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Father Laurence Tracy, 78; advocate for Latino community
By Annette Jiménez/ EMC Father Laurence Tracy, an advocate for the Latino community for nearly five decades, died Aug. 16, 2018, after...
Hilda Rosario Escher and James Norman to Receive Lifetime Achievement Awards
By Staff – Hilda Rosario Escher of Ibero American Action League and James Norman of Action for a Better Community will receive the...
Manhattan Man Pleads Guilty to Medicaid Fraud
By Staff - Alex Adderly, also known as Uruhu Adderley, 45 of Manhattan, Tuesday, entered a guilty plea for defrauding Medicaid by...
Rochester Needs an Independent Police Accountability Board
Letter to the editor: by Reverend James C. Simmons Last summer the Coalition for Police Reform released a report that confirmed what black...
A New Full-Time DMV Office Will Open in Downtown Rochester
Rochester Mayor Lovely A. Warren and Monroe County Clerk Adam J. Bello announced that they have reached an agreement to bring the first...
NYSED Appoints Distinguished Educator to Rochester City School District
By Staff – New York State Education Department Commissioner MaryEllen Elia has recently appointed Dr. Jaime Aquino as a Distinguished...
Lawyers Are Working to ‘Race Against the Clock’ and Help Migrant Parents Track Down Their Children
So far, there have been more than 2,000 immigrant children taken from their parents when they crossed the United States-Mexico border due...
Artistic Director, City Officials Celebrate Grand Opening of “Avenue Black Box Theatre” on Joseph Ave.
By Staff – (Spanish Version Follows/Versión en español adjunta) - Theatre Artistic Director Reenah Golden has recently...
Asthma Cases See a Huge Spike in Puerto Rico After Hurricane Maria
Doctors in Puerto Rico are reporting that they are seeing an alarming rise in the number and severity of asthma cases. They are, for the...
This Year, National Puerto Rican Day Means More Than Ever After Hurricane Maria
June 10 is officially National Puerto Rican Day, and it has been celebrated for 61 years. This year, hundreds of thousands of participants...
