Food & Agriculture
Cornell Cooperative Extension program expanding
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Acquisition of a van will allow GROWS, an agricultural workforce development initiative, to serve more young adults.
Culture
Forty years later, Jet Black Berries go back to the beginning
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A remastered version of the Rochester-based band’s first album, “Sundown on Venus,” drops this week.
Counterpoint
Should government rethink its wager on sports betting?
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Is it a matter of free will or vice? The Beacon’s Counterpoint columnists debate gambling on sports contests.
Culture
Nicholson Baker’s portraits of suffering
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The acclaimed writer’s drawings of people impacted by the Gaza war are on view at Hinterland Studio.
Letters
Monroe County needs to address the housing crisis
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The county Legislature should pass the pilot Add-On to the Shelter Allowance proposed by Citizen Action.
Letters
Why your electric bill is going up
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The Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, which intentionally increases the cost of producing electricity from fossil fuels, is largely hidden from public view.
Education
Early learning by the book
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The Rochester chapter of Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library has a new home at the United Way of Greater Rochester and the Finger Lakes, and a goal of expanding from the city to all of Monroe County and possibly beyond.
Justice & Public Safety
DHS likely violated Rochester man’s free-speech rights, court rules
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A federal judge granted David Streever’s request for a preliminary injunction against the Department of Homeland Security, which had warned him that his criticism of ICE could lead to prosecution.
Environment
City to plant fast-growing native forest
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The Miyawaki Forest Project is an urban forestry initiative that will transform an old parking lot over a few decades.
GUEST OPINION
It ain’t easy for BEVs in Rochester
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For a city with a high-tech reputation, Rochester has surprisingly few fast DC charging stations.