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The offer comes 2 days after a group of 20 survivors filed papers to release them from the bankruptcy process and take their abuse cases to trial

The Grammy winner is set to bring her Happier Than Ever world tour to KeyBank Center on Feb. 12, 2022.

Special to the Chronicle Three members of Thomasville Fire Rescue (TFR) were recently honored with a pinning ceremony to commemorate their completion of fire recruit training. Recognized during the ceremony were Donterrius Buck, and Jelani Muhammad who were promoted to Firefighter I, and Kevin White who was promoted to Firefighter III. The socially distanced ceremony held at TFR Station 1 was attended by family members, colleagues, and Team Thomasville leadership. “It is an honor to lead the ...

Less than a week after Rochester set a daily snowfall record (2.8 inches on April 21), the forecast is looking more spring-like. Monday will be clear, sunny and crisp throughout the greater Rochester area, with a high temperature of 50 degrees, said Liz Jurkowski, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Buffalo. By midnight, however, a line of showers will move through, lasting two to three hours, she said. It will be dry by 6 a.m. Tuesday. Clear skies are expected throughout the d...

The Corn Hill Neighbors Association Board of Directors made the announcement Tuesday on Facebook. “We would like to thank all of the artists, vendors, sponsors and volunteers who make the Festival possible each year,” the post read. “The Festival has been a staple in the Rochester community for over 50 years and we are looking forward to bringing it back in 2022. The Corn Hill Neighbors Association is actively working with the Festival committee and sponsors to find unique ways to keep th...

Brian Candee, who has been in the restaurant business for 30 years, normally gets 50 to 60 emails when he puts a help wanted ad on Craigslist. But when he was hiring for Dinh Dinh Kitchen, his new Southeast Asian-American restaurant in Bedford Hills in Westchester County, he got zero. Zero. “I’ve never seen anything like it,” he said. “I actually anticipated that hiring wouldn’t be too difficult — because of the reduction of restaurants. I figured there would be a lot of good, skil...

A snow leopard born Friday at Seneca Park Zoo will be raised by zoo staff rather than by the cub’s mother, 4-year-old Timila, the zoo and Monroe County announced Saturday. “Although Timila gave birth in her nest box and appeared to be caring for the cub in the morning, it became clear that animal care staff needed to intervene at the end of the day. When the cub was examined, he was hypothermic and dehydrated, so the difficult decision to hand raise him was made,” zoo director Steve Lacy ...

Kirk Ashton — the school principal at Northwood Elementary in Hilton accused of sexually abusing nine students — has more than two decades of experience at local schools as an educator. Hilton parent Scott Upham, whose daughter attended Northwood from 2010-2014, remembers his daughters former principal as professional and courteous with parents. He reflected on a dozen or so interactions with Aston, who attended and hosted several school events. "They were all positive, and thats why thi...

The Democrat and Chronicles panoramas started out featuring staff, but it soon became clear that there is abundant photographic talent in the Rochester community.

"We have lost a lot of people, our way of life, and we don’t talk about it."