Jim Memmott

ENTERTAINMENT Chuck Brucato made jingles that stuck in Rochester’s heart Jim Memmott Special to Rochester Democrat and Chronicle Jan. 8, 2026, 3:00 a.m. ET Chuck Brucato loved making advertising jingles, and Rochesterians loved the jingles he made. “A com... See more

BILLS A farewell to Highmark: Layers, memories and one last win Jim Memmott Special to Rochester Democrat and Chronicle Jan. 7, 2026, 3:00 a.m. ET Like Sean McDermott, my friend Tom Bushnell and I had a game plan for last Sunday’s final regular season gam... See more

It’s time to say goodbye again, to give an end-of-the-year salute to some distinguished people whom we lost this past year. Eight members on this column’s ever-expanding list of Remarkable Rochesterians died during 2025. Four of them were older than 100, ... See more

George Steitz of Penfield, a legendary coach and a World War II veteran who died Nov. 14 at 101 years old, could be counted on to show up. He was there on June 6, 1944, among the U.S. troops that landed at Normandy as part of the counterattack against Ger... See more

On Thanksgiving morning, on Kelly Street in Rochester in the late 1940s, Luvon Sheppard would wake up to a wonderful array of aromas. “It was a smell throughout the house,” recalls Sheppard, a celebrated Rochester artist and educator, as he sits and remin... See more