Top Stories
The number of volunteer firefighters in New York state has dropped by a third since the early 2000s, leading to what some say is a crisis.
News in brief
Arts, Music and Culture
-
Though she died in 2010, Lucille Clifton remains one of the most consequential poets in American literature. It requires only a few lines to understand her power. Clifton, a Buffalo native who spent years in Baltimore, chose clear, distilled language to articulate her meanings. “(T)hey ask me to remember,” she wrote in a 1987 poem, […] The post A new posthumous collection adds dimensions to poet Lucille Clifton’s profound catalog appeared first on CITY Magazine. Arts. Music. Culture..
-
Originally built as a hospital, the century-old complex is currently functioning as apartments and a Jewish school. The post A boutique hotel could be coming to Park Avenue appeared first on CITY Magazine. Arts. Music. Culture..
Listen to what matters to you on Connections, every weekday from noon-2 p.m. Be part of the program with questions or comments by phone at 1-844-295-TALK (8255), email, Facebook or Twitter.
Do you have a story that needs to be shared? Pitch it to Connections.
Latest episodes
-
Connections
-
Connections
New York Public News Network
News from NPR
WXXI Local News
-
The state Department of Transportation will be installing new overhead signs along parts of Interstate 490 and the state Route 531 expressway in the coming days.
-
About 1,400 medical professionals at Rochester General Hospital are now represented by the Rochester Union of Nurses and Allied Professionals (RUNAP), with that figure only poised to grow.
-
The stakes are high for the Nassau County executive, who has struggled to raise funds to compete with Gov. Kathy Hochul.
-
Accused Long Island serial killer Rex Heuermann changed his plea to ”guilty” in Suffolk County Supreme Court on Wednesday.
-
Among the various tax proposals in Albany is one that would repeal a decades-old sales-tax exemption for purchases of gold and silver.
-
ConnectionsDuring "Connections with Evan Dawson" on 4/8/26, will we see democracy in Iran? We discuss the war and implications of U.S. involvement. Then, what could curb America's child care crisis?
The reporters you hear every day
Inclusion Desk
Sign up for daily local news updates from Rochester and the Finger Lakes.