Welcome to the inaugural East Rochester Festa Italia!
The spirit of Italy and her proud, deep-rooted influence on American culture will be on full display this year at the First Annual East Rochester Festa Italia! featuring live music and entertainment, finest Italian food and crafts, and fun for the whole family!
Hosted by the Town/Village of East Rochester - in association with Festa Italia Productions Ltd. - Festa Italia! takes place at Edmund Lyon Park (corners of Main and East Ivy streets) the weekend of Friday-Sunday, June 8 - 10.
Our mission is to embrace festival goers young and old with Benvenuti! - our way of warmly welcoming you to an authentic, genuine Italian-American experience, in a traditional community-based celebration marking Italy's many gifts of culture, customs, creativity and cuisine to our country.
The festival will feature select foods and delicacies from the area's finest Italian restaurants and bakeries, works of art & handcrafted wonders from area artisans, exhibits by cultural organizations, and live music and dance for the entire family!
And where would all the Eccitazione! ("excitement") be without an all-comers Bocce tournament or our exclusive home wine makers competition! It's all here at the First Annual Festa Italia! Come join and grow with us! The opening ceremony at 4:00 p.m. Friday June 8th kicks off the weekend celebration. Get there by 5:00 p.m. and admission is free!
Venite a festeggiare!
Come Celebrate!
Monroe County, Perinton, Pittsford and E. Rochester to host Household Hazardous Waste Collection
Monroe County Department of Environmental Services (DES) and the towns of Perinton and Pittsford and the villages of East Rochester, Fairport and Pittsford have joined forces to hold an appointment-only Household Hazardous Waste (HHW) collection at the Perinton Highway Garage, 100 Cobb's Lane, on Saturday, May 19, 2012 from 7:45 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.
Please view our flyer for more details about Household Hazardous Waste Collection and how you can safely dispose of paint, flammables and other chemicals from home-use.
Need help?
Do you need help with:
- Yard Work
- Planting Flowers
- Painting
- Raking
- General Clean-Up (Getting ready for summer)
On Saturday, May 19th, the YAR (Youth as Resources Program), the Rochester Area Community Foundation, and the Rochester-Monroe County Youth Bureau will be sponsoring a spring clean-up day.
If you would like to get some extra help for your spring clean-up projects, please contact the East Rochester Youth Activity Center at (585) 586-1003 to sign-up. Please see our flyer and sign-up early!
East Rochester Music & Arts Presents Summer 2012 Music Festival
- Tuesday, May 29th 7:00 pm
- Greece Concert Band (Broadway ~ Movies ~ Marches and more!)
Village Municipal Lot at 120 West Commercial Street
- Monday, June 4th 5:30 pm
- East Rochester High School Jazz Band
Edmond Lyon Park, 800 Main Street
- Wednesday, June 20th 7:00 pm
- Wild Horses (Rolling Stones Tribute Band)
Village Municipal lot at 105 Main Street
- Wednesday, June 27th 7:00 pm
- It's My Party (50's Doo-Wop)
Village Municipal Lot at 120 West Commercial Street
- Wednesday, July 11th 7:00 pm
- Jive Street Five (Jazz ~ Swing ~ Latin)
Village Municipal lot at 120 West Commercial Street
- Wednesday, August 1st 7:00 pm
- Reporter (Rock Cover Band)
Village Municipal lot at 120 West Commercial Street
- Wednesday, August 15th 7:00 pm
- Mr. Mustard (Beatles Plus)
Village Municipal lot at 120 West Commercial Street
- Wednesday, August 29th 7:00 pm
- Smokehouse (Rock Cover Band)
Location TBD
In the event of rain, the concert is cancelled. Local merchants will have food & beverage available for sale. Look for the return of the famous Alfieri Popcorn... buy a box, best treat of the summer.
Supplemental Investigation at Former Railroad Car Shop Location
The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (NYSDEC), in conjunction with the New York State Department of Health (NYSDOH) and Monroe County Health Department, want to inform you about an investigation of environmental contamination related to a former railroad car shop in East Rochester.
Please read the entire Fact Sheet for background information about the site, actions already taken, and what actions are planned for the future.
If you have any questions about NYSDEC's investigation of this site, contact Peter Miller at (585)-226-5434 or email: prmiller@gw.dec.state.ny.us. If you have any questions about the site activities performed by UMC, please contact Michael O’Connor at (203)-205-9000x13.
ERCN TV-12 Announces Video-On-Demand!
ERCN is proud to announce a new feature added to its web streaming site. Visitors to the site can now watch specific shows, on-demand, whenever they wish. The "Video-On-Demand" programming will include important meetings of interest to local ER residents including: monthly Village Board Meetings, School Board Meetings and Chamber of Commerce Meetings. It will include special programs focusing on East Rochester's rich historic heritage like "A Day At The Car Shops" and "East Rochester Urban Renewal". It will also include important school and village events.
To access the "Video-On-Demand" feature on ERCN's streaming website, go to the Village of East Rochester's website, click on the box that says "Click Here To Watch ERCN TV-12" and choose the subject you want to view from the "Categories" menu in the media player.
Since the release of the new web streaming site one month ago, ERCN has gotten over 1,200 hits on its website pages from over 300 unique visitors.
Click Here To Watch
ERCN TV-12
Attention All Contractors!
• Construction Trades
• Design Services
• Environmental Testing & Remediantion
The Town/Village of East Rochester is beginning its project to revitalize the Downtown Business District. As required by the New York State Main Street Grant Program, we are developing an Approved Contractor List.
To be part of the Approved Contractor List, submit an application along with proof of insurance and references to the Village Administrator, Martin D’Ambrose as soon as possible.
Our Contractor Application, as well as lots of other information about the Main Street Grant are available online.
If you still have questions that our online resources weren't able to answer, please contact the Village Administrator at 585-586-3553 or via email at mdambrose@eastrochester.org
Minority and Women-Owned businesses are strongly encouraged to apply.
5th CleanSweep & GreenER Recycle Day - May 19th
This year's CleanSweep event will cover 20 service areas throughout the Village, including all 4 parks. We are planning for teams of 6 to 10 people per service area. Each team will need to spend up to 2 hours of service in their area. There will be free refreshments and a T-shirt for all volunteers.
Volunteers should sign up here. If you are interested in being a sponsor of the Clean Sweep / GreenER Recycle Day, please see our information about sponsorship.
The 15th Annual Karknocker 5K - July 28th
This year's 5K race is looking to be as exciting as ever. This year, there is $3350 in prize money waiting to be awarded to the top finishers on this USTAF Certified Course (#NY09113KL).
See our flier for more details and printable registration form. If you are interested in being a race sponsor, please see our information about sponsorship.
East Rochester Festa Italia is seeking out Sponsors and Vendors
We are excited to announce the first annual "East Rochester Festa Italia" on June 8-10, 2012. We are seeking out East Rochester businesses and residents that are interested in being sponsors and/or vendors for this new event. This offer is time sensitive so please respond quickly!
- Event details:
- Dates: June 8-10, 2012 Coincides w/ LPGA
- Location: East Rochester Edmund Lyon Park
- Admission: $10 for Adults Children 16 & under Free
- Food Vendors, Bocce Ball Court, 2 Entertainment Tents
- International Recording Artist Giada Valenti
- Tribute to Frank Sinatra and Dean Martin nightly
- Premier Location for Italian Festival in the heart of E.R.
Anyone interested in having a booth at the Festival please contact Don Crowder before April 20th at 585-453-0893
Free Rabies Clinic
The East Rochester Free Rabies Clinic will be held at the Jean Daniels Senior Center on Monday, May 14th from 5 to 7pm. For more information call 381-4360.
ERCN TV-12 is now streaming LIVE!
ERCN TV-12 is now streaming live. Web-streaming provides almost anyone with a computer or a handheld device that is flash-player capable, the ability to view our programming. If you do not have Time Warner Cable service, or if you live outside the broadcast area, you now can watch our community access station and stay current with Village news, meetings, events and programming of local interest, specific to East Rochester. Our programming streams 24 hours a day, seven days a week and contains only East Rochester programming, where-as Channel 12 on Time Warner Cable, shares programming content times with Pittsford.
This web-stream is new. We are still working out minor issues. We welcome your feedback and comments. Please feel free to contact us at: jrusso@eastrochester.org
To insure you get the best quality viewing experience, you will require the following:
- High speed internet connection
- The latest version of Adobe Flash Player - available at no cost (insure you download the correct version for your computer): http://www.adobe.com/downloads/
Click Here To Watch
ERCN TV-12
2012 Bulk Refuse Rules & Schedule
The 2012 schedule and updated rules for bulk refuse are now available. View the new rules & schedule.
E-Waste Policy: Effective January 1, 2012
Beginning January 1, 2012, the Town/Village of East Rochester has instituted new collection rules pertaining to all electronic waste in order to comply with the new state wide electronic waste collecting law. As part of this new law, landfills will no longer be allowed to accept any electronic waste collected by the Town/Village of East Rochester at their disposal sites.
As of January 1, 2012, any form of electronic waste placed at the curb for collection for either regular pick up as well as during bulk pick up, will incur a fee of $25.00 per item if collected by the Department of Public Works (DPW). Any such disposed electronic waste items will be left at the curb by the regular refuse or bulk refuse collection crew, and a separate collection crew will be back in the afternoon to collect those electronic waste items which still remain at the curb. Upon collection, these items will be brought to the DPW Garage, where we will have an electronic waste collection facility. We have partnered with SUNNKING Electronics Recycling to comply with this new law.
To avoid the fee for curbside collection, any residents wishing to dispose of any electronic waste, may instead bring their items to the Department of Public Works Garage at 200 Ontario Street, Monday through Thursday, 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Although residents will be asked to sign in for this process, there is no fee for this drop off service and it is available to all residents regardless of whether they have refuse service provided by the Town/Village of East Rochester.
Examples of Electronic Waste (E-Waste) are: Computers (towers, laptops, PDA’s, Tablets), Monitors (CRT, LCD, LED), Printers, Scanners, Copiers, Fax machines, Televisions, VCR’s, CD/DVD players, Stereo equipment, Cell phones, Telephones and anything else with an electronic circuit board.
NYS Announces Economic Development Funding through Regional Councils
The Town/Village of East Rochester is pleased and excited to announce that it has been awarded $500,000 through the New York Main Street grant program. Funding is provided through New York State Homes and Community Renewal (HCR) and will be used to assist with the rehabilitation and revitalization of numerous commercial and residential units in the mixed-use downtown business district along Main Street and West Commercial Street. In the coming weeks, the Town/Village will conduct outreach in the target area by developing and distributing informational materials to market program availability and explain requirements for participation in the program. Public informational meetings will be scheduled within the community to present information and answer questions.
Please do not begin any work on your buildings at this time as the Town/Village must be under contract with the state in order for any expenditures to be reimbursed. It is anticipated that a contract will be executed in early 2012. Check back for program updates in the coming weeks.
New 3-way stop at Main Street & West Spruce Street
The Village Board of Trustees has continued to receive requests for traffic calming measures on Main Street. Over the past several years a number of traffic studies and alternative traffic plans to mitigate the increased speed on Main Street have been proposed. On Monday, November 14th, by way of resolution, the Board of Trustees authorized the installation of a 3-Way Stop at the intersection of Main Street and West Spruce Street. Installation is being planned for the later part of November 2011. The 3-Way Stop will be evaluated over a 90 day period to determine its effectiveness. We encourage feedback from all residents and business owners.
We hope this measure will help control the speed of traffic as we head into the Holiday/Winter season.
2012 Bulk Refuse Schedule - The 2012 Bulk Refuse Schedule is available for download. Click here to view or download a copy of the schedule as well as the bulk pickup rules.
Pharmaceutical Waste Drop Off dates extended- Click here for more information on new dates for dropping off your pharmaceutical waste.
NYS DPS Notification - The New York State Department of Public Service's Summer Campaign is "Energy Efficency; Use less energy, Save more green." For energy saving tips and further details click here for more information.
 Working Together to Reduce Stormwater Pollution
Click here for information on the 2009-2010 Joint Annual Report from the Stormwater Coalition of Monroe County and to see the efforts being done to reduce stormwater waste in our community.
WANTED - In continuing with the Village's program of placing historical markers at significant places around town we would like to hear from you, our residents, on places that might be appropriate for such a marker. Please contact the Village Historian Jim Burlingame at 381-3023 with your ideas.
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