Penfield News

The Mitten, the beloved children's book by Jan Brett, has sold 6 million copies in the 20 years it has been in print.

A husband and wife have been arrested for allegedly stealing a womana TMs car and threatening her at gunpoint, and police say they may be involved in other similar incidents.

The Rochester Top 100, which annually recognizes the fastest-growing privately held companies in the nine-county region, is sponsored by the Rochester Business Alliance and KPMG.

Anyone who has seen Steve Nazarian more than once this month probably noticed he was wearing a white shirt and a red tie - every single time.

The town of Penfield recently purchased a 2.5-acre parcel on Irondequoit Bay as part of its open space initiative.

The Monroe County Sheriff's Office will help expand the county's pharmaceutical waste collection program, Sheriff Patrick O'Flynn announced today.

Penfield Meghan Olson of Penfield was awarded a Rensselaer Medal from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, Rensselaer County, for high school students who have excelled in math and science.

An attorney from Penfield has pleaded guilty to one count of failing to pay personal income taxes.

Fifty-two students from the Penfield Central School District have been selected to participate in the 2009 Zone 2 Area All-State Music Festivals this fall.

The 2009-2010 MasterMinds season kicked off with a League 8 meet Oct. 20 at Brighton.

Yarik Merkulov and Gavin Hall, a pair of Section V All-Greater Rochester boys golfers, were named first-team Rolex Junior All-Americans by the American Junior Golf Association today.

PENFIELD - An old farm plot on Five Mile Line Road in Penfield has begun its metamorphosis.

First published in print: Sunday, October 25, 2009 Fall is upon us. And for many people, that means it's time to dress up their outdoors in the season's glorious colors before winter's snow sets in.

Do you know, you might still be paying a fuel surcharge for your garbage pickup, even though fuel prices are down? Some area waste haulers are charging a fuel/environmental surcharge on your trash bill.

Richard Rosenbaum, a former state Supreme Court justice, former state Republican Party chairman, and two-time candidate for governor, had to overcome two 'stigmas' while growing up in Oswego: He was Jewish, and he began to experience hair loss at an early age because of alopecia, a condition in which the hair follicles are dormant.

While authorities maintain that the ongoing Robutrad Corp. probe is apolitical, prosecutors took a step Monday that they conceded was driven in part by the forthcoming election: They asked for the dismissal of a felony charge against a Republican official seeking re-election. County Court Judge Richard Keenan on Monday dismissed a felony criminal ...

At the request of prosecutors, a judge today dismissed a felony criminal charge against Andrew Moore, a suspended Republican Party executive director who also serves on the Penfield Town Board.

The Penfield Town Board member and head of the Monroe County Republican Party who was arrested and charged in the ongoing Robutrad scandal appeared in court this morning.

On Saturday October 16, Members of AARM and the general Rochester Community traveled to the home of Federal Prosecutor Douglas E. Gregory The Video Link Below includes a press statement from AARM member Howard Eagle.

As three candidates vie for the vacant town supervisor post in Penfield, two Republican Town Board members are staving off Democratic challengers in what has become one of Monroe County's more competitive races.