A Step Into Africa, a major new exhibit featuring lions, baboons, elephants and more, was officially unveiled today (May 17) by Monroe County Executive Maggie Brooks, local dignitaries and zoo officials.
Penfield woman Patricia Marks was honored as the 2012 “Woman of Distinction" by the state Senate this week.
Marks, a retired Monroe County Court judge, was welcomed to Albany on May 15, where she was honored at a ceremony at the State Capitol. She was first nominated in March by Sen. Jim Alesi, who presented her with the award.
Some sense a "calling" for their lives at a young age. This was the case for Benedictine Father Damian Milliken, now 79.
Born in Elmira, N.Y., he grew up in a large family and attended Roman Catholic grammar school. When he was in seventh grade, he got his first glimpse of life outside the United States.
With Mitt Romney closing in on the number of delegates needed to secure the Republican presidential nomination, talk is turning to who he will select as his running mate. And while dozens of names have been thrown around as possibilities, the discussion always seems to end up at these five names.
Click here for a look at them, as well as for a link to our new Election 2012 website:
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Town Supervisor Tony LaFountain explains the town's efforts to keep water quality at its highest.
See photos of the Penfield High School jazz choir and the Northeast Quadrant's ALS awards banquet and other snapshots sent to us by readers like you.
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Despite the assertion that federal employment levels have remained unchanged for more than 30 years, the government is actually larger than at any time since World War II, and is still growing. ... You will not hear anything about this from either President Obama or Mitt Romney.
