The Webster Veterinary Clinic is now owned and operated by veterinarian Dr. Gino Sementa, a Greece native who last worked at East Ridge Animal Hospital in Irondequoit.
The EF5 tornado that devastated Moore, Okla., on Monday has caused untold damage and claimed at least 24 lives. If you want to help, check out the information below.
The Section 5 Class A and AA championships will be held Saturday at Penfield. Keep an eye on talented seniors Brian Smith (Greece Athena), Madeline Kopp (Spencerport) and Ryan Cribbin (Irondequoit).
Sarah Perkins, a disaster assessment manager with the Red Cross, leaves her home in Henrietta today for a volunteer deployment to Oklahoma City. Over the next two weeks, she will collect vital information about the damage done by the tornado that tore through Moore, OK on Monday, and the Red Cross will use that information to determine an appropriate response for recovery.
Not all superheroes can leap over tall buildings or see through walls, but some pint-size caped crusaders in Pittsford are proving that anybody can be a superhero by doing something nice.
Though dogs have long been considered man’s best friend, you still can’t send your favorite pooch a friend request on Facebook. One Brighton resident hopes to change that by bringing local dogs into the digital age with Dogways, a new social network for dog owners and businesses.
Send us your nature photos and we will run some in the newspaper and online at MPNnow.com. Send with your name and a daytime phone number to Linda Barry at lbarry@messengerpostmedia.com.
Summer programs at the local zoo begin Saturday, May 25.
Today, U.S. Senator Charles E. Schumer announced his plan to extend tax treatment afforded to film producers and music publishers to investors in live theatre. Schumer will introduce the STAGE Act of 2013, which aims to amend the Federal Tax Code and to promote financing in the often prohibitively risky enterprise of commercial stage production. Schumer noted that there are dozens of theatres throughout Upstate New York, like Proctors in Schenectady, Shea's Performing Arts Center in Buffalo, the Rochester Broadway Theatre League, Stanley Theatre in Utica and Broome County Forum Theatre that put on Broadway shows and live productions, and this bill would benefit the production companies that bring their shows to those theatres.
Ontario County’s premier outdoor performance venue, Constellation Brands-Marvin Sands Performing Arts Center in Hopewell, is coming back to life. This year will mark the venue’s 30th season.
The Allendale Columbia senior wins the Class C title and finishes third overall at the Section 5 individiual tournament on Saturday at Ridgemont Country Club. Pittsford Sutherland junior Doug Kulikowski wins the overall title after shooting a 76.
The senior attacker scores 1:18 into overtime as the Red Raiders finish the regular season 14-2 and earn the Monroe County Division I title. Fairport will most likely be the top seed when the Section 5 Class A pairings are announced this weekend.
Ahmed Mustafa says he sees the May 17 event as a way of "paying it forward," after all the help West Webster received following the Dec. 24 tragedies here.
A local bird made popular by Youtube will be featured on NBC's "Today Show" on Friday morning.
Judy Bolton, of Penfield, bought Disco the parakeet from a Webster pet shop in 2010.
The Knights build a 5-0 lead before the Vikings cut the lead to one, but Mendon can't get any closer. Michael VanderZwaag earns the win on the mound, while Jimmy Murray leads Sutherland with two hits.
Over the course of the 2012-2013 M&T Bank Broadway Season, over 122,000 patrons attended the Auditorium Theatre for ‘Mary Poppins,’ ‘Memphis,’ ‘The Addams Family,’ ‘The Book of Mormon,’ ‘Wicked’ and ‘Les Misérables.’ The cumulative local economic impact for area hotels, restaurants, tourist attractions, parking lots, retailers, union workers, vehicle rental companies, etc. totaled over $27.6 million dollars.
Rochester artist Beth Brown is obsessed with stars. Not the celebrity variety of Hollywood fame, but the kind that adorn the barns of Pennsylvania’s farm country. Hex signs to be exact.These colorful geometric designs enclosed within a circle have been painted on barns in the rural counties of Pennsylvania for nearly 200 years.
