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Feb 11, 20231 min read
RFD Chief Felipe Hernandez Retires After 23 Years on the Force
Rochester Fire Department Chief Felipe Hernandez recently announced his retirement, effective Feb. 10, 2023. Chief Hernandez has served...
Feb 11, 20236 min read
Minister Franklin D. Florence, An Activist for the People, Dies
Franklin Delano Roosevelt Florence, Sr. passed away Saturday, February 1 at the age of 88. Born in Miami, Florida on August 9, 1934,...
Jan 31, 20231 min read
RCSD Second-Grader Donates Blankets to Open Door Mission
Winter weather does not end with the holiday season. That is why Kalena Guadalupe, a second-grade student at Dr. Walter Cooper Academy ...
Dec 11, 20193 min read
Advocates Urge Law Change to Keep Diversity in Classrooms
If parents, teachers and students plan to lobby Albany for millions of dollars to help the Rochester City School District close a...
Oct 12, 20075 min read
Rochester Continuing a Legacy of African American Publishers
In 1996, when Joan Coles Howard printed the July edition of the Frederick Douglass Voice, it was the finale of a legacy in Black...
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