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Is there too much Christmas cheer on Hudson Avenue?

Friday, April 15th, 2011, 5:09pm

Is there too much Christmas cheer on Hudson Avenue?

Is there too much holiday cheer on Hudson Avenue? News 10NBC received a phone call from a viewer wanting to know why there were holiday decorations on light poles along Hudson Avenue in the middle of April. Today, we tried to get to the bottom of the issue.

If you come down Hudson Avenue between Norton and Avenue D you're in a time warp. The signs on the light poles wish you season's greetings and happy holidays. Christmas signs are all along the street.

“They should have been down a long time. Hank Randolph works at the University of Rochester and has to pass the signs every morning. He’s getting sick of the holiday cheer. “It's not that hard of a job to get them down. I mean they put them up.”

This is where it gets a little complicated.

These are city owned light poles but the signs are owned by the Hudson Avenue Business Association. The city charges them $25 to put them up and take them down.

“Twenty-five dollars. We don't have it.

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Eastman School of Music student appears on The Tonight Show

Submitted by News 10NBC

Thursday, January 27th, 2011, 5:54pm

An Eastman School of Music student appeared on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno Wednesday.

David Aguila plays the trumpet in the Eastman School symphony orchestra, the brass guild, and other ensembles. However, he didn’t show off his musical skills. Instead he showed what he calls a “special skill involving a Rubik’s cube and a hidden talent."

Click here to watch the clip The Tonight Show with Jay Leno.

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Have you seen the birds in Downtown Rochester?

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Monday, January 24th, 2011, 5:54pm

Have you seen the birds in Downtown Rochester?

“I think it’s kind of freaky. It’s kind of like an Alfred Hitchcock movie.” Thousands of birds take over downtown Rochester every night.

In the movie Alfred Hitchcock movie The Birds, thousands of seagulls took over a small town killing people and destroying property. But this isn’t a movie – it’s downtown Rochester at dusk with thousands of birds congregating in trees and on buildings.

“The crows are attracted to an area that has large trees that they can roost in that also has some ambient lighting that lights up the sky so that they avoid predators easier.” Michael Wasilco is the regional wildlife manager for the state Department of Environmental Conservation. He says this is a winter urban crow roost. There could be as many as 30,000 crows here. They came to Rochester for warmer temperatures.

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T-shirt vending machine at the Rochester airport

Submitted by Christine VanTimmeren, News 10NBC Reporter and Weekend Anchor

Tuesday, October 26th, 2010, 10:09am

Vending machines aren't just for candy anymore. A local t-shirt company has decided to test out a new business venture by putting t-shirts in a vending machine.

The idea to put a vending machine filled with t-shirts at the Rochester airport came from Park Ave. Shirt Company in Rochester.

The company does more of its sales online but decided it wanted to come up with a new way to generate revenue.

The machine, created specifically for the shirts, has shirts for men, women and children and the prices range from $10 to $15.

The president of Park Ave. Shirt Company says the sales have already exceeded his expectations.

It’s been great,” Wally Rickard said. “Obviously not having done this before, we didn't know what to expect. In the first three weeks, we've done almost 50 t-shirts and that's far beyond what I thought we'd do and it's only growing week by week as people get to see it.

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A hit & run investigation turns into a wild scene with police

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Thursday, October 21st, 2010, 2:48pm

A Rochester police officer was punched in the head while trying to arrest a man wanted for a hit-and-run crash.

The crash happened around 9:45 this morning at the corner of Lake Avenue and Lexington Avenue. Police tracked down the driver to a home on Steko Avenue.

Two officers were talking with the man when they say he became beligerent. He reportedly threatened to bite the officers and said he had HIV. There was a scuffle in the living room, then the man ran upstairs, climbed out of a second floor window onto the roof of a porch.

He then jumped off the roof and landed on the ground where he was arrested.

The suspect, whose identity has not been released at this time, was taken to the hospital with minor injuries.

Investigators say the hit-and-run suspect may also be in trouble for violating parole or probation.

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Nominees announced for the Toy Hall of Fame

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Friday, October 1st, 2010, 3:58pm

The 12 nominees have been announced for the National Toy Hall of Fame at The Strong.

They are -- Cabbage Patch kids, chess, a dollhouse, dominoes, Dungeons and Dragons, the Game of Life, Hot Wheels, Lite Brite, Magic 8 Ball, playing cards, Pogo stick and Rubik’s cube.

Only two will be inducted into the toy hall of fame next month. Which toy is your favorite? We have a poll on our website. To vote, click here.

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Pilot and passenger on mystery plane were "lost and low on fuel"

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Wednesday, September 15th, 2010, 4:31pm

The two pilots, who made a mysterious landing at the Rochester airport late Tuesday night, are back home in Canada right now. Investigators are still trying to figure out why they landed in Rochester unannounced.

The flight students out of Toronto told federal investigators they were lost, running out of fuel and on the wrong frequency. But you talk to pilots and they tell you one of the first things you learn in flight school is how to radio help when you're in trouble.

Small planes take off and land at the Rochester airport all day and night. But Tuesday night, a Cessna flew into Rochester unannounced. And when it touched down, the plane and its two-man crew was surrounded. The pilots are in their 20's and are citizens of India but live in Canada.

News 10NBC has learned that the pair took off from Toronto Tuesday afternoon. They landed in Kingston, Ontario to refuel. At 8:55 p.m. they took off, headed back to Toronto.

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