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Marcus Chen

Managing Editor · St. Paul, MN

Marcus manages the day-to-day editorial workflow across all brands, coordinating coverage assignments and ensuring editorial standards are met. He previously served as city editor at the Pioneer Press and holds a degree in Political Science from Carleton College.

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First Alert Weather: Tracking a mid-week warmup and quiet Halloween weather — WHEC News10NBC (Rochester)
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First Alert Weather: Tracking a mid-week warmup and quiet Halloween weather

ROCHESTER, N.Y. Tuesday felt more of a typical late October chill at times, but we re going to warm things back up. Wednesday will climb into the mid 60s by the afternoon. We ll see a mostly cloudy start to the day as a warm front lifts through the area. But sunshine will return into the afternoon....

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Rochester Police block off part of Hudson Avenue near Warsaw Street — WHEC News10NBC (Rochester)
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Rochester Police block off part of Hudson Avenue near Warsaw Street

@keyframes spin { 0% { transform:rotate(0deg); } 100% { transform:rotate(360deg); } } Rochester Police block off part of Hudson Avenue near Warsaw Street ROCHESTER, N.Y. — News10NBC is working to learn why Rochester Police have part of Hudson Avenue near Warsaw Street blocked off. Our crew at the...

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Second person arrested in connection to graffiti investigation in Geneva — WHEC News10NBC (Rochester)
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Second person arrested in connection to graffiti investigation in Geneva

GENEVA, N.Y. — Another man from Rhode Island is facing charges after being accused of graffitiing “Deport Invaders onto an RTS Bus Station in Geneva. Andrew Cannon, 19, is charged with making graffiti. Geneva Police say the arrest follows an investigation into the report of two people...

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Amy Winehouse's original band to perform at Rochester's Kodak Center in 2027 — RochesterFirst (WROC)
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Amy Winehouse's original band to perform at Rochester's Kodak Center in 2027

ROCHESTER, N.Y. (WROC) — Twenty years after the release of Amy Winehouse's iconic album "Back to Black," the musicians who helped bring her music to life are hitting the road for a North American tour, including a stop in Rochester. The Amy Winehouse Band announced a 20-plus-city tour celebrating...

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Higher construction bids pushed up the Seneca Park Zoo budget, but Monroe County Executive says the project is now locked in — WHEC News10NBC (Rochester)
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Higher construction bids pushed up the Seneca Park Zoo budget, but Monroe County Executive says the project is now locked in

ROCHESTER, N.Y. — Monroe County has finally started a major expansion at the Seneca Park Zoo, breaking ground on a project that will add a tropics building with indoor and outdoor habitats, a 60,000-gallon aquatic habitat, a shark petting area, new event spaces and a gift shop. The expansion will...

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Eric Bauza, modern voice of Looney Tunes characters, dies at 46 — WHEC News10NBC (Rochester)
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Eric Bauza, modern voice of Looney Tunes characters, dies at 46

Eric Bauza, the award-winning voice actor whose performances of Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck and many more characters made him the modern voice of Looney Tunes, has died. He was 46. Bauza died suddenly late Sunday, his family said in a statement. The Los Angeles County Medical Examiner reported that he...

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Taylor Swift, Lyle Lovett and more inducted into Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame — WHEC News10NBC (Rochester)
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Taylor Swift, Lyle Lovett and more inducted into Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Taylor Swift signed her first publishing deal in Nashville at the age of 14. About 22 years and 14 Grammys later, she joined the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame along with Lyle Lovett, Shawn Camp, Lee Thomas Miller, Bruce Channel and J.I. Allison. Swift added another...

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Andrea Bocelli concerts in Indonesia to proceed despite opposition from Muslim clerics — WHEC News10NBC (Rochester)
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Andrea Bocelli concerts in Indonesia to proceed despite opposition from Muslim clerics

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Two upcoming concerts by Italian tenor Andrea Bocelli in Indonesia will go ahead despite opposition from the country’s top Muslim clerical body over the singer’s past support for Israel, the organizer said Tuesday. Indonesia, the world’s most populous Muslim-majority...

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Loaded gun found after police discover driver slumped over wheel in Greece — RochesterFirst (WROC)
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Loaded gun found after police discover driver slumped over wheel in Greece

ROCHESTER, N.Y. (WROC) — A Webster man is facing felony weapon possession and DWI charges after Greece police say officers found him slumped over the steering wheel of a vehicle stopped in an intersection. According to the Greece Police Department, officers were conducting a patrol when they...

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Police: Staff member injured in assault at Monroe Community Hospital — RochesterFirst (WROC)
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Police: Staff member injured in assault at Monroe Community Hospital

ROCHESTER, N.Y. (WROC) — A staff member at Monroe Community Hospital was hospitalized after being assaulted by a visitor Saturday evening, according to police. Officers responded to the hospital around 6 p.m. Saturday for a report of an assault. According to the preliminary investigation, a man was...

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New York's legal cannabis market surpasses $4B in retail sales — WGRZ (Buffalo/Western NY)
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New York's legal cannabis market surpasses $4B in retail sales

New York's adult-use cannabis market has hit a milestone of $4.1 billion in retail sales since December 2022, ranking third nationally.

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Parma Town Board approves new zoning laws for large-scale solar projects — WHEC News10NBC (Rochester)
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Parma Town Board approves new zoning laws for large-scale solar projects

PARMA, N.Y. — The Parma Town Board has approved new zoning laws on the size and scale of large solar array projects. In a statement on Facebook, Parma Town Supervisor Dave Ciufo said the laws aim to protect farmland as large-scale solar development becomes more common in New York State. Earlier...

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NYSP investigation shuts down Rt. 14 in Lyons — RochesterFirst (WROC)
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NYSP investigation shuts down Rt. 14 in Lyons

ROCHESTER, N.Y. (WROC) — The Wayne County Sheriff's Office and New York State Police have shut down Route 14 from Culver Street to Schleede Road. Deputies say the shutdown is due to an ongoing police situation in Lyons. No further information has been given at this time, but there is no threat to...

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Serial killer Ted Bundy is linked to another Utah teenager’s 1974 murder through DNA testing — WHEC News10NBC (Rochester)
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Serial killer Ted Bundy is linked to another Utah teenager’s 1974 murder through DNA testing

DNA connects serial killer Ted Bundy to the death of another Utah teenager, authorities announced Tuesday, exactly 52 years after her body was discovered in the woods by a hunter. Bundy has been dead since 1989, but the tally of his confirmed victims continues to grow due to advances in DNA...

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Rochester Police: Staff member assaulted at Monroe Community Hospital — WHEC News10NBC (Rochester)
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Rochester Police: Staff member assaulted at Monroe Community Hospital

ROCHESTER, N.Y. — Charges are pending for a man after Rochester Police say he assaulted a staff member at Monroe Community Hospital. It happened Saturday. Police say the suspect was visiting a family member, who was a patient, when the suspect had a mental health emergency. During the visit, police...

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NYS Comptroller: Le Roy FD spent $17K on 'unnecessary' purchases — RochesterFirst (WROC)
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NYS Comptroller: Le Roy FD spent $17K on 'unnecessary' purchases

ROCHESTER, N.Y. (WROC) — The Le Roy Fire District spent $17,000 on unnecessary purchases and not appropriate expenditures, according to a report from the New York State Comptroller. The report alleges that the Fire District's Board of Fire Commissioners did not adequately oversee the fire...

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Oregon quarterback Dante Moore not expected to return this season, coach Dan Lanning says — WHEC News10NBC (Rochester)
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Oregon quarterback Dante Moore not expected to return this season, coach Dan Lanning says

Oregon quarterback Dante Moore is not expected to return this season, coach Dan Lanning announced Monday night. Moore has not played since getting concussed on a late hit at Southern California in late September. He resumed practicing earlier this month but remained in the concussion protocol. “I m...

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Brewers’ Robert Gasser spins World Series gem unlike any by a lefty since Sandy Koufax — WHEC News10NBC (Rochester)
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Brewers’ Robert Gasser spins World Series gem unlike any by a lefty since Sandy Koufax

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Robert Gasser delivered in the World Series unlike any left-handed starter since Sandy Koufax. Gasser faced the minimum over six dominant innings, pitching the Milwaukee Brewers to the brink of their first championship in a 10-1 win over the Tampa Bay Rays on Monday...

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Ahead of Rome tipoff, basketball powerhouse Villanova embraces ‘Pope Leo effect’ — WHEC News10NBC (Rochester)
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Ahead of Rome tipoff, basketball powerhouse Villanova embraces ‘Pope Leo effect’

VILLANOVA, Pa. (AP) — At Villanova University, all roads — or at least many of them — seem to lead to Rome, thanks to famed alumnus Pope Leo XIV and the school s growing ties to the Vatican. Even its vaunted basketball program is getting in on the act. “We certainly have a bigger footprint there...

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Man serving a life sentence for murder slips through a fence and escapes a Tennessee prison — WHEC News10NBC (Rochester)
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Man serving a life sentence for murder slips through a fence and escapes a Tennessee prison

TIPTONVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A man serving a life sentence for killing his co-worker four years ago has escaped from a prison in northwest Tennessee by slipping through a fence, authorities said. Officials realized Jacob Morley, 28, was unaccounted for around 11:30 p.m. Sunday at the Northwest...

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‘Crash ur row only’: United flight turned around after passenger allegedly said he’d ‘hijack’ plane — WHEC News10NBC (Rochester)
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‘Crash ur row only’: United flight turned around after passenger allegedly said he’d ‘hijack’ plane

LAS VEGAS (AP) — An airplane passenger was arrested for allegedly writing a message while midair that he was going to “hijack” the plane, forcing the United flight to be diverted back to Las Vegas shortly after takeoff Saturday. The 25-year-old allegedly communicated that he was “gonna hijack this”...

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Tours offer Halloween enthusiasts visits to former psychiatric hospital and funeral home — WHEC News10NBC (Rochester)
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Tours offer Halloween enthusiasts visits to former psychiatric hospital and funeral home

WESTLAND, Mich. (AP) — It’s not enough these days for some Halloween enthusiasts to be scared by actors dressed up in spooky getups at makeshift haunted houses: They want the “real” thing. At a former psychiatric hospital in suburban Detroit and a former funeral home in Toledo, Ohio, visitors can...

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Do the Right Thing: Fairport brother and sister helped their dad during several seizures — WHEC News10NBC (Rochester)
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Do the Right Thing: Fairport brother and sister helped their dad during several seizures

Do the Right Thing: Fairport brother and sister helped their dad during several seizures By News10NBC ROCHESTER, N.Y. — A Fairport brother and sister are being honored for helping their father during several seizures that he had over the past year.Victoria Frink, a ninth grader at Fairport High...

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Sunrise Smart Start: Service dog search, Golisano Way — RochesterFirst (WROC)
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Sunrise Smart Start: Service dog search, Golisano Way

ROCHESTER, N.Y. (WROC) — Stay up to date on the latest headlines in today's Sunrise Smart Start for Tuesday, October 27, 2026. Weather forecast: A warming trend gets Thursday to the 70s The beginning of a drier airmass moves in Tuesday. That should bring temperatures down Tuesday afternoon, but you...

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First Alert Weather: Tracking cooler weather Tuesday then another warm-up headed our way — WHEC News10NBC (Rochester)
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First Alert Weather: Tracking cooler weather Tuesday then another warm-up headed our way

ROCHESTER, N.Y. More clear and dry weather ahead Tuesday with high temps in the 40s and 50s as a light breeze develops off the lake. A few clouds tonight into tomorrow morning but no precipitation expected. That s a warm front that moves by Wednesday morning. As that clears we see a return to...

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Work set to begin on tropics exhibit at Seneca Park Zoo after years of debate — WHEC News10NBC (Rochester)
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Work set to begin on tropics exhibit at Seneca Park Zoo after years of debate

ROCHESTER, N.Y. — After years of debate over design plans and costs, crews will finally break ground on Tuesday on the new tropics exhibit at Seneca Park Zoo. Monroe County Executive Adam Bello and the Seneca Park Zoo Society are holding a groundbreaking ceremony at 11 a.m. It comes two weeks after...

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Why were two massive trucks heading to Eastman Business Park overnight? — WHEC News10NBC (Rochester)
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Why were two massive trucks heading to Eastman Business Park overnight?

GREECE, N.Y. — Two massive trucks carrying oversized loads traveled through Greece on Monday night on their way to Eastman Business Park on Latona Road. News10NBC’s photojournalist spotted the trucks around midnight on Ridgeway Avenue. A New York State trooper told him that, because of the load’s...

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Two Buffalo firefighters hurt in Monday Night house fire — WGRZ (Buffalo/Western NY)
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Two Buffalo firefighters hurt in Monday Night house fire

Crews responded to Butler Avenue just before 3 p.m. Officials say due to how fast the fire spread, additional equipment was brought in to help with the fight.

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Jay-Z picks himself to headline the Super Bowl halftime show at SoFi Stadium in Southern California — WHEC News10NBC (Rochester)
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Jay-Z picks himself to headline the Super Bowl halftime show at SoFi Stadium in Southern California

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The man who has helped produce the Super Bowl halftime show is stepping into the spotlight: Jay-Z will headline the show himself. The NFL, Apple Music and Roc Nation announced Monday night that Jay-Z will be the featured performer for the halftime festivities on Feb. 14 at SoFi...

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Virtual reality rehabilitation technology brings new approach to senior care in Rochester — RochesterFirst (WROC)
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Virtual reality rehabilitation technology brings new approach to senior care in Rochester

ROCHESTER, N.Y. (WROC) — Video games are becoming a new tool in physical rehabilitation, helping older adults in Rochester stay active while making therapy more engaging. Rochester Regional Health's ElderONE program has introduced JINTRONIX, a virtual rehabilitation system, at three locations...

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ICE detains a lab technician, despite having work authorization, pending case, social security card, and no criminal record — WGRZ (Buffalo/Western NY)
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ICE detains a lab technician, despite having work authorization, pending case, social security card, and no criminal record

Despite having a work authorization that doesn't expire until 2029, properly seeking asylum, ICE detained a man who is a doctor from Syria, working as a lab tech.

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Sherif confirms fatality, criminal investigation in Springwater — WHEC News10NBC (Rochester)
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Sherif confirms fatality, criminal investigation in Springwater

SPRINGWATER, N.Y. There is an active criminal investigation into a fatality at a Springwater residence, the Livingston County sheriff confirmed Monday evening. Sheriff Thomas Douherty said the LCSO responded to the residence Sunday night. He said one person is in custody and there is no cause for...

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Sports equinox underway with MLB, NFL, NBA, WNBA and NHL all in play at the same time Monday night — WHEC News10NBC (Rochester)
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Sports equinox underway with MLB, NFL, NBA, WNBA and NHL all in play at the same time Monday night

If you love sports, Oct. 26, 2026, is tough to beat. Five professional leagues in North America were in action at the same time on Monday night, a phenomenon known as a sports equinox. Major League Baseball and the NFL were competing for the most viewers while the NBA, WNBA and NHL gave their...

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Free SUNY applications are open as New York public college enrollment rises for the third straight year — WHEC News10NBC (Rochester)
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Free SUNY applications are open as New York public college enrollment rises for the third straight year

BROCKPORT, N.Y. — SUNY Brockport has seen its highest enrollment since 2018, with numbers up 26% in the last four years. Abigail Maldonado, a first-year student from Long Island, said she chose SUNY because of the support it provides both financially and academically. Especially a lot of my...

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Seneca Falls man to face up to year in jail for sexual abuse of child — WHEC News10NBC (Rochester)
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Seneca Falls man to face up to year in jail for sexual abuse of child

SENECA FALLS, N.U. A Seneca County man faces up to one year in jail after being found guilty of sexual abuse involving a 13-year-old child. Bryndyn Neel, 37, was found guilty by a jury Oct. 22 of forcible touching and sexual abuse. He will be sentenced Dec. 21 and required to register as a sex...

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First Alert Weather: Tracking Cooler air Tuesday, then another warm up on the way — WHEC News10NBC (Rochester)
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First Alert Weather: Tracking Cooler air Tuesday, then another warm up on the way

ROCHESTER, N.Y. A cold front that passed through on Monday will temporarily drop our temperatures Tuesday, but should keep our stretch of dry weather going. As of Monday, we sit at 10 days in a row of no measurable rain at the Rochester Airport, and we ll likely tack on a few more through Thursday....

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Testy Fairport mayor race with only name on the ballot — RochesterFirst (WROC)
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Testy Fairport mayor race with only name on the ballot

FAIRPORT, N.Y. (WROC) — These days, it’s not just train tracks that divide the Village of Fairport. Many thought the race for mayor ended in June with the primary. Two Democrats ran for the post: Heidi Woika and Tracy Briggs. After losing by around 60 votes, Briggs decided to start a write-in...

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Family says one woman still can’t walk after accused drunk driver pleads not guilty in Monroe County court — WHEC News10NBC (Rochester)
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Family says one woman still can’t walk after accused drunk driver pleads not guilty in Monroe County court

PENFIELD, N.Y. — The man accused of driving drunk and hitting two women walking down Bay Road in Penfield last month pleaded not guilty in court. News10NBC’s Erin Mahon spoke with Luiz Fellipe Dallecio Mota, the victims’ husband and son, who said his mother remains in the hospital with a traumatic...

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Henrietta Goodwill store moving to Hylan Drive, opening Nov. 6 — WHEC News10NBC (Rochester)
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Henrietta Goodwill store moving to Hylan Drive, opening Nov. 6

@keyframes spin { 0% { transform:rotate(0deg); } 100% { transform:rotate(360deg); } } Henrietta Goodwill store moving to Hylan Drive, opening Nov. 6 HENRIETTA, N.Y. — Goodwill of the Finger Lakes is moving its Henrietta store to a new spot on Hylan Drive. The store is relocating from Jefferson Road...

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Recall alert: More than 3,000 convertible high chairs sold from May 2023 to July lack a lap belt — WHEC News10NBC (Rochester)
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Recall alert: More than 3,000 convertible high chairs sold from May 2023 to July lack a lap belt

ROCHESTER, N.Y. — Heads up: More than 3,000 Costway convertible high chairs have been recalled. The Consumer Product Safety Commission said it is recalling high chairs made by the brand Costway because they don t have a lap belt. The high chairs were designed to convert into a table and chair set...

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Ontario County judge accused of trying to influence another judge in criminal case — WHEC News10NBC (Rochester)
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Ontario County judge accused of trying to influence another judge in criminal case

@keyframes spin { 0% { transform:rotate(0deg); } 100% { transform:rotate(360deg); } } Ontario County Judge facing scrutiny after asking another judge for a favor ONTARIO COUNTY, N.Y. — An Ontario County judge is accused of trying to influence another judge s handling of a criminal case last year...

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