Webster News

Mary Ellen McDowell has gotten accustomed to seeing crowds of people arrive during the holidays at Webster Community Chest, a food cupboard for area residents in need.

As young men growing up in Rochester's old Dutch Town neighborhood, brothers Randy and Danny Connor developed a taste for the restaurant business.

On this Thanksgiving Eve, I would like to share some words from German theologian Dietrich Bonhoeffer to reflect on before you sit down to a tasty turkey dinner.

Gasoline stolen: Someone stole gasoline cans from a detached chicken coop on Five Mile Line Road between Nov.

Teachers, students and administrators at Plank Road South Elementary School in the Webster school district are still reveling in their win.

An assistant district attorney said today that prosecutors decided not to file legal papers about their evidence against Penfield Town Councilman Andrew Moore until this week because they did not want to add to pre-election media attention.

The Webster school board is expected to vote tonight on a $7.9 million capital project proposal.

The Webster Rotary Club will hold its 32nd annual pancake breakfast from 8 a.m. to noon Sunday.

Maplewood Nursing & Rehabilitation facility will hold its fifth annual Holiday Bazaar from Thursday, Nov.

The American Comedy Award-winning comedian Diane Ford, who has three HBO specials to her credit, will offer up her humorous insights at 7:30 p.m. Thursday; and 7:30 and 10 p.m. Friday and Saturday at the Comedy Club, 2235 Empire Blvd., Webster.

Shoplifting: A 35-year-old Webster man was charged with petit larceny on Nov. 10 after police say he took an MP3 player and a cell phone, together worth more than $100, from Kmart, 950 Ridge Road.

Tresses Salon has moved to 565 Ridge Road in Webster after 15 years at 40 North Ave.

Webster's proposal for RBTL's new theater took a tack that others haven't: Town officials want the theater organization to consider reusing an old office and storage building.

Kyle Mallory, a graduate of Churchville-Chili High School, is a member of the Western Michigan University precision flight team, the Sky Broncos, which captured the National Intercollegiate Flying Association's Region III title to qualify for the national championship next spring.

Officials for the town of Webster met today with the Rochester Broadway Theatre League to unveil their proposal for a new performing arts center.

The Webster Community Center is offering a Zumba class for children. The class will be held on Thursdays from Dec.

Over the past two months, Tim Roeser has volunteered for the scut work at Rush-Henrietta Senior High School.

More than 140 family, friends and community members today attended the funeral of Anthony Jahmal Tuner, 17, an East High School senior who was shot Sunday by a stray bullet outside a party on Augustine Street.

Webster Army Reserve Cadet Patrick O'Loughlin, son of Timothy and Laura O'Loughlin of Webster, received an Army ROTC four-year Campus Based Scholarship at Canisius College in Buffalo.

Diane Merzbach of Brighton, a senior equestrian studies/equine business management major, has been elected president of the University of Findlay's Horsemen's Association.