Henrietta News

Henrietta, N.Y. - A car ended up in a pond behind Marketplace Mall Monday night.

Monroe County sheriff's deputies tell WHEC-TV that the teens were traveling in the car Monday night when it somehow wound up in a pond near a Target store in the suburban town of Henrietta, just south of Rochester.

A motor-vehicle accident with injuries is reported on the eastbound Thruway at mile marker 382.1. Le Roy Fire and Ambulance Service is responding.

It was a fun night of pampering for mom and daughter Thursday with the goal of raising money for backpacks and uniforms for Young Women's College Prep, Rochester's first all girls public school.

On Thursday at 9 p.m., the streets in downtown Rochester opened back up and the crew of "The Amazing Spider-Man 2" completed their filming.

The Western New York Flash could get a big lift in Saturday's 7:35 home match at Sahlen's... Embrace Your Sisters' 7th Annual "Tea at 2" is Sunday, May 5 at 2 p.m. at The Inn on the Lake in Canandaigua.

Monroe County Sheriff's deputies say a suspicious package discovered at a Walmart store in Henrietta turned out to be a fishfinder wrapped in tin foil.

Governor Andrew Cuomo announced Tuesday $91 million in awards for shovel-ready projects to build affordable housing across the state, including a project in Henrietta.

The city restaurant Gitsis Texas Hots has gone away before I figured out what the name means, which leaves a small gap in my retail education.

The free event includes interactive presentations, hands-on demonstrations, displays and research projects set up throughout campus, as well as music, performances, inflatables, games and other activities.

A 32-year-old Livonia man was charged with driving while intoxicated after crashing his car in a night-time work zone on Interstate 390 just south of Hylan Drive in Henrietta early Friday.

The Generosity Store is seeking volunteers to sell pies May 11-12 at the Garden Factory in Gates.

<![CDATA[The following earned the rank of Eagle Scout, Boy Scouting's highest achievement, in the Seneca Waterways Council of the Boy Scouts of America after completing these projects: * Nicholas Passero of Henrietta, a member of Troop 401, sponsored by Henrietta Fire Department, constructed owl boxes and a visitors information board for the Hansen Nature Center in Tinker Nature Park. . * Jake Hart-Predmore of Greece, a member of Troop 130, sponsored by Our Mother of Sorrows Roman Catholic Church, cleared an area of weeds and debris as well as built a chicken coop and a raised garden bed for the Rochester Rotary Sunshine Campus.

Henrietta, N.Y .- An RIT alumnus designed and built the beacon for the top of One World trade Center.

Embrace Your Sisters' 7th Annual "Tea at 2" is Sunday, May 5 at 2 p.m. at The Inn on the Lake in Canandaigua.

On Wednesday night, the town approved a special permit for the owner of the Brick N Motor, Henrietta's first food truck.

"Bullying" has become a hot topic - from federal studies highlighting its dangers, to TV shows and "special" news reports, we constantly are admonished not to bully one another, and to stop bullying in our schools.

Residents in Henrietta are telling the developers of a proposed 225 unit student housing complex to find another site, "these kids are speeders, they're drunk driving, they go through lights," said one Henrietta resident at Tuesday night's meeting.

A developer seeking to build student housing near Rochester Institute of Technology in Henrietta will hold an informational meeting for neighbors who would be affected at 7 p.m. on Tuesday.

The fact that parents have chosen to have their children opt out of these misguided tests in protest and informed the school of this choice should not have consequences for their kids, such as being barred from extracurricular activities like sports, music or especially recess.