The Rochester Area Community Foundation has presented a $3,000 grant to WGMC, Jazz 90.1, to support jazz music radio in Rochester. WGMC-FM is one of only half-a-dozen full time jazz stations left in the United States. The money specifically supports jazz heritage programming which will include a special Ella Fitzgerald Centennial special. WGMC is a […]
A Monroe County Grand Jury has indicted a Rochester teenager on charges including attempted second degree murder after he was accused of firing a shot at a police officer. Sixteen-year-old Ernestiaze Moore was also indicted for criminal use of a firearm, criminal possession of a weapon and drug possession. He pleaded “not guilty” to the […]
The New York State Commission on Judicial Conduct has censured Judge James Piampiano over his handling of the Charles Tan murder trial in Rochester. The report released by the commission today concludes an investigation begun last fall after then-Monroe County Court Judge Piampiano threw out the murder charges against the Pittsford teenager. Judge Piampiano was […]