New children’s center to open
By Daily Record Staff
POSTED: May 21, 2013
Tags: Doodle Bugs! Children’s Center, Greece, second location
Doodle Bugs! Children’s Center of Penfield will be opening a second location in September off English Road in Greece. The new center will be owned and operated by Pittsford residents Bridget and Erik Graff and include more than 11,000 square feet of family-friendly fun. It will include a two-story indoor play village and an outdoor [...]
Supreme Court to hear Greece prayer case
By Daily Record Staff
POSTED: May 20, 2013
Tags: Greece, prayer, Supreme Court
The U.S. Supreme Court will hear a case involving prayers at public Greece town meetings. Certiorari was granted earlier today in a case first brought to federal court in February 2008 by Greece residents Susan Galloway and Linda Stephens. The town of Greece began inviting local clergy to say a short prayer before its town board [...]
Police: Church employee stole $38K
By The Associated Press
POSTED: February 7, 2013
Tags: charged with stealing, Greece, St. Mark’s Church
GREECE — Authorities say a worker at a Roman Catholic church in suburban Rochester has been charged with stealing nearly $40,000 from his employer. Police in the town of Greece say 31-year-old Christopher Bush of Brighton embezzled more than $38,000 from St. Mark’s Church. He was arrested on Jan. 29 and charged with grand larceny [...]
Greece Hampton Inn being foreclosed 
Judgment of $10M includes 3-acre site
By Denise Champagne
POSTED: January 24, 2013
Tags: foreclosure proceeding, Greece, Hampton Inn Rochester-North, public auction
Hampton Inn Rochester-North in the town of Greece is slated to be sold next week in a $10 million foreclosure proceeding. The inn, which includes nearly 3 acres at 500 Center Place Drive, will be sold as a single parcel at a public auction at 10 a.m. Jan. 31 at the Monroe County Office Building, [...]
Pittsford, Greece to decide on town justices
By Mike Murphy
POSTED: December 31, 2012
Tags: Greece, Pittsford, town justice positions
Two Monroe County communities have town justice positions to address after Jan. 1 In Pittsford, that contest may come sooner rather than later. The deadline to submit applications for an open town justice seat is at 5 p.m. Jan. 8. The Town Board will appoint a replacement for former Town Justice William A. Smith Jr. [...]
Second Circuit to review Greece prayer case
By Denise Champagne
POSTED: September 13, 2011
Tags: Constitution, Establishment Clause, Greece, prayer, Second Circuit, town meetings
A town of Greece case involving prayer at public meetings is in the hands of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. Oral arguments were heard Monday in New York City. Town residents Susan Galloway and Linda Stephens …
Green light for Walmart in Greece
By The Associated Press
POSTED: August 5, 2011
Tags: Greece, groundbreaking, supercenter, Wal-Mart
GREECE — After a nearly four-year delay, Walmart is building a supercenter in an upstate New York suburb. A groundbreaking ceremony is planned for next Thursday in Greece.
Commentary: Same Old, Same Old Monroe County
By Michael Giuliano
POSTED: May 27, 2011
Tags: city, Commentary, county, Greece, Monroe County, police, Rochester
The City of Rochester has a new mayor but also desperately needs a better public relations team. To go along with the spectacle of mayors – grown men, playing musical chairs – we have political machines choosing school board members as always …
Rotunno case may be transferred to NDNY
By Denise Champagne
POSTED: May 25, 2011
Tags: Bush, cheney, Greece, NDNY, president, rotunno, threats
The federal prosecution of a Greece man accused of making threats against former President George W. Bush and former Vice President Dick Cheney may be moved from Rochester.
Plea deal could be near for man in Bush threat
By The Associated Press
POSTED: May 10, 2011
Tags: Bush threat, federal prosecutors, Greece, Ian Rotunno, plea
Federal prosecutors are signaling a possible plea deal for an Upstate man charged with threatening to kill, kidnap or harm former President George W. Bush. Ian Rotunno, a 24-year-old from Greece …
Irondequoit cop guilty of divulging police info
By The Associated Press
POSTED: February 23, 2011
Tags: computer trespassing, drug suspect, Greece, Irondequoit, official misconduct, police
The police officer son of a former Greece police chief imprisoned for misconduct is facing his own prison term after being found guilty of passing confidential information to a drug suspect.
Man accused of killing mother goes to court
By The Associated Press
POSTED: January 4, 2011
Tags: Greece, mother, murder, schizophrenia, stabbing
A 23-year-old man accused of stabbing his mother to death inside her Greece home is set to appear in court after being hospitalized for self-inflicted stab wounds.
