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• From crystals to clarity

  By Bekka Fifield on April 27, 2022 • ( 1 )

  

  Judith Andrew and Karen Benson have held on to the ancient belief that stones and crystals hold healing powers. The couple has spent more than a decade trying to help others understand what many dismiss as pseudoscience. Andrew and Benson… Read More ›

• Free speech prevails

  By ajaycybulski on April 22, 2022 • ( 0 )

  

  Despite efforts to silence a controversial speaker at Brockport, more than five hundred people were able to listen to him. Jalil Muntaqim spoke to the Brockport community over a zoom call on April 6.  Leading up to the speech, there… Read More ›

• DNA sample may unmask Rochester Alphabet Killer

  By katemccart356 on April 21, 2022 • ( 0 )

  

  From the time Alexis Ortiz was old enough to understand, she knew about the family rumor surrounding her grandfather – and she thinks it holds water. Ortiz, a 21-year-old Rochester resident, believes her grandfather may have been the Rochester Alphabet Killer…. Read More ›

• Black and Blue

  By rlote1 on April 21, 2022 • ( 0 )

  

  Jalil Muntaquim was convicted of killing two police officers back in 1971. He was recently paroled in October of 2020 after serving 49 years in prison. SUNY Brockport allowed Muntaquim to speak to college students in person. Lots of people… Read More ›

• Jalil Muntaqim: cop killer or political prisoner

  By jovanifigueroa on April 19, 2022 • ( 0 )

  

  By Jovani Figueroa The quiet town of Brockport is finally winding down after weeks of controversy surrounding the guest speaker Jalil Muntaqim who was invited by a faculty member. On Holley street, many Brockport residents have protested every other day… Read More ›

• The Science of Pitching

  By jhase2 on April 19, 2022 • ( 0 )

  

  The pitcher stands 60 feet, six inches away from the catcher. He gets his sign and delivers the pitch. The game seems simple from an outside view. Get the sign, pitch, and catch. But there’s much more to it. In… Read More ›

• Putting Brockport on the map

  By Michael Tammaro on April 19, 2022 • ( 0 )

  

  The protestors are gone, news crews have moved on, and life at SUNY Brockport is back to normal. Life was certainly in a not-so-normal time when Brockport held an extremely controversial event where convicted murderer Jalil Muntaqim spoke to Brockport… Read More ›

• $1.4 billion stadium headed to Upstate New York

  By Caleb Carr on April 19, 2022 • ( 0 )

  

  After months of discussions and weeks of behind the scene negotiations, the Buffalo Bills reached an agreement with New York State and Erie County to build a $1.4 billion stadium in Orchard Park. With a $1.4 billion price tag, many… Read More ›

• Bunny business

  By Bekka Fifield on April 19, 2022 • ( 0 )

  

  When Kristin LaBar first saw two-year-old Tater Tot in a cage at the SPCA, she fell in love. She fell in love with his big feet, his button nose and his floppy ears.  “He was my bud, my best friend,… Read More ›

• The Flower in Flower City

  By lenorakasper on April 19, 2022 • ( 0 )

  

  There is a community in New York that is growing in more ways than one. The plant community in Western New York is a large society of people whose education, hobbies, and careers revolve around botanicals, gardening, trees, weeds—basically if… Read More ›

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