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Open Door Mission is expanding into a fourth building downtown, hundreds of nurses and supporters picketed on the sidewalk in front of Rochester General Hospital demanding safer working conditions and better wages, and state health officials have reported an uptick in reported COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations over the past week. But the numbers are nowhere near what the were during the pandemic.

New York state’s health commissioner is offering guidance on how to deal with new COVID-19 strains that are emerging this summer, New York National Guard members are expected to arrive Friday at the downtown Holiday Inn on State Street, and a section of Saint Paul Boulevard in Irondequoit remains closed while crews work to repair a large sink hole that opened up on Wednesday morning.

Rochester area pet owners have been dealt another blow with the closing of a local emergency animal hospital, a new report from The Children’s Agenda shows that thousands of Rochester City School District students experienced housing instability over the last two years, and people who have court appearances at the Monroe County Hall of Justice are finding assistance just outside the courtroom doors.

Repair work continues at the site of a large sinkhole on Saint Paul Boulevard in Irondequoit, there’s a push to have Rochester join forces with Syracuse and Buffalo to get a federal designation as a “Tech Hub,” and a new blueprint to end homelessness in Monroe County could set up an early budget fight.

New York state is spending 20 million dollars to speed up the casework filing process for more than 30,000 asylum-seekers in New York City, the Gates Chili School District is offering free meals for all students this upcoming school year, and a state judge has dismissed a lawsuit that sought to nullify the appointment of Julie Cianca to lead the Monroe County Public Defender’s Office.

New York state health officials are on the lookout for a new COVID-19 variant circulating in some parts of the country; New York authorities are issuing guidance to schools across the state reminding them that all students DO have a right to a public school education; and the Village of Fairport is expanding a program for residents who want to reopen their enclosed porches.

Local Jewish leaders are speaking out after several anti-Semitic incidents over Rosh Hashana weekend, the president of the Rochester Teachers Association says concerns about safety have led to a record number of teacher resignations, and we visit a farm sanctuary in Watkins Glen.

A local hospital says they’re seeing increased hospital rates due to new COVID-19 variants, the University of Rochester will be receiving millions of dollars in federal funding to research how to treat and prevent child abuse, and the City of Rochester has ordered the closure a unlicensed nightclub that was the scene of a shooting in the early morning hours of September 16.

A new exhibit at Rochester's Strong Museum of Play delves into the world of dolls while addressing the enduring presence of racism in America, Monroe Community College has a significant increase in student enrollment for this fall semester, and a weekend event in Rochester brought attention to the life and death of Daniel Prude.

Dozens of firefighters and other first responders took part in a special 9/11 remembrance event at Innovative Field in downtown Rochester on Sunday, a financial debacle that battered the Rochester City School District 4 years ago continues to dog City Hall, and despite the clouds and some rain over the weekend, a number of people came out to one of Rochester’s oldest festivals.