The rising waters of Lake Ontario hit close to 248 feet, eight and one-half inches on Monday, and they’re pushing Irondequoit Bay closer and closer to the edge of Empire Boulevard as it loops around the bay’s southern end. Parking lots of bayshore businesses have been seeing flooding for two weeks. Penfield Supervisor Tony LaFountain […]
The State Transportation Department is warning drivers to watch out on 590 northbound approaching Empire Boulevard. Both left lanes are closed because of a faulty steel road plate that caused a lot of people to get flat tires. The closings just before rush hour caused just what you’d expect; severe traffic backups all the way […]
The Monroe County Sheriff’s Office has identified the teenager hit by a car while riding his bike along Empire Boulevard late Thursday night. A department spokesman says the victim has been identified by his grandmother as 14-year-old Victor Perez of Rochester. Driver Michael Barbato told deputies he was driving east in the 1300 block of Empire Boulevard […]