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Apr 3rd, 2025 👍 3001

Lawmakers approved a budget extender on Tuesday to keep state operations funded until today as they continue negotiating stalled talks over pretrial discovery laws and cellphone restrictions in schools. Governor Hochul plans to push her policy goals while negotiations at the Capitol persist (another extender may be needed).

Apr 3rd, 2025 👍 1006

A group of Wells College alumnae who bid over $10 million to reopen the school now want to buy only the campus + buildings after trustees said they are not selling the institution. They plan to petition the Attorney General as competing bidders aim to repurpose the property.

Apr 3rd, 2025 👍 1328

Fred Costello, 89, played his 48th season as Rochester’s sports organist at Tuesday’s home opener where he played his 3,458th Red Wings game (he has missed only three games since 1977). He said he will keep playing at the ballpark as long as his fingers can hit the keys (a plan to continue his legacy well into his 90s).

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