News across Greater Rochester

Caward, Jeanmarie S.
EAST PALMYRA: Caward, Jeanmarie S.; died on Aug. 29, 2026 at the age of 77. Family and friends are invited to call from 6-8pm on Thurs., Sept. 3 and from 11am to noon on Fri., Sept. 4 at the Robert L. Yost Funeral Home, Inc., 123 W. Main St., Palmyra, NY 14522. Committal prayers…
Albion partners with COP Security for upcoming school year
District will have 2 security staff on duty during school day Press Release, Albion Central School ALBION – Albion Central School is proud to share that it will be working with COP Security to oversee districtwide safety and security operations for the 2026-27 school year. The…

How Canandaigua’s Peacemaker Brewing landed $389,000 in state funding
Documents provide an inside look at the Downtown Revitalization Initiative process that made Peacemaker Brewing one of 10 projects to share $9.7 million in state funds.
Garbage/ Brush pickup for Labor Day week
Due to the Labor Day holiday being on Monday September 7th all pickups will be delayed by one day in each ward for the week of 9/7/2026 - 9/11/2026

Telesca Center receives $90,000 in state funding
The new state grant will support the Telesca Center for Justice, which brought legal services to over 50,000 Rochester residents last year.
6 displaced in Medina after tree falls on house
Photos by Tom Rivers MEDINA – A powerful thunderstorm this morning knocked down a tree that landed on 413 Park Ave. in Medina at about 7:45 a.m. The house has three apartments and the six residents all need to relocate. None of them were injured. Medina Fire Chief Steve Cooley…
Senior quartet leads Kendall spikers
Merged Roy-Hart/Medina girls varsity soccer team preps for first N-O League season
Finishing in the runner-up spot last fall the now merged Roy-Hart/Medina girls soccer team returns a good nucleus with which to again challenge for top Niagara-Orleans League honors. Low participation numbers over the last couple of years has caused Medina to join with Roy-Hart.…
Severe thunderstorm warning in effect until 8:15 a.m.
Storm could bring golf ball-size hail, 70 mph wind gusts The National Weather Service has issued a Severe Thunderstorm Warning until 8:15 a.m. for Orleans, Genesee, Wyoming, Niagara, Monroe and Erie counties. “Severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from 12 miles…
Hawks open with win over Purple Eagles
Albion downs Holley in volleyball opener
Medina village seeks big increase for ambulance service from 3 towns
Some village officials say hike from $35,000 to $135,000 for each town ‘not enough’ MEDINA – Village officials will be asking the towns of Ridgeway, Shelby and Yates to contribute $135,000 each in 2027 towards the ambulance service provided by the Medina Fire Department. That is…