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Local letter carriers rally over talks of USPS changes

Local letter carriers partake in Sunday's rally outside the United States Postal Service on Jefferson Rd. in Henrietta. (WROC/Ryan Hermenet)

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Two vehicles crashed at the intersection of Buffalo Road and Howard Road in Gates on March 22, 2025, around 7:30 p.m. (WROC/Melanie Sosa)

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A display at Officer Cameron Girvin's Celebration of Life, held on Saturday at the Park Ridge Free Methodist Church. (WROC/Trinity Wilson)

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Mary Masciangelo, Fairport's "Rosie the Riveter," is rewarded with a Congressional Medal of Honor on Friday, March 21, 2025.

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