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Families in the Rochester city school district have mixed feelings about plans to close some schools and move others, New York’s Cannabis Control Board has passed regulations that will open the adult-use permitting process to the general public on October 4th, and more than a dozen community members staged a protest in Syracuse after two teenagers were shot and killed by a deputy last week.

A Rochester woman who has been dedicated to community work for decades is getting a top honor this week, New York state has to tell job seekers what a position pays when they advertise open jobs starting this week, and the union representing striking auto workers is describing its latest talks with Ford as reasonably productive.

Families in the Rochester City School District are facing a host of changes next school year, the National Toy Hall of Fame at the Strong Museum in Rochester has announced the 12 finalists being considered for induction this year, and the head of the State University of New York says the fall semester has gotten off to a great start.

The Greece Central School District is joining a national legal fight to hold social media companies responsible for student struggles with mental health, city funding for downtown and other neighborhood ambassadors is on hold as Rochester City Council seeks more clarity from the Evans administration, and Governor Kathy Hochul signed a slate of bills that expand voting access across the state.

Local organizations have produced a report to address the health and wellbeing of older adults, a growing market for electricians spurs a new training center in Henrietta, and the attorney general's office has sent a cease-and-desist letter to a group accused of voter intimidation.

The NYS education department started off the school year talking about the science of reading on Monday; Hundreds of local General Motors employees are ready to strike if the UAW decides to stage a walkout; and a crushing OT defeat for the Buffalo Bills who were beat by the Jets in Monday Night Football.

The Rochester City School District may close 5 school buildings and about a dozen schools next school year, the town of Brighton is working on connecting a series of bike trails and walkways between three major colleges in the area, and a new COVID-19 vaccine is expected to be available as soon as this week now that the FDA and the CDC have given their approval.

Rochester public health icon Rosa Wims has died, the Monroe County Republican Committee has a new chair: Brighton GOP leader Patrick Reilly, and a political scientist at the University of Rochester warns that the war in Ukraine is likely to last through next year and beyond.

Unionized actors have voted to potentially expand their ongoing strike to include the lucrative video game market, Rochester Mayor Malik Evans is once again calling on parents to be aware of where their children are, and what they’re doing, especially late at night, and leaders in the city of Rochester and its police department are getting behind a new police re-organization plan.

A local member of Congress says he is happy that a federal government shutdown was averted over the weekend, the search for a missing 9-year-old girl who had been camping with her family in upstate New York continues, and Monroe High School in Rochester is celebrating its centennial.