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Two Local College Students Arrested for Vandalizing Frederick Douglass Statue
By Staff – Two students from St. John Fisher College have been arrested Sunday and accused of vandalizing and attempting to steal a...
Mayor Warren Appoints Melissa Barrett to City Court to fill Former Judge Astacio’s Seat
By staff – Mayor Lovely Warren appointed attorney Melissa Barrett as Rochester City Court Judge to replace the seat left vacant after...
Rochester Legend Connie Mitchell has Died
By staff – Constance “Connie” Mitchell, a Rochester legend, civil rights leader and the first African American woman to...
Mayor Warren to Host Community Input Sessions to Discuss Rochester’s Schools
By Staff – Mayor Lovely Warren plans to host a series of community input sessions in response to the Rochester City School District...
1st Rochester Home of Frederick Douglass Receives Historic Marker
By Tracie Isaac In a ceremony on Monday, November 5th, Mayor Lovely A. Warren unveiled a new historic marker in the location that...
2018: Another “Year of the Woman”
In the 2018 elections, women played a bigger role than they have in any other election in American history. Two hundred and fifty-five...
The Unfulfilled Power of the Black Vote
By Dr. Ron Daniels – News Analysis (TriceEdneyWire.com) – For decades I have been hammering home the point that in a low voter...
RPD Officer Facing Misdemeanor Assault Charges in Alleged Excessive Force Case
By John Williams – A grand jury has charged Rochester Police Officer Michael Sippel with third degree assault in the excessive force...
Port Terminal Building Re-Named in Honor of Former Mayor Bill Johnson
By Tracie Isaac – Mayor Lovely A. Warren renamed the Port of Rochester terminal after former Mayor William “Bill” A. Johnson,...
October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month: Let’s Talk
By Karen Reifenstein, Ph.D., RN and Candice A. Lucas, EdD, MBA – It is October again and there is pink all around to remind us that...
