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Sailboat Racer, Stamford Hospital, Ferguson Library Volunteer Patti Rockhill Dies At 83 Sailboat Racer, Stamford Hospital, Ferguson Library Volunteer Patti Rockhill Dies At 83
Sailboat Racer, Stamford Hospital, Ferguson Library Volunteer Patti Rockhill Dies At 83 Patricia (Patti) Rockhill died on Friday, Jan. 11, 2019 at her beloved harbor-side home in Stamford, surrounded by her books, her dearly loved springer spaniel Georgia and her family. She was 83. The youngest of three children, Patti was born in Rochester, to George and Estell VanEpps and is survived by her brothers George (Grace) and Donald; both residing in Rochester. After graduating high school, Patti moved to New York City and worked at several world-class enterprises as a paralegal, including the L.A. Times and her beloved PepsiCo in Purchase. She attended The College of New Rochelle …

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Business
Wegmans To Pay $750K Fine For Running Liquor Stores Without Proper License Wegmans To Pay $750K Fine For Running Liquor Stores Without Proper License
Wegmans To Pay $750K Fine For Running Liquor Stores Without Proper License Wegmans, which is preparing to open its first market in the Hudson Valley, is facing nearly a million dollar fine for allegedly operating five liquor stores without a proper license. The New York State Liquor Authority slapped the grocery store giant with $750,000 in civil penalties to settle eight cases involving violations that include illegally trafficking wine to New York locations, as well as aiding and abetting illegal gifts and services. The Rochester-based company is also facing a potential revocation of their liquor license. Each of the violating stores has agreed to pay $75,0…

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by Zak Failla
News
NY Amber Alert For 14-Year-Old Girl Canceled NY Amber Alert For 14-Year-Old Girl Canceled
NY Amber Alert For 14-Year-Old Girl Canceled Update: The Amber Alert issued for the 14-year-old upstate New York girl who was abducted over the weekend has been canceled, state police announced early Tuesday afternoon after the teen was found in New York City. The Amber Alert for Joanna Coates had been activated late Tuesday night, Dec. 3. Coates was located in Brooklyn.  No further details have yet been released. Original report: A New York Amber Alert has been issued for an abducted upstate girl who authorities say is in "imminent danger" and may be in or headed to the New York City area. Joanna Coates, 14, was abducted ar…

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by Joe Lombardi
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NY Amber Alert For 16-Month-Old Girl Canceled NY Amber Alert For 16-Month-Old Girl Canceled
NY Amber Alert For 16-Month-Old Girl Canceled Update: Rochester Police located both the toddler and her father, Terrence Williams, who were the subjects of an Amber Alert. The 16-month old girl is safe and is at home, The 27-year-old man, who turned himself in overnight, is at Rochester General Hospital under a mental hygiene arrest. Original report: A New York Amber Alert has been issued for a toddler who has been kidnapped by her father, a registered sex offender. The 16-month-old girl was abducted by a 27-year-old in Rochester and officials say the girl is in imminent danger. The child, Ta-Niyah Williams, has short black hair a…

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by Daily Voice
Business
Wegmans Edges Close To 100 Stores With New Westchester Location Coming Wegmans Edges Close To 100 Stores With New Westchester Location Coming
Wegmans Edges Close To 100 Stores With New Westchester Location Coming Wegmans Food Markets, which will soon be unveiling a location in Westchester, is now just two stores from having 100. That means the family-owned supermarket chain based in Rochester, will open its 100th store in 2019. Wegmans has plans for 14 other new stores in the next two years, including one along Westchester Avenue in Harrison near three major highways -- I-684, I-287 and I-95 -- as reported here by Daily Voice.  Wegmans signed a purchase agreement in December 2016 with Normandy Real Estate Partners for a 125,000-square-foot grocery in Harrison, where site work has begun. Wegman's 1…

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by Jon Craig
Police & Fire
5-Year-Old Killed In Two-Car Hudson Valley Crash Identified 5-Year-Old Killed In Two-Car Hudson Valley Crash Identified
5-Year-Old Killed In Two-Car Hudson Valley Crash Identified A 5-year-old girl was killed during a horrific crash on Route 17 when the pickup truck she was riding in crossed the center lane and slammed into another truck, police said. Charkeilys Viera of Rochester, who was not in a child seat or seatbelt, was killed when she was ejected from the vehicle around 2:48 p.m. Monday, said Eric Chaboty, with the Sullivan County Sheriff's Office. Sgt. Blake Starner driving eastbound on Route 17, just east of exit 105 in Monticello, when he came upon the crash that had just occurred, Chaboty said.  According to Starner, a 1998 GMC S15 pickup truck driving by…

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by Kathy Reakes
Sports
Pleasantville Pulls Away For First-Ever State Title In Boys Lacrosse Pleasantville Pulls Away For First-Ever State Title In Boys Lacrosse
Pleasantville Pulls Away For First-Ever State Title In Boys Lacrosse It's was a moment the Pleasantville High School boys lacrosse program has been building for, and late Saturday morning it came. The Panthers defeated Section 5's Penn Yan 16-2 in the Class D state championship game at St. John Fisher College in Rochester for its first-ever title in the sport. Though a first in lacrosse, 13 Panther players had experience winning a state title as members of the football team this past fall. The lacrosse team played in its first sectional final in 2013. "Each year, we kept going a little bit farther and we haven't taken any steps back," Pleasantvil…

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by Joe Lombardi
News
Former Westchester Priest Among Eight Accused Of Child Sex Abuse Former Westchester Priest Among Eight Accused Of Child Sex Abuse
Former Westchester Priest Among Eight Accused Of Child Sex Abuse A former priest in Westchester was among eight named by a prominent Boston attorney on Wednesday who allegedly sexually abused children decades ago. On the steps of Sacred Heart Cathedral in Rochester on Wednesday, attorney Mitchell Garabedian announced the names of eight pastors - including Thomas J. Valenti, who served at St. John the Baptist Church in Yonkers for a decade before departing in 2014 - who are alleged to have sexually abused more than a dozen children while serving at the Roman Catholic Diocese of Rochester. Valenti currently serves as the parochial administrator at Blessed …

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by Zak Failla
Sports
Former Area HS Standouts Lift Wesleyan Lacrosse Into National Final Former Area HS Standouts Lift Wesleyan Lacrosse Into National Final
Former Area HS Standouts Lift Wesleyan Lacrosse Into National Final Wesleyan University's men's lacrosse team has advanced to the NCAA Division III championship game on Memorial Day weekend and several former high school standouts from Fairfield and Westchester counties are a big reason why. The Cardinals upset top-ranked and previously unbeaten RIT 19-18 on Sunday afternoon in Rochester and will play either two-time defending national champion Salisbury or Gettysburg in the title game in Foxborough, Mass., on Sunday, May 27. Former New Canaan High School star Harry Stanton, a senior attackman, had six goals for the Cardinals. Senior midfielder Cole Turpin,…

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by Joe Lombardi
Lifestyle
This 'Grossest Looking Dish' Rated Most Unique In NY This 'Grossest Looking Dish' Rated Most Unique In NY
This 'Grossest Looking Dish' Rated Most Unique In NY A national web site has ranked what is considers the "grossest looking" but some of the tastiest dishes in a state-by-state survey. Thrillist.com, in this report, wrote:  Contrary to popular belief, New York doesn't begin in Coney Island and end somewhere around 125th St. And you'll be happy to know they are into some weird sh** up there -- the adorably named garbage plate is proof enough.  "Remember when you were five and you took everything in your parents' fridge, put it in a bowl, and microwaved it?" Thrillist asked. Well, they've been selling a grown-up facsimile …

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by Jon Craig
Business
Wegmans, With Westchester Store Coming, Earns High National Forbes Ranking Wegmans, With Westchester Store Coming, Earns High National Forbes Ranking
Wegmans, With Westchester Store Coming, Earns High National Forbes Ranking Wegmans Food Markets, which plans to open its first Westchester store within two years was ranked No. 8 nationally for "best place to work" by Forbes Wegmans, a family-owned supermarket chain based in Rochester, signed a purchase agreement in December 2016 with Normandy Real Estate Partners for a 125,000-square-foot grocery in Harrison.  The company received its final planning approval in August from the Harrison Town/Village Board. Wegmans received its demolition permit earlier this year, but the company has yet to file a building permit application. The grocery chain needs the …

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by Jon Craig
News
Mom Who Killed Four Children In Fire To Live In Hudson Valley Mom Who Killed Four Children In Fire To Live In Hudson Valley
Mom Who Killed Four Children In Fire To Live In Hudson Valley A Rochester woman who set her home on fire in 2012, killing four of her six children, has been released from prison and will make the Hudson Valley home. Bobbie J. Kugler, 37, was released from Albion State Correctional Institution on Monday, according to the state Department of Corrections and Community Supervision Spokesman Patrick Bailey. Bailey said Kugler, who pleaded guilty to manslaughter, assault, and arson. in 2012, will live in Dutchess County.  Kugler told the court she was drunk and took sleeping and anxiety medication before the fire started around 1:30 a.m., on Feb. 18, 2012.…

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by Kathy Reakes