Here's your local news at a glance for Tuesday, the 27th of October.
Good morning, Rochester.
A SafeHome.org study released Oct.
26 ranked Rochester No. 74 (B) for trick-or-treating safety among 152 U.S. cities, up from No. 117, while Yonkers ranked No. 2 (A+); the analysis used crime rates, law enforcement staffing, registered sex-offender counts, and pedestrian-fatality data.
Three ninth graders rescued a 9-year-old who fell through the ice at Hamlin Beach during February break, and they are being honored by the Rochester Police Department (Do the Right Thing); anyone 18 or older may nominate students in grades K through 12 for deeds within the past year.
Rochester's average gas price was $4.38 per gallon on Monday, down one cent from a week ago and five cents from a month ago, even as New York switches to winter blend and crude oil stays above $100 a barrel amid the Strait of Hormuz closure that keeps national averages above $4.
NYSEG and RG&E are proposing a multi-year plan to upgrade aging substations, transmission lines, poles, and wires across Upstate so businesses and housing can access more reliable, higher-capacity power; the utilities say upgrades will support growth and jobs while balancing customer affordability (Joe Sayre).
The Rochester School for the Deaf is marking 150 years this month with alumni visiting current students at its St. Paul Street campus, celebrating the school's bilingual ASL-English program and legacy of Deaf education dating to its 1876 founding.
Rochester Broadway Theatre League + Roberts Wesleyan University announced Monday a partnership to support music education, with Roberts Wesleyan awarding one full-tuition music scholarship each year to a performer from RBTL’s Stars of Tomorrow showcase of up to 50 high schools.
Lifespan's Finger Lakes Caregiver Institute offers free memory cafés, respite, care management, and benefits help for family caregivers of people with dementia, and its caregiving team grew from two care managers in 2016 to 12 to meet rising local demand.
Jordan Health named Natasha Jackson president and CEO on Oct.
26, and she said she wants the system to be seen by residents as a trusted, lifelong partner — Jackson was a childhood patient at Jordan Health.
Readers can vote now for Section V’s Turf Masters Football Athlete of the Week for Oct.
19-25; the online poll is live until 8 p.m. Wednesday and the winner will be announced on Instagram Thursday.
The Bills return from their bye to play the Ravens Sunday at 1 p.m. at Highmark Stadium, a game that could feature Lamar Jackson's return and will air on CBS with the Bills Radio Network carried on WAIO 95.1 FM in Rochester.
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