Webster News

Summations in the trial for the Webster teen accused of setting the fire that killed three members of his family in 2011 began Wednesday morning in Monroe County Court.

Rochester / Webster, N.Y. - Both the defense and prosecution have rested their case in the trial of a Webster teenager who killed his father and brothers in a house fire.

Steven was born in Jamestown N.Y., on March 24, 1950, the son of the late Kenneth Folke Fredrickson and Hedvig Magdalena "Madge" Fredrickson.

The Monroe County legislature will soon consider a new fee on your cell phone bill.

Rochester / Webster, N.Y. --- The jury begins Tuesday by watching a videotaped interview of Pilato.

In February, Sullivan County announced it would begin having police accompany first-responders to residences where there had been a call for a domestic incident in the prior 48 hours.

The prosecution rested in the Michael Pilato murder trial. The 16 year old is accused of setting fire to his Webster home in December 2011 killing his father and two brothers.

The four-year graduation rate in the Rochester School District dropped slightly for students entering the ninth grade in 2008, according to new information from the state Education Department.

Rochester/ Webster, N.Y. --- The murder-arson trial of Michael Pilato, 16, continued Monday with the prosecution calling its 30th witness to the stand.

There's a country song by Carrie Underwood, 'Jesus, Take the Wheel,' that Richard Masters has often listened to while he paints in the basement of his Webster home.

Rochester/Webster, N.Y. - Prosecutors could rest their case today against the Webster teenager accused of setting fire to his family's home, killing his father and two brothers.

Webster Town Board members Patricia Cataldi and Randy Nelson easily converted their disc golf chip shots from their seats at a board meeting Thursday night.

That's especially true here in upstate New York. Good weather up here is in short supply, so when we do have a few months of pleasant temperatures and abundant sunshine, we pack in as much fun as possible.

By Targeted News Service ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 15 -- Xerox, Norwalk, Conn., has been assigned a patent developed by Reiner Eschbach, Webster, N.Y., Raja Bala, Webster, N.Y., and Martin S. Maltz, Rochester, N.Y., for an "infrared encoding of security elements using standard xerographic materials."

While the plan seeks to reverse some of the environmental ills caused by current practices, to move forward it must factor in concerns of lakeshore property owners in towns like Webster and Greece.

The Webster Police 1000 Club's 15th annual golf tournament will honor Michael "Chip" Chiapperini who was killed in the Christmas Eve tragedy in Webster in December 2012.

We are what we drink? Democrat and Chronicle staff writer Matthew Daneman wrote last week of a movement to make movie theaters feel more like home so they can get movie watchers out of their dens and into the multiplexes.

Rochester / Webster, N.Y. - Testimony resumed Tuesday morning in the murder, arson trial of Michael Pilato.

Dairy Queen of Rochester principal owner Steve Carl of Brighton confirms that he and his partners will be opening a third Dairy Queen in the town where life is worth living.

Rochester / Webster, N.Y. - On Monday morning testimony in the arson, murder trial of Michael Pilato resumed.