The New York State Canal Corporation says it has begun work on the latest phase of a program regarding maintenance along the embankment of the canal in Monroe and Orleans counties.

This is a followup to work that included cutting some trees along the embankment, which canal officials have said was necessary to provide the safety and stability of the embankment. But the way the clear cutting looked in some of those areas prompted controversy and legal action by some towns that halted that work.

The 1816 Farmington Quaker Meeting House played a significant role in the civil rights movements of the mid-nineteenth century.

Bill Brandow is an historical preservation architect with John G. Waits. He says the spot played a pivotal role in abolition and women’s suffrage.

"All of the lead proponents of those two movements at one point or other spoke at or visited Farmington Quaker Meeting House."

The meeting house is still standing, although it’s gone through several transitions.

AAA has researched crash data, and they’ve found that by far, November is the worst month for deer crashes in New York.

In November 2016, for example, there were nearly 45-hundred deer crashes - that’s one every ten minutes.

Over 200 of those were in Monroe County, and AAA spokesperson Elizabeth Carey says the auto club suggests people be extra attentive behind the wheel, especially at dusk.

Hundreds of students from 37 high schools gathered at the Wegmans Conference Center for the 7th ROC2 Change Student Summit on Race, this time hosted by Brighton High School.

Senior Sonia Zand was one of the organizers for the student-run event.

She says the students are learning about intersectionality, defined as the complex, cumulative manner in which the effects of different forms of discrimination combine, overlap, or intersect.