The Italian American Community Center will hold its first Men of the Year awards to recognize accomplishments of Rochester-area men of Italian descent.
These men represent a cross section of the community, with accomplishments in the fine arts, business, education, civic affairs/government and health care/science.
This year, six men and a young scholar will be honored on Thursday, Sept. 23 in the center grand ballroom, 150 Frank DiMino Way in Gates. Festivities begin with a cash bar at 7 p.m., followed by dinner at 8 p.m. Tickets are $30 each and may be reserved through Sept. 16 by calling the center at 594-8882.
Webster schools are in a good place to start the year, construction-wise. The last phase of a $48 million construction project approved in 2006 is wrapping up, with crews working on air handling units in district schools. That project focused on improving heating and ventilation systems, electrical and plumbing systems, and also included classroom renovations.
Not one but two water projects have been going on in Lake Ontario this summer, very near the same location off the Webster shore.
One, dealing with disposal of treated waste water, is being undertaken by the town and village of Webster; the other, dealing with drinking water, is being done as part of the Monroe County Water Authority’s East Side Water Supply Project. The same contractor, Bidco from Grand Island, N.Y., happens to be working on both projects. For the town project, crews have been replacing a pipe, on the bottom of the lake, that takes discharges from the town’s wastewater treatment plant on Phillips Road and the village’s plant on Webster Road.
What started in March 1990 as Forward Design, Inc. has evolved into Forward Branding and Identity, President Jim Forward said, because clients wanted the company to do more work for them. The company is celebrating its 20th anniversary this year, the 10th at its present location in Webster. It previously was based at Main and Goodman streets in Rochester.
Just when you thought local road projects were winding down, the New York State Department of Transportation has started a major undertaking that will affect stretches of Route 590 and Route 104 in Irondequoit.
After a recent rash of cigarette thefts in Monroe County, particularly Newport brand, an author of a Craigslist ad offering discounted cigarettes says she just quit, and is not a thief.
An anal-retentive, obsessive-compulsive disorder-tendencies Penfield mother of two has a blog that’s gaining national attention — and those are her words.
Chuck Serapilio, of Webster, refuses to text on his BlackBerry or make calls without a hands-free device while driving.
The Webster Town Board has unanimously adopted a resolution opposing the New York Power Authority’s Great Lakes Offshore Wind Project.
As Webster students prepare to fill their mind with new knowledge, and their desks with new supplies, three-ring binders and two-pocket folders are becoming hot commodities at retail stores.
Ricky Desen, 11, of Webster, won the stock rally World Championship race at the All-American Soap Box Derby races in Akron, Ohio, this past Saturday, July 24.
His win is the Rochester area’s seventh world championship at Akron, and its fifth in the last 10 years, according to Irondequoit’s Mark Scuderi, executive director of the Greater Rochester Soap Box Derby.
On Saturday, June 12, at 8 a.m., a ribbon-cutting ceremony will kick off the 26th annual Joe Obbie Farmers Market, formerly called the Webster Farmers Market.
Combining art with ergonomics, Greg Bogoshian designs and crafts custom-made guitars in his Irondequoit home.
When master roaster Ben Turiano speaks, it’s “bright orange and caramel overtones” for Colombian Excelso Ocamonte and it’s “deep and earthy with hints of blueberry and distinct lemon notes” for Ethiopian Natural Sidamo. Turiano, of Webster, is speaking the language of Joe Bean Coffee Roasters, 128 North Ave., Webster.
A comprehensive guide to religious services during Easter.
When the town of Webster closed the former Ridgecrest senior center facility late last month, that meant a move of the town’s senior center, too.
You might say Kevin Sun is back where he started. Where he’s spent much of his career, anyway.
Sun worked for his parents, who owned a Chinese takeout restaurant in Stutson Bridge Plaza on Pattonwood Drive in Irondequoit. He also was a server at Irondequoit’s onetime China Buffet, located for a time in the former Ponderosa steakhouse on East Ridge Road.
