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DECEMBER 4, 2024 Vol. 20, No. 27
Nancy Salvia picks up Rochester mayor’s gavel BY MARY BETH ALMOND malmond@candgnews.com
ROCHESTER — Nancy Salvia was recently appointed the new mayor of Rochester, a position she will hold for the next year.
Salvia, a financial adviser, was unanimously elected to the position by her peers. She has lived in the city for 16 years and has served on the council since 2017, including committee work in infrastructure, facilities, trees, the Community House and the Older Persons’ Commission. Salvia shared a few comments during the Nov. 26 City Council meeting.
“First of all, thank you, thank you,” she said. “We are so blessed as a city, as a council, to have an amazing council, a strong council, a very engaged council. “I recognize that everyone at the council table brings gifts and talents to this city and to the council — we have strategy, we have tenacity, we have pas-
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THE BIG, BRIGHT LIGHT SHOW SHINES ON
LEFT: Thousands of people fill Main Street in downtown Rochester to take in the kickoff of The Big, Bright Light Show Nov. 25, which flipped the switch on more than 1 million points of glimmering holiday light on the buildings downtown. The display will be lit every evening from 5 p.m. to midnight through Jan. 19. ABOVE: Santa and Mrs. Claus address the crowd during the event. For more photos, visit candgnews.com/galleries.
Photos by Erin Sanchez
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