Here's your local news at a glance for Saturday, the 31st of October.
Good morning, Rochester.
The Federation of Social Workers honored News10NBC’s Deanna Dewberry, Lori Bruno and Chris Bruno with Human Service Worker Lifetime Achievement Awards Friday at the Riverside Convention Center; Dewberry was recognized for four years of reporting on Waterview Heights, and the Brunos for founding local nonprofit Alyssa’s Angels.
Brielle Murray, a fifth grader at Discovery Charter School, is being honored by the Rochester Police Department's Do the Right Thing program for helping a new classmate last December overcome language barriers and stay friends; adults may nominate K through 12 students in Monroe County for acts within the past year (adults 18+ can submit).
Police will step up traffic enforcement tonight to deter impaired, speeding, and reckless drivers as Halloween falls on a Saturday, with Irondequoit closing Somershire Drive and extra patrols deployed around Blue Cross Arena, the bar district, and Monroe Avenue.
Nine Maidens Brewing will pour its last pints on Nov.
14 at 1344 University Ave., with a final Mug Club party planned Nov. 15 as owners Zeb and Emily Zimmerman decline to renew the lease and cite rising costs and family priorities.
Bass Pro Shops will open a 90,000 sqft store at Eastview Mall in Victor with an Evening for Conservation grand opening on Thursday, Nov.
12, starting at 5 p.m., a ribbon-cutting at 6 p.m., celebrity anglers, and 15% of event sales donated to local conservation groups.
Eastman Opera Theatre will perform Leonard Bernstein’s Candide Nov.
5-8 at Kilbourn Hall at the Eastman School of Music, featuring student singers in two casts and a reduced onstage orchestra.
In Full Bloom (25 feet tall, 10 feet wide) is being installed at the center of the Sister Cities Bridge above the Genesee River as the final work in the city mark's 50th-anniversary celebration, and its base will be set in the coming weeks.
The City will begin loose-leaf pickup Monday, Nov.
2; rake leaves to the strip between sidewalk and curb and place piles before your scheduled pickup week so crews can collect and compost them. Check the interactive pickup map or call 311 for your schedule.
The Sea Breeze Fire District Board voted last night to dissolve, with the dissolution taking effect at the end of tomorrow.
Point Pleasant will take over fire coverage under a prior plan after four years of assisting, and officials say residents likely won't notice much difference.
Healthy Baby Network is marking 30 years serving Rochester by shifting to direct services such as NEST, which offers pregnancy education and a $1,000 monthly incentive, plus Fatherhood and Reentry programs, and will celebrate with a gala at the Hyatt downtown on Friday, Nov.
6 at 5:30 p.m.
Six Section V girls soccer championship games are set for Friday and today across the section, with three new champions already guaranteed and three defending title-holders still seeking repeat crowns (players to watch vary by matchup).
Section V high school football enters win-or-go-home quarterfinals for Classes AA, B, C, and D, with some games starting Friday across the region; Class A began its postseason last week.
News10NBC will air game highlights at 11 p.m.
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