Justice & Public Safety
Rochester’s peace wave
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In 2025, the number of violent crime incidents in the city was lower than almost any year since 2011. And property crime incidents hit a record low.
Community
The Good Phone Project adds more free payphones
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The three repurposed payphones, with free VoIP calling, are part of the nonprofit’s effort to give city residents without cellphones access to phone service.
Education
Patterson appears unswayed by Santiago apology
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Rochester City School District commissioner James Patterson apparently will not drop his effort to have fellow board member Isaiah Santiago removed from the school board.
Culture
The dawning of a new country-indie album
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Fairport native Claudia Hoyser will release vinyl of her new album, “Before the Dawn,” with a free acoustic show at Record Archive.
Health & Science
Medical research’s uncertain outlook
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Trump administration actions have cast doubt on federal funding for medical science, which accounted for more than half of the $522 million in research expenditures at the University of Rochester in the last fiscal year.
Justice & Public Safety
New dashboard gives insight into RPD traffic stops
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Data show that Rochester police are falling short of the department’s goals for body-worn camera activation during traffic stops.
Food & Agriculture
Making soup with a Finger Lakes flavor
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Bloomfield-based startup Finger Foods Farm, whose products and their ingredients come from across the Finger Lakes region, recently won the Audience Choice Award at Grow-NY 2025.
Culture
The poetry of word and image
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Erica Baum reimagines and repurposes everyday printed materials to create poetic and imaginative works of art, which are now on exhibit at the George Eastman Museum.
Education
Will Santiago’s apology mollify Patterson?
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Isaiah Santiago’s statement regarding his argument with fellow Rochester school board member James Patterson comes before a scheduled hearing on Patterson’s request to remove Santiago from the board.
Economy & Business
The blossoming cannabis industry
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Some three years after recreational cannabis sales were legalized in New York, retailers and producers are seeing robust growth while navigating a number of challenges.