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Rochester Police are investigating a Friday morning stabbing on Linwood Place.

A man accused of robbing the taxi driver who took him to a home in northwest Rochester early Friday has pleaded not guilty in City Court.

Brighton Police are investigating a robbery at the Comfort Inn Hotel, 2929 Monroe Ave.

Families commemorate the Persian New Year through a Nowruz celebration in Pittsford. The event is sponsored by the Iranian Association of Rochester.

Gov. David Paterson selected Brian McCarthy as a new Monroe County Court judge.

A state appellate court has re-affirmed that the city's ferry dealings were legal, dismissing Friday a local industrialist's lawsuit that argued the city should not have repaid a multimillion-dollar loan used to buy the ship.

An Ontario County man is facing felony charges following a domestic dispute that led to the discovery of what New York State Police called an arsenal of historical weapons in the man's house.

An $18 million pot of state aid for the Renaissance Square project in downtown Rochester is being redirected to other local projects by Senate Republicans, potentially putting a bigger hole in the project's budget.

Mayor Robert Duffy will make his re-election bid official during a new conference this morning, seeking a second term, "because there are many more things to do."

A Perinton landfill has used falcons to chase away gulls, which are the natural predator of most birds, since May 2007.