Beacon Notes
Six years since the Beacon’s start
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Launched on Oct. 18, 2018, the Rochester Beacon beat the odds and continues to grow. By the end of the month, total website pageviews will top 2 million.
Economy & Business
Rochester retains No. 1 ranking for fastest-selling homes
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Houses for sale in metro Rochester stayed on the market longer in July compared with a year earlier, but they still sold more quickly here than in any other large metro nationwide.
Justice & Public Safety
Bitcoin miner sues to keep plant running
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Facing an order to shut down its Finger Lakes power plant by Sept. 9, Greenidge Generation has filed suit against the state Department of Environmental Conservation.
Community
Rochester, Monroe County see pandemic population loss
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From April 1, 2020, to July 1, 2023, Rochester’s population dropped by 4,040, or 1.9 percent, and Monroe County lost 1.4 percent of its residents.
Economy & Business
The ‘triple whammy’ that’s hindering a full recovery
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A new analysis by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York’s Research and Statistics Group offers an explanation why Rochester and most of the upstate region have not regained all of the jobs lost in the pandemic downturn.
Economy & Business
After the strike, the D&C’s dilemma remains
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After a nearly three-week walkout, unionized Democrat and Chronicle newsroom staffers have returned to work without a new contract. For Gannett, the newspaper’s owner, mounting losses as it pursues a “digital transformation” might be a factor in its hard negotiating line.
Justice & Public Safety
Doorley says she is ‘fully to blame’ for her traffic-stop conduct
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In a video, Monroe County District Attorney Sandra Doorley apologized for her conduct toward a Webster police officer who attempted to stop her for a speeding violation a week ago.
Four Questions
A story of lifting African children out of poverty
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In his new book “And the Children Shall Lead Us,” Barry Childs recounts the roots of Africa Bridge and shares the nonprofit’s model for eradicating extreme poverty.
Government & Politics
Driven apart by politics
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All participants in a new Rochester Beacon reader survey agree: Americans are polarized politically. Views vary, however, on why that’s so and what can be done about it.
Health & Science
Report shines a light on isolation, loneliness
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Data from Common Ground Health shows the impact of social disconnection in the Finger Lakes region.