In and Around Rochester

This page contains a brief summary of Rochester, New York and links to online Web guides, Rochester sports, local media, area shopping, and regional businesses in the Monroe County and Rochester, New York area. You can get an idea of life in this great city by exploring some of these sites.

Rochester is the third-largest city in New York State. It lies at the mouth of the Genesee River on the southern shore of Lake Ontario, between Buffalo and Syracuse. It is a cultural, educational, commercial, and technological center of upstate western New York. Although it is a major metropolitan area, there are many parks, farmlands, and open spaces here. The city is world-renowned for its annual lilac display, and has been given the nickname of "The Flower City". It is also known as "The World's Image Centre", because Rochester is home to a variety of high-tech industries such as Eastman Kodak, Bausch and Lomb, and Xerox.

Rochester offers events and activities of all kinds to participate in. There are many historical sites, museums, art galleries, and shopping malls to visit. In the winter, there are many areas nearby for skiing. Our 1996 Calder Cup champion hockey team, the Rochester Americans (Amerks) play at the newly rennovated and expanded War Memorial Arena, and are the AHL farm team of the Buffalo Sabres. In the warmer seasons, all kinds of water sports are available. There are many outdoor festivals and concerts to attend. The Rochester Red Wings baseball team play at the newly constructed Frontier Field, and are the AAA farm team of the Baltimore Orioles. The Rochester Raging Rhinos soccer team is the most recent addition to the list of our local sports clubs. Yes, Rochester is a great place to live, or just to come for a visit sometime.

• Rochester Online

 

 

• @Rochester

 

 

• Rochester Today

 

 

• Rochester City Hall

Rochester Amerks Hockey

Rochester Red Wings Baseball

Rochester Raging Rhinos Soccer

• 96WCMF


(WCMF 96.5 FM- Rochester's Home of Rock and Roll. Also home of Radio Free Wease - formerly the Brother Wease Morning Circus.)
 
 

• WHAM1180


(AM talk and information station - Rochester's News Leader.)
 
 

• Rochester Democrat and Chronicle


(Rochester's daily newspaper, published by Gannett.)
 
 

• Rochester Business Journal


(Publication of local business news and information.)
 
 

• Freetime Magazine


(Local entertainment guide - published bi-weekly.)
 
 

• WOKR-TV (ABC)


(Channel 13 - Local ABC affiliate.)
 
 

• WHEC-TV (NBC)


(Channel 10 - Local NBC Affilliate.)
 
 

• WUHF-TV (FOX/UPN)


(Channel 31 - Local Fox / UPN Affilliate.)
 
 

• WXXI-TV-AM-FM (PBS)


(Channel 21 - Local PBS Affilliate.)
 
 

• Dynamic Recording Studios


(Independent label recording studio - Also hosts the official web sites of Foreigner, Asia, Greg Lake, and Carl Palmer.)

• Wegman's Food Markets


(Regional supermarket chain; Wegman's has superstores with specialty food shops, home and garden stores, video rental centers, and in-store restaurants - nicely designed site with many tips, hints and recepies.)
 
 

• Parkleigh World Wide


(Specialty boutique with a variety of interesting items.)
 
 

• Eastman Kodak Company


(The photography and imaging company founded in Rochester.)
 
 

• Xerox


(The document company founded in Rochester.)
 
 

• Jolt Cola


(Jolt Cola - The world's most powerful cola with twice the caffeine.)
 
 

• Forte Technologies


(Company that manufactures Virtual Reality equipment.)
 
 

• Performance Technologies, Inc.


(Designs, manufactures, markets high-performance computer communications, networking, and data-storage interface systems products. This is the company where my wife and I work.)