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A Rochester man was charged with driving drunk after rear-ending another car late last night on the New York State Thruway in Leroy. Nobody was injured. State Police say 40-year-old Michael O’Brien was processed and his blood alcohol content was determined to be more than twice the legal limit. He was charged with aggravated DWI […]
The City of Rochester has been awarded $200,000 in federal brownfields funding to be used in cleaning up environmental contamination at former industrial sites so they can be redeveloped. Mayor Warren’s office hasn’t specified where the EPA money will be used. It goes into the city’s Brownfields Cleanup Revolving Loan Fund.
An Ontario County man suffered the loss of a hand yesterday when he became entangled in a hay baling machine. The Ontario County Sheriff’s Office says 29-year-old Brent Colf suffered the accident while working on a farm in Geneva. He was airlifted to Strong Memorial Hospital and was in satisfactory condition last night.