Gary Smith, who for decades made scores of kids smile with his performances as Gary the Happy Pirate and who founded the Pirate Toy Fund, which has put 500,000 toys in the hands of children in need, ...

Hamburg, N.Y. — An unusual scene slowed traffic Monday afternoon on the New York State Thruway in Erie County. Jury deliberations begin in murder trial of Honeoye Falls woman accused of killing ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Since its founding in 1995, the Pirate Toy Fund has distributed over 500,000 toys to children in Greater Rochester. Celebrating ...

The Ontario County Fire Coordinator is investigating the cause of a large house fire Thursday night. Armed man arrested after brief standoff inside Motel 6 in Gates A convicted felon faces new charges ...

ROCHESTER, N.Y. – Beloved local children’s entertainer Gary Smith died Friday morning. He was 64. He had been suffering from progressive supranuclear palsy the last couple of years. Smith was half of ...

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Perinton, N.Y. — The 30th annual Pirate Toy Fund kicked off on Friday at the Barnes & Noble in Webster, with organizers aiming to collect thousands of toys for children in need throughout the region.