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A blogger’s report about 911 emergency dispatchers sleeping on the job in Rochester has triggered an official investigation. Blogger Davy Vara posted photos on his site this week he says were given to him by an anonymous source. They show operators dozing and slumped over at their desks in the 911 Center with their headsets […]
The organizers of Friday’s Black Lives Matter protests say they want the immediate dismissal of charges against those accused of disorderly conduct that night, and an apology to those they say were “terrorized” by police when they moved in to end the demonstration. They say the mayor and the chief acted “recklessly” in forcing an […]
The ongoing drought conditions in Western New York have led the Village of Lyndonville in Orleans County to declare a water shortage, banning car washing and lawn watering until further notice. A joint notice from the village mayor and the supervisor of the Town of Yates says the entire area served by their joint water […]