Randy Gorbman

The City of Rochester is looking for someone to help develop property near the Port of Rochester marina.

Mayor Lovely Warren says the city has issued a Request for Proposals for a nearly three-acre parcel of land along the waterfront on Lake Avenue.

She says that site is primed for redevelopment  with the completion of $27 million in public improvement projects, which include a new 84-slip marina and riverfront promenade.

Warren says the city and its partners in the Charlotte community are working to transform that part of the city into a year round destination.

Air Canada will soon no longer be flying to the Greater Rochester International Airport. The airline says that the route did not meet the company’s financial projections.

Air Canada says the final flight leaving Rochester will be October 31st.

Monroe County spokesman Jesse Sleezer released this statement:

The New York Power Authority and the New York State Canal Corporation say they will not appeal  a  court decision that halted a controversial program that involved the clear-cutting of trees along the embankment of the Erie Canal.

Instead, state officials say they will move forward with a comprehensive environmental review of the program across the entire canal system, not just the towns that took legal action which include Brighton, Perinton and Pittsord.

The New York state health department is recommending that people who are served by the Village of Rushville’s Public Water Supply, including customers in the Middlesex Water District, use an alternate source of water for drinking, cooking, making infant formula, making ice, and preparing food and beverages until further notice.

The New York State Board of Elections is warning the public to be aware that scammers are contacting people via phone calls and text messages in an attempt to get personal information.

Elections’ officials say that so far, the scam calls and texts have originated from the 607 area code and have been reported in Chemung and Stueben Counties:

The New York State Board of Elections offers the following tips:

• Do not respond to any phone call or text message offering to register you over the phone;

UPDATE: This excercise was canceled on Wednesday due to the real-world events involving multiple shootings in Rochester.

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If you see a lot of police activity around the Rochester area on Wednesday, it may be due to a Homeland Security training exercise.

A longtime member of the Brighton Town Board has died. Town officials say that James Vogel died last Saturday with his family by his side. He was 80 years old.

Vogel had been on the town board for 28 years.

Town Supervisor Bill Moehle says that, “Jim’s life was a legacy of service to his country in uniform as a Colonel in the Marines Corps and the Marine Corps Reserve, but also an extraordinary legacy of service to the community.”  Moehle says that Vogel led efforts to create the Brighton Veterans Memorial.