5+ hour ago   (536+ words) Mesa resident Elle Deveraux set out on New Year's Day 2002 to carry an American flag on a 4,300-mile trek from Oregon to New York. Called the "Patriot Line," the 147-day journey allowed strangers across the country to share their grief…...

19+ hour, 20+ min ago   (255+ words) Rochester Regional Health has added a general surgeon who is accepting patients at its Clifton Springs and Geneva offices, expanding appointment options for people seeking surgical care in the Finger Lakes. Dr. Edwin Jimenez is seeing patients at Clifton Springs…...

2+ day, 59+ min ago   (648+ words) On Sept. 11, 2001, the world changed forever. In the aftermath of the terrorist attacks that rocked the country, communities across the nation looked for ways to respond to the tragedy and support one another. In East Tennessee, solidarity and healing took…...

1+ day, 22+ 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+ day, 2+ hour ago   (1006+ words) The New York Yankees hosted an emotional pregame ceremony ahead of their game against the Mets as the two Big Apple teams remembered the victims of the 9/11 attacks. The New York sides fittingly opened the final Subway Series of the…...

1+ day, 11+ hour ago   (458+ words) CHARLOTTE, N.C. (QUEEN CITY NEWS) -- Luigi Montesano has built a life in Charlotte, but New York remains close, both in the customers who walk through his doors and in the memories that resurface each September. "New Yorkers, they come in here,…...

1+ day, 16+ hour ago   (437+ words) Sep. 11—ROCHESTER — The terror attacks 25 years ago defined a generation, Olmsted County Sheriff Kevin Torgerson said. Torgerson, standing under a Rochester Fire Department ladder truck at the foot of the tallest building downtown, opened a ceremony Friday to commemorate the…...

1+ day, 17+ hour ago   (80+ words) It’s been 25 years since the September 11, 2001 attacks. The Rochester-area community is holding many memorials and ceremonies to honor the memories of those lost and the first responders who put their lives on the line to save others. It's been 25 years…...

1+ day, 7+ hour ago   (298+ words) Gustavo Dudamel officially took the baton Thursday as conductor and artistic director of the New York Philharmonic, leading a concert at Radio City Music Hall that was packed with special guests. Liev Schrieber served as the night’s host, while St....

2+ day, 17+ hour ago   (373+ words) ROCHESTER, N.Y. — The Rochester Red Wings, together with Visions Federal Credit Union, have selected five local educators for the Outstanding Teacher Recognition, honoring their lasting contributions to students, families, and school communities. The honorees were chosen from nominations submitted through a…...