The Rochester Red Wings play host to the Toledo Mud Hens that night. ROCHESTER, N.Y. – Joe Altobelli and Johnny Antonelli will throw first pitches on ROC the ROC Night at Frontier Field on Wednesday, Aug. 8 before the Red Wings host the Toledo Mud Hens at 7:05 pm. Altobelli, 86, managed the Red Wings […]
Mayor Lovely Warren and other officials joined members of the Frederick Douglass Bicentennial Commemorative Committee Thursday morning to unveil the first in a series of monuments around Rocester that pay tribute to the famous abolitionist and civil rights advocate. The life-sized statues of Frederick Douglass were sculpted by artist Olivia Kim. The first was […]
United States Senator Chuck Schumer says Rochester’s Dr. David Anderson has been named to the Frederick Douglass bicentennial commission, planning the national celebration of the famed abolitionist’s 200th birthday. Anderson is a visiting scholar for Nazareth College and an internationally-known Douglass historian. Senator Schumer also says the Bicentennial Commission will hold a meeting in Rochester, […]