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All Hail Luxembourg! For where would Mayo Clinic, Southeast Minnesota have been without it
8+ hour, 35+ min ago (967+ words) ROCHESTER " When you close your eyes and think of Luxembourg, what do you see? Nothing? Well, that's a shame. Some would say it's not right. This tiny European country deserves something more than a Rodney Dangerfield reputation. Just think: If…...
Artsy nonprofit to open a Rochester thrift craft shop to bring new life to donated materials
1+ hour, 55+ min ago (347+ words) ROCHESTER " A Rochester nonprofit group " Morph Creative Reuse " is creating a new shop where crafters, artists, teachers and others can find donated craft and art materials to spur creating something new. To prepare for the shop's opening, volunteers are organizing…...
1976: Cadets caught cheating at West Point
3+ hour, 22+ min ago (44+ words) 2001 " 25 years ago 1976 " 50 years ago 1951 " 75 years ago 1926 " 100 years ago 1926: Area roads declared impassable Movies under the stars came to Rochester in 1948 1951: It's Twerp Week at RJC 1976: U. S. -built convertible era ends...
Editorial cartoon for Thursday, April 23, 2026
2+ day, 56+ min ago (28+ words) Rochester Post Bulletin Editorial cartoon for Thursday, April 23, 2026 Editorial cartoonist Joe Heller offers commentary on the shifting winds of war....
Movies under the stars came to Rochester in 1948
1+ day, 19+ hour ago (590+ words) On a Friday night in August 1948, there was an unusually large traffic jam in southeast Rochester. The occasion was the grand opening of the city's first drive-in movie theater. By showtime at 8: 30 p. m. , 500 cars had taken up every slot in the…...
Goose festival lays an egg during inaugural effort in 1972
1+ week, 1+ day ago (580+ words) Rochester's first Festival of the Geese featured a gaggle of events that spread spectators too thin and nearly stalled the celebration before it got off the ground. The festival, sponsored by the Rochester Jaycees and held Sept. 15-17, 1972, included a goose-calling…...
Photos: Olmsted County Gold Rush Antique Show & Vintage Market on May 10, 2025
11+ mon, 2+ week ago (95+ words) Maya Giron joined the Post Bulletin staff in 2023. She grew up in the Berkshires area of Western Massachusetts and, in the spring of 2023, obtained a BFA in photojournalism from the Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) in Rochester, N. Y. While at RIT,…...
Poem: Will we ever agree?
1+ week, 4+ day ago (82+ words) Bill Scott is a retired Rochester veteran. The Post Bulletin publishes poetry by local and area writers every Tuesday. Send poems to life@postbulletin. com with the subject line "Poetry submission.". .. Poem: Will we ever agree? Rochester's Bill Scott is…...
Justin Willman's 'One for the Ages Tour' coming to Mayo Civic Center in 2026
7+ mon, 2+ week ago (338+ words) Our newsroom occasionally reports stories under a byline of "staff." Often, the "staff" byline is used when rewriting basic news briefs that originate from official sources, such as a city press release about a road closure, and which require little…...
Small art is a big deal for Rochester's Janie Allen
3+ mon, 1+ week ago (696+ words) Allen moved to Rochester in 2011 from Lawrence, Kansas, to work at the Mayo Clinic, but she grew up in Salina, Kansas, which is a town of about 45, 000 people. She remembers the local Salina Art Center presenting national and international exhibitions....