Weekend News Brief
Written by Tom Tharp on March 22, 2024
Rochester Police are looking for a woman who was reported missing more than two weeks ago and may be in need of medical attention. 25 year old Shateria Wilson was last seen Tuesday, March 5 in the area of Lake Avenue and Driving Park, according to police. She was last seen wearing a black jacket, blue scarf, blue jeans and moccasin shoes. She has dark skin and is roughly 5-foot-4-inches, 130 pounds and currently has red hair. Officers say Wilson has mental health concerns and is believed to be in the Rochester area. Anyone with information on her whereabouts is asked to call 911.
The NYS Cannabis Control Board voted Friday to waive licensing fees for two years for adult-use conditional cultivators. Those fees can range from $4,000 to $40,000. Licensees are allowed to cultivate and sell cannabis from an approved location. The board also approved 114 new cultivating licenses, 45 of those new licenses are going to applicants seeking to open a retail dispensary. which is more than the board has approved in the last three years combined. Another 31 of those are going to applicants seeking to operate a microbusiness to grow, process, distribute and sell all under one license. In total, there are now 88 licensed dispensaries in New York State.
Chocolate shops are busy preparing now that Easter is creeping up on us. As you prepare to fill your Easter baskets — be mindful that it may cost you a bit more this year thanks to the rising cost of cocoa and sugar. Cocoa has roughly doubled since the start of the year. While sugar prices are also rising, a pound of sugar is up about 8 percent this year after hitting 2.7 percent last year. According to cocoa futures from the Intercontinental Exchange, there’s been a $3,000 jump per ton in the past month.
