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Read MoreWillie Hits the Streets
Click on picture to play video report Jefferson Avenue prepares for revivalReported by: Kevin Jolly Monroe County lawmaker Willie Lightfoot is going from door to door spreading the word. The lawmaker and minister is spreading the word about a revival tent going up in the heart of one of the city’s most challenged neighborhoods. “Some systemic issues that we’ve been dealing with drug trafficking and other crimes like robberies, things of that nature,” said Councilman Lightfoot. It’s not just crime. Businesses there are also struggling to survive. Nelson Baldwin has operated a barber shop on...
Read MoreFrench Quarter Cafe
A Taste of the Crescent City in the Flower City Only open for six weeks, the French Quarter Café on Arnett Boulevard already has the cozy feeling of a neighborhood institution. The warm, friendly dining room has little touches that make it feel just a bit like a tea parlor or your grandmother’s living room, and the service is attentive and helpful without feeling intrusive or fussy. The real triumph is the food: simple, honest, straightforward – the sort of food your mother or grandmother would cook if she happened to be from New Orleans. Click here to read the entire review by...
Read MoreGood Neighbors
Local entrepreneur invests in neighborhood’s future. In one form or another, 332-336 Arnett Blvd. has long been home to commerce.Part of the row building housed The Creator’s Hands gift store and gallery for a number of years. When the business showcasing works by American artists and craftspeople moved out in 2005, the storefront windows looked out on some far less savory capitalism, with occasional drug dealing out front. Today the space in the 83-year-old building, just west of the Arnett branch of the Rochester Public Library, is hosting a family of businesses and business...
Read MoreEO to begin STD testing
His Branches and Embracing Options have received a $1000 grant from the Greater Rochester Health Foundation through the intercession of Dr. Andrew Doniger and his staff at the Monroe County Health Department to fund a pilot project offering EO clients free urine testing for the two most common STDs, gonorrhea and chlamydia. Jessica Speares, our Rochester Youth Year worker, has been studying the issue and planning with Dr. Morehouse and Sandi Clawson for nearly a year, developing protocols and teaching materials and training volunteers. The pilot project will start next week and end with a...
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