Caroling in the Park
Last night we had a wonderful time of Christmas Caroling in the Arnett Bird & Butterfly Garden, led by a delightful quartet of Dickensonian singers from the Eastman School of Music called the Park and Hark Carolers. Special thanks go out to the Arnett community members who braved the snowy weather to join us in an old-fashioned Christmas celebration! Despite the look of the weather, we were actually kept rather toasty thanks to a roasting fire, hot chocolate and warm hearts. Merry Christmas to you all! coc hack online...
Read MoreOpen-Air Drug Market
Shootings and homicides are often just the fruit of the tree called crime. The roots are usually in drugs. Dr. William Morehouse has been helping people for 35 years at Grace Family Medicine on Arnett Boulevard. But how he and his wife Susan need help to save their neighborhood from the drug dealers right outside their front door. “Is there a real safety issue here,” I asked him. “The patients certainly think that there is. They’re very worried when they get out of their car and they see people like that and they have to walk past them or through them,”...
Read MoreGun Buyback a Great Success!
We thought you all would like to hear the results of the Gun Buyback last Saturday. We brought in 243 guns – more than 1/2 were hand guns and of those 150 only 10 were legally registered, in other words 140 illegal handguns! Also one assault rifle was brought in with its magazines of ammo. At least two young men bringing in their guns that were definitely coming from off the streets. One young man said he was making some changes in his life and didn’t want to be involved with guns anymore. Wow! It was an amazing day for us all. The Rochester Police Department says this is the...
Read MoreGun Buyback Prayer Walk
Community prayer walk promotes peace By: Joangel Concepcion | WHEC.com (Click here for video version) Enough is enough. That’s what the Rochester community is saying after a week of violence in the city. Residents took their mission to the streets Saturday morning in hopes of reaching Rochester’s youth. Six people have been shot, two of them killed, and it’s only the seventh day in September. This recent spike in violence began last Sunday when a man was shot on Resolute Street. On Wednesday two people were shot on Pullman Avenue. One of them died. The very next day there...
Read MoreTWISY Event Rocks!
RYO hosted another wonderfully successful youth-led and run all-ages TWISY music Event this Friday night at their space on Warwick Ave. The weather was perfect and all the preparations were in place when the first guests started arriving at 4. By suppertime, the space was packed with people, young and old, enjoying the live music, refreshments, and wholesome social atmosphere. By 8 pm as the sun was going down, it all wrapped up. Thanks to all who poured themselves into creating such a great evening for all of us! Let’s hope and pray that this is just the start of what will prove to be...
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