National Influenza Vaccination Week: December 4th-8th

Press release National Influenza Vaccination Week is December 4-8, 2023. This is the time of year to remind everyone that there is still time to get vaccinated against influenza (“the flu”). According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), everyone 6 months and older should get a flu …

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WNY/Two dancers from Dynamic Dance Studio in Attica will be performing in two different presentations of “The Nutcracker” through Rochester City Ballet

(Submitted photos and information) Ally Landphair will perform at Rochester Eastman Theatre 11/22 at 7:00p.m.,11/24 at 7:00p.m. and 11/25 at 2:00p.m. Scarlett Ewell will perform at the Rochester Eastman Theatre 11/24 at 2:00p.m., 11/25 at 7:00p.m. and on 11/26 at 2:00p.m. Also, at Fort Hill Performing Arts Center in Canandaigua …

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WNY/Allies of the Tonawanda Seneca Nation celebrate the 229th Anniversary of the historic Canandaigua Treaty with a call to stop WNY STAMP

Press release The Allies of the Tonawanda Seneca Nation are commemorating the 229th Anniversary of the signing of the Treaty of Canandaigua on November 11, 2023 by calling on State and Federal officials to honor the Treaty and stop the WNY STAMP mega-industrial site, currently being constructed on the Tonawanda …

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NYS/Look out for “Pumpkin Patrol” who will be out protecting motorist on the NYS Thruway this evening

PRESS RELEASE New York State Police Troop T and citizen volunteers will conduct their 47th annual “Pumpkin Patrol” aimed at preventing Halloween pranks and protecting motorists along the New York State Thruway on October 30th and 31st. State Police Troop T, whose members patrol the Thruway exclusively, support this effort along …

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WNY/Justice Department awards more than $16 million to support criminal justice initiatives in the Western District of NY

Press release BUFFALO, NY – U.S. Attorney Trini E. Ross announced today that the Justice Department has awarded grant funding to 26 municipalities, school districts and human service organizations totaling $16,440,491 to support criminal justice initiatives across the Western District of New York. “Agencies in the Western District of New York have …

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WNY/Rob Thompson’s Behold and Blush – The Sullivan Expedition is now out on Amazon

Press release Western New York author Rob Thompson, after nearly two years of painstaking research has completed, what he declares as his most difficult of projects. The Sullivan Expedition is considered by many to be the most significant military campaign of the American Revolution. The expedition was seen by George …

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ORLEANS/Schumer announces major push to upend the flow of Fentanyl into the U.S., WNY and the Finger Lakes Region

Following several recent major fentanyl busts in Orleans County, U.S. Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer will launch a major new push to upend the flow of fentanyl in Orleans, Western NY, and the Finger Lakes-Rochester area. Schumer detailed the new bipartisan legislation he included in the Senate-passed National Defense Authorization …

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