By: Emily Rose For anyone who loves animals – the benefits are obvious. They love you unconditionally, they lift your spirits, and they can turn a bad day into a good one. Statistics show that 75% of pet owners say… Read More ›
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Closing the gap
By Lainey Porter The United States wastes 108 billion pounds of food each year. According to Feeding America, this equates to 130 billion meals wasted. In a nation with this degree of food waste it could be assumed the food insecurity levels… Read More ›
The rapid rise of lacrosse
The sport of lacrosse is constantly gaining popularity. More schools, from high schools to colleges, are beginning to offer lacrosse programs. According to Lacrosse All Stars, the state with the most lacrosse programs is New York. According to World Lacrosse,… Read More ›
Walk a Milestone: One Step at a Time
Day-by-day. Hour-by-hour. Minute-by-minute. Mental illness is an ongoing struggle for college students. According to The Clay Center for Young Healthy Minds, 73% of students experience some sort of mental health crisis during college. Out of these students, only 25% seek… Read More ›
Supporting local animal shelters
By Eliza Gonzalez 38 dogs. 35 cats. 73 animals currently waiting for homes at Lollypop Farm in Fairport. These 73 animals represent a small fraction of a much larger problem in the U.S. According to the American Society for the… Read More ›
Monroe County helps Ukraine
A community that is an ocean away from war is pulling together to send necessary medical aid to Ukraine. The Ukrainian community in Rochester has been working countless hours a week to get donations over to the war-stricken country. RocMaidan… Read More ›
DNA sample may unmask Rochester Alphabet Killer
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 ›
The Flower in Flower City
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 ›
Roc on at the Lilac Festival
The Lilac Festival will be in full bloom this year, and festival-goers are excited to rock out. The release of the musical lineup has Rochesterians giddy for nice weather and good outdoor music. Most of the 41 bands on the… Read More ›
Clinging to hope
Many Ukrainian-Americans living in Rochester are worried about their relatives and are uniting with people around the globe to help the nearly three and a half million Ukrainians who have been forced to flee from their homeland as the war… Read More ›