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Governor Kathy Hochul is announcing steps to boost hospital capacity and address staffing shortages in advance of potential spikes in COVID-19 cases this upcoming winter.
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R. Jones/The celebrated composer-songwriter died on Friday. He had won several Tonys and Grammys, as well as an Oscar and Pulitzer, for musicals including West Side Story and Company. -
A beloved holiday tradition is returning to the stage of Kodak Hall at Eastman Theatre this week after a lost year.
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Provided/The music of the Rochester chamber ensemble fivebyfive is classical that thinks like rock.
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Provided/Music Director Andreas Delfs and the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra bring fairy-tale magic to Rochester with their second performance of “Hansel and Gretel” on Saturday, Nov. 20, at Eastman Theatre’s Kodak Hall.
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The COVID-19 positivity rate for the Finger Lakes region is now over 9%. The 9.41% infection rate (for a 7-day average) is the second-highest rate in the state, behind Western NY (the Buffalo area) which has a positivity rate of just over 10%. -
The celebrated composer-songwriter died on Friday. He had won several Tonys and Grammys, as well as an Oscar and Pulitzer, for musicals including West Side Story and Company.
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Governor Kathy Hochul is announcing steps to boost hospital capacity and address staffing shortages in advance of potential spikes in COVID-19 cases this upcoming winter.
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Students in Monroe County will now be able to test out of quarantine and return to the classroom if they’ve been exposed to someone with COVID-19 for more than 15 minutes.
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The Rochester Police Department is investigating another homicide. The latest murder, the 76th recorded this year, happened on Cummings St. on the northeast side at about midnight on Thursday.
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Rochester Police have released more details about the accident on Wednesday that killed two children and seriously injured a third.
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