Veronica Volk
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ROCHESTER, NY (WXXI) - The rise of big-box bookstore chains like Barnes & Noble, Borders, and Waldenbooks battered independent bookstores in the 1990s.… -
“When I was around 12 years old, I lived far from the ocean,” he said. “So I surfed on my bed, on my pillow. I always imagined my pillow was a surf board and I was in the wave.” -
The task force, also called ETE, had the ambitious goal of ending the epidemic in the state by 2020. -
Expectant mothers already face so many questions and uncertainty about the process of giving birth -- and in the time of coronavirus, there's even more to think about. -
The International Joint Commission says it's doing everything it can to mitigate rising lake levels but it still might not be enough. -
It is a set of guidelines for how high and low water levels in Lake Ontario and the Saint Lawrence are allowed to get. -
Lake Ontario is still high - about 246 feet high. The Lake Ontario-St. Lawrence River Board says they’re working to reduce levels as much as possible by spring. -
"This is an international entity and it is going to be a difficult case for us to make. But it is a last resort, we have tried everything else. It is a cry for help from the state of New York." -
The state is putting aside $300 million to fund resiliency projects in these communities, which have seen major flooding in recent years. -
The Army Corps of Engineers announced it doesn't expect the water in the Great Lakes to go down too much, too soon.
