Economy & Business
Work begins on new FWD Center
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The $11.4 million facility will focus on short-term and accelerated training programs that place students in high-demand jobs.
Culture
Viva the old normal
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From Johnny’s Irish Pub, to Photo City Music Hall and (soon) the legendary Bug Jar, the good times are rolling again.
Community
Fighting neighborhood blight
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For the Rochester Land Bank Corp., which turns abandoned and vacant homes into saleable additions to the city’s housing stock and tax base, the last year has posed new challenges.
GUEST OPINION
COVID vaccine mandates clear key legal hurdle
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The Department of Justice this week issued an opinion stating that emergency use authorization is not sufficient to prohibit employers from requiring workers to get vaccinated.
Government & Politics
Lawmakers agree on plan to pursue ethics reform
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The bipartisan compromise, which calls for an independent commission to review and recommend changes, signals a truce between Republicans and Democrats allied with County Executive Adam Bello.
Beaconomics
Making sense of money: Part 1
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Banks’ dominance of financial transactions has perpetuated a system that is relatively slow and expensive. But change is coming.
Health & Science
Berk pens book with insights from a life-altering injury
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In a new book, former URMC CEO Bradford Berk M.D. writes about the 2009 bike accident that left him a quadriplegic and what he has learned about dealing with grief and trauma from acute neurological injury.
Justice & Public Safety
New initiative to combat gun violence unveiled
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Rochester is slated to get the second-highest amount from a total of $16 million in funding for workforce training and job placement programs.
Culture
A case of full-blown blues
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Pete Griffith howled and wailed with a voice that was 100 proof last Friday at Iron Smoke Whiskey.
Community
A haven for refugees
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Rochester has a long tradition of welcoming people from abroad feeling violence and persecution. But federal policies and the pandemic are reducing resettlements here to a historic low.