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ACT Rochester and the Rochester Area Community Foundation have updated their three-year-old report on poverty in Rochester, and they find it’s getting worse. The report looks at the entire nine-county Rochester region, the state of poverty and self-sufficiency and efforts to address the problems. It finds the regional poverty rate based on government statistics to […]
Democrat Hillary Clinton holds a major lead over Republican Donald Trump in New York State according to the latest Siena Poll. The Siena Research Institute finds Clinton holds a 21-point lead over trump, 51-30 percent. That’s down a little from a 25-point lead last month. Eight percent support Libertarian Gary Johnson. Clinton leads by 52 […]
A scaffold broke at a construction site on Mellville Street this afternoon, sending three roofers falling to the ground below. One of them is in critical condition at Strong Memorial Hospital. Rochester Police say four people were working on a scaffold at 375 Mellville when one of the ladders supporting it broke. One man was […]