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The 10-day run of the Rochester Fringe Festival begins September 15th, with more than 500 performances and events in more than two dozen locations around downtown Rochester. More than 63,000 people attended last year. Producer Erica Fee says the National Endowment for the Arts is supporting the organization as well as local corporate and charitable […]
City Hall has declared a Cool Sweep for today and a Heat Emergency for tomorrow as temperatures in the 90s are moving in. That means extended swimming pool and Durand Eastman Beach hours, extended hours for city spray parks and fire hydrants spraying in the afternoons at School 41 and the Baden Park Gateway. For […]
Rochester Mayor Lovely Warren wants a public bikeshare system for Rochester, starting with downtown and the surrounding neighborhoods, then eventually going city-wide. The city has issued a request for proposals for a privately owned and operated system that wouldn’t need taxpayer support. Bikeshare programs make a number of bikes available at stations on city streets […]