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In preparation for the total solar eclipse on April 8, 2024, the RMSC is launching its first ever RMSC Community Eclipse Ambassador Program. The Ambas

A Nov. 22 public hearing will focus on Patersons pitch to reallocate Passaic County grant money to replace the Great Falls pedestrian footbridge.

Sam Patch, a Paterson mill worker, became a 19th century folk hero after rising to fame as a daredevil and dying young when a stunt went sour.

Sam Patch, a Paterson mill worker, became a 19th century folk hero after rising to fame as a daredevil and dying young when a stunt went sour.

Let your cares melt away for a few passive hours on Rochester’s waterways.

The stories open a wonderful window on 19th century life in Rochester.

Today, it just happens to be Friday the 13th of May. Lets look at some true crime stories and other spooky events that happened on Friday the 13th.

The 40-acre mix of wooded terrain and rocky riverfront is wedged between jagged gorge walls and visible from bridges up to 100 feet overhead.

The City is helping to fund the tour boat service, set to launch in 2022.

file photo The March 4, 2021 Meeting of the Honeoye Falls-Mendon Historical Society will be held on Zoom.  Details for logging into the meeting are below. Our speaker will be Maureen Whalen.  Her topic will be “Sam Patch, America’s First Daredevil”. Whalen was a librarian with the Rochester Public Library for more than 30 years.  Since her retirement in 2007, she has pursued her interest in local history research.  She co-wrote the centennial history of the Rochester Public Library. ...