Justice & Public Safety
Before the bankruptcy storm
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Filings in April and May dropped sharply as pandemic-related assistance kicked in, but experts say a surge almost certainly is on the horizon.
Community
A market without crowds
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To operate amid the pandemic, the Brighton Farmers Market adopted measures to ensure social distancing and minimize patrons’ contact with products and other shoppers.
GUEST OPINION
How do we face a future with the coronavirus?
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To those gaining COVID-related experience every day, the answer is: We need to be smart, careful and cautious.
Four Questions
Focusing on community needs
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Morgan Properties, which owns a number of apartment communities locally, is expected to donate a portion of residents’ May and June rents to Rochester Regional Health and Foodlink.
Economy & Business
A bumper crop of woes
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For the region’s farmers, the coronavirus pandemic has caused customers to disappear, disrupted supply networks and brought the risk of infected workers.
GUEST OPINION
Keeping seniors safe during the pandemic
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Many families are weighing whether a nursing home or senior living community is the best option for elderly parents now.
Four Questions
How change creates opportunity
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David Brown, who has partnered with Dennis DeLeo to launch a new venture fund in Rochester, says “it’s one of the best times in history to be starting a company.”
Letter from Washington
Neighbors can help ease the discord
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History suggests if we want to begin to repair the social fabric, a good place to start is our own neighborhoods.
Economy & Business
County executives are upbeat on reopening
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In a web conference presented by the Rochester Beacon and Upstate Venture Connect, Monroe County’s Adam Bello and his peers from Onondaga and Oneida counties expressed cautious optimism on the region’s economic prospects as the pandemic threat recedes.
Economy & Business
Initial unemployment claims drop
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In the week ended May 30, filings in the Rochester-Finger Lakes region fell to the lowest level since the pandemic shutdown began.