A look at the most-read stories from the week you might have missed. 7:46 am, Jan. 8, 2021 ×
The Assisi Heights Spirituality Center in Rochester on Monday, Dec. 28, 2020. (Andrew Link / alink@postbulletin.com)
The sisters have been in lockdown at Assisi Heights for 10 months. How are they doing?
The sisters refer to it as going off the hill, and in ordinary times, it meant simply leaving the Assisi Heights convent for a trip to downtown Rochester.
Nothing has been so simple this year. Few sisters leave the hill these days. Since the pandemic s start in March, the Sisters of St. Francis who live in the hilltop convent in northwest Rochester have been confined there. And people outside it have been barred from visiting.
It s just a show of support for our country and the president, County Republican chairman said. 7:52 pm, Jan. 6, 2021 ×
A driver in the lead car radios as supporters of President Donald Trump gather before returning to their parade route on Broadway Avenue Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021, in downtown Rochester. As dozens of vehicles made their way through Rochester, supporters of President Trump breached the U.S. Capitol during a joint session of Congress to certify the results of the November Presidential Election. (Traci Westcott / twestcott@postbulletin.com)
Dozens of people in cars and trucks adorned with Trump flags looped through downtown shortly after 1 p.m.