Community
Another violent year
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In a year-end poll, Beacon readers pick Rochester’s continuing homicide surge as the top local news story of 2022 and the community’s No.1 issue.
Beacon Notes
The best of the Beacon in 2022
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Beacon readers and writers continue to be drawn to a wide range of topics, from public safety and health care to education and cultural polarization.
Education
The gaps in teaching U.S. racial history
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Americans’ views of the nation’s racial history are deeply divided. In many ways, this division shapes what students learn—or don’t learn—in the classroom.
Community
A journey toward ending extreme poverty
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Barry Childs grew up in Tanzania. For the last two decades, the Fairport resident has worked to build Africa Bridge, a nonprofit dedicated to transforming the lives of that nation’s most impoverished children and families.
Justice & Public Safety
City of Rochester takes aim at gun manufacturers
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The city plans file a lawsuit seeking to recover damages from firearms companies over crimes and violence linked to illegal guns.
GUEST OPINION
NYCC still wants to sterilize Erie Canal embankments
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Instead of listening to the public outcry, the Canal Corporation’s final plan calls for removing natural vegetation from the embankment, replacing it with a manicured industrial landscape.
Community
The changing perceptions of BLM
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Nearly a decade after the Black Lives Matter movement emerged, it still has broad support, but for some the number of questions has grown.
Justice & Public Safety
CVA cases against Gannett sent to workers’ comp board
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The ruling by a state Supreme Court justice delays a decision on whether the court will rule on eight ex-new carriers’ complaints of sexual abuse by a former D&C route supervisor.
Letter from Washington
Exit through the gift shop
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The holiday season is a good time to start taking inventory of what life has given us and for which we’re most grateful.
Development
Anthony Costello’s unsettled legacy
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The anticipated $71.5 million sale of the Clinton Crossings medical complex has fallen through, marking another unexpected turn in the contentious struggle to settle the late developer’s estate.