Maureen Mcguire
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Amazon chooses Rochester company to develop training program for Amazon employees
Second Avenue Learning makes educational content and develops software for schools and corporations alike. It was founded in 2006 and employs 30 people, including 20 in Rochester. → Read More
Keuka College to switch to remote learning for 2 weeks
Keuka College will switch to all-remote learning beginning Monday October 12th because of a spike in Covid19 cases. The college, located on Keuka Lake in Yates County, said Sunday that 11 students had tested positive for the coronavirus in the previous 24 hours. That’s a jump from the day before, when the college reported 12 […] → Read More
Coronavirus Facts First: Evening of March 31, 2020
We are expanding beyond the traditional newscast to deliver the news the matters the most to the people that matter to us: you, the viewer. → Read More
Vehicle struck by gunfire on Rialto Street
ROCHESTER, N.Y. (WROC) – Rochester Police officers are investigating a vehicle that had been shot multiple times in a driveway on Rialto Street in Rochester on Sunday afternoon. “At this time it does not appear that anybody was struck nor were any houses,” Captain Cornell said. The investigation remains active. → Read More
News 8 Archive: Rochester Police trailblazer Dorris Smith
Dorris Bobbie Smith is the trailblazer you never heard of. Born in Iowa, raised in England, in WWII she served in the British Royal Army. Then she married, moved back to the states, and got a job as a Rochester cop. News 8 has rare film of Officer Smith being interviewed in 1963. At the […] → Read More
News 8 Archives: Strasenburgh Planetarium
ROCHESTER, NY (WROC) — When Apollo 11 was on its way to the moon, Rochester celebrated this feat of science with its own, brand new landmark. From the News 8 archives, we pulled film from June 29, 1966. On that day, the city gave final approval of the architect’s plans for the Strasenburgh Planetarium. The […] → Read More
News 8 Archives: The early days of Rochester's first TV station
History was made in June 1949 when Rochester's first television station signed on the air. → Read More
Tree service worker killed on the job in Livingston County
A tree service worker in Mt. Morris was killed Tuesday after he came in contact with a power line. → Read More
Rochester musician Joe Dady dies at 61
Joe Dady, one of the region’s most well-known musicians, died on Saturday at the age of 61. → Read More
News 8 Archives: Rochester Lilac Festival
Check out the Rochester Lilac Festival from way back in 1963 when Monroe County set up a band shell for quaint concerts and young ladies vied for the title of Lilac Queen. → Read More
News 8 Archives: Hike for Hope
On May 3, 1971 35,000 people walked 25 miles through Rochester in the second annual Hike for Hope. → Read More
News 8 Archives: 10 year anniversary of Britanee Drexel's disappearance
Ten years ago, Britanee Drexel disappeared. The 17-year old was Gates Chili teen was on spring break in Myrtle Beach when she vanished, and her case continues to make headlines around the country. → Read More
Suspect in carbon monoxide deaths pleads guilty
An Orleans County man accused of causing the carbon monoxide deaths of a mother and son has pleaded guilty. → Read More
Benefit for Irish Children's Program of Rochester
There was Irish dancing and more Sunday in honor of the Irish Children's Program of Rochester. → Read More
Fairy house artist asked to remove popular creations from Tinker Park
Up until this weekend a small part of the walking trail at Tinker Nature Park featured fairy houses. Now they fill the garage of the woman who made them: artist Betsy Marshall. → Read More
Police union protests Rochester City Council plan for police accountability board
The Rochester Police Locust Club staged a large rally Tuesday on the steps of city hall. The union is speaking out against City Council's plan for a police accountablity board. → Read More
Habitat for Humanity: A home for the holidays
An ambitious plan to renovate and rebuild so-called zombie homes is taking off in Rochester--- thanks to City Hall and Habitat for Humanity. Six months ago they teamed up to tackle the problem of abandoned and neglected properties around the city. Thanks to the program, 21 year old Alaeah Kendrick and her daughter Sarai are truly home for the holiday. → Read More
News 8 Archives: Midtown Monorail makes its debut
All aboard the Monorail at Midtown Plaza! Check out this film from December 1968. That's when the monorail made its debut at Rochester's downtown mall. This little train that could carried kids around its elevated tracks, past the huge Christmas Tree. → Read More
Man charged with trying to kill Wyoming Co. Sheriff in roadside attack
A Wyoming County man is accused of trying to murder the Wyoming County Sheriff in a roadside attack. → Read More
Man dies in barricaded stand-off in Yates Co.
The Yates County Sheriff's Office says a man in Dundee was found dead today inside a house he allegedly set on fire, during an armed standoff with deputies. → Read More