Rochester soldier is runner up in national competition
STAFF REPORTS LATHAM — New York Army National Guard Sgt. 1st Class Martin Cozens, a Rochester resident, was a runner up during the national Army National Guard Best Warrior Competition…
Tides use five homers to defeat Plates
STAFF REPORTS The Norfolk Tides built an early lead, then held on for a 7-5 win over the Rochester Plates Thursday afternoon at Frontier Field. Nick Gordon hit a first…
Higgins announces approval of the Stopping Bad Robocalls Act
PRESS RELEASE Congressman Brian Higgins (NY-26) announced the House of Representatives has approved H.R 3375, the Stopping Bad Robocalls Act, protecting consumers against predatory calling practices. Higgins, a cosponsor of…
Higgins announces approval of newborn screening bill
PRESS RELEASE Congressman Brian Higgins (NY-26) announced the House of Representatives has approved the Newborn Screening Saves Lives Reauthorization Act of 2019 (HR 2507). The bipartisan bill, cosponsored by Higgins,…
Higgins announces House passage of bill to protect retirement benefits
PRESS RELEASE Congressman Brian Higgins (NY-26) took to the House floor during debate and spoke in support of the H.R. 397, Rehabilitation for Multiemployer Pensions Act of 2019, also known…
Collins urges mothballing of heat and power biomass plant at Canandaigua Veterans’ Medical Center
PRESS RELEASE WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Chris Collins (NY-27) released a letter today to United States Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Secretary Robert Wilkie urging the mothballing of the Combined…
State announces $66M settlement shutting down illegal Buffalo debt collection schemes
PRESS RELEASE BUFFALO – Attorney General Letitia James today announced a settlement banning Buffalo-based debt collection kingpin Douglas MacKinnon, and his companies Northern Resolution Group, LLC and Enhanced Acquisitions, LLC,…
Schumer, Gillibrand, Higgins announce $2.5M in funding for NFTA for new electric buses, infrastructure
PRESS RELEASE U.S. Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer, U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand and U.S. Representative Brian Higgins today announced $2.5 million in federal funding for the Niagara Frontier Transportation…
Today’s forecast: Chance of showers and thunderstorms with a high near 82
STAFF REPORTS The National Weather Service calls for a slight chance of showers, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 4pm. Mostly sunny, with a high near 82. Tonight,…
Kivlehan’s homer caps Bisons rally in 8-4 win over the Knights
STAFF REPORTS Patrick Kivlehan‘s three-run homer in the top of the ninth capped an impressive late-inning rally for the Bisons in an 8-4 victory over Charlotte on Wednesday night from…