The Rochester Fire Department fought a two alarm blaze last night in an apartment building on Troup Street. Crews arrived to find smoke on the third floor in the 36 unit building after smoke detectors alerted the tenants. They confined the fire mainly to one apartment although it had begun to spread to the […]
Voters in Penfield have approved purchase of the Shadow Pines golf course to keep it from being developed. Unofficial vote totals posted on the town website show 5,637 “yes” votes to 1,244 “no.” The companion proposition to buy Clark House at the golf course passed by a similar margin. The town says there are about […]
Rochester police say the suspicious package that caused a bomb scare this week at the Mary Cariola Children’s Center on East Henrietta Road was a submission for a Rochester art exhibit that got delivered to the wrong address. The wooden box contained homemade electrical components, with a power source, switches, lights and a circuit board. […]