Renovation of the Broad Street Bridge in downtown Rochester was halted today after a 20-foot-long section of the pedestrian walkway and railing broke off and fell into the Genesee River. Another 80 feet of the concrete wall along the north sidewalk on the bridge flopped over…and was being held on only by the steel rebar. […]
United States Senator Charles Schumer is calling on the U.S. Department of Agriculture to start the paperwork for a disaster declaration because of this summer’s drought. Schumer’s office says the New York Democrat has talked to USDA officials about helping Upstate New York farmers who suffer crop damage and losses because of the severe drought […]
Toxic blue-green algae has shut down swimming at Sandy Bottom Beach on Honeoye Lake. Ontario County Health Director Mary Beer says the conditions may change as wind and weather dictate, but until further notice the beach will stay closed until the New York State Department of Health clears it for swimming. Blue-green algae naturally occurs in […]