Justice & Public Safety
Squaring off over license plate reader data
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The fight in Troy over a 72-hour deletion rule shows where police and civil liberties advocates disagree on retention, sharing and oversight.
Justice & Public Safety
Police department rules for license plate reader data vary widely
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A primer on what license plate readers record, who can search the data and why retention rules matter.
Justice & Public Safety
Geneva police records leave questions about surveillance technology
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Material produced in response to public-records requests stops short of explaining how the department operates and documents the use of technologies such as drones and fixed license plate readers.
Economy & Business
Last call for Nine Maidens
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The University Avenue brewery that Zeb and Emily Zimmerman built by hand, paycheck by paycheck, will pour its last pints Nov. 14.
Economy & Business
A place to pour into yourself
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After a break-in shook her new business, Beautifully Nourished owner Ja’Corii Smith found the support she needed to reopen.
Economy & Business
Iron Smoke Distillery buys its Fairport home, plans upgrades
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The whiskey maker paid $1.75 million for the building it has rented since 2014 and plans another $1.25 million in improvements, even as the craft spirits industry nationwide contracts.
Community
George Eastman Museum workers vote to unionize
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The union reported the 41-16 tally Sunday. The National Labor Relations Board had not posted official results as of Monday morning.
Economy & Business
CNB set to take K2’s taproom
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Canandaigua National Bank and Trust Co. was the only bidder at the Empire Boulevard foreclosure auction, offering $1,000.
Culture
Rochester’s Oktoberfest used to shut down East Main Street
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For more than 15 years in the ’70s and ’80s, Oktoberfest brought tens of thousands to downtown. Today, its spirit can still be found at scattered events across the region.
Economy & Business
Cornell’s five-year bet on New York hops
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Five years and $1.8 million in state money have given the Cornell Hops Breeding Research and Extension Program a chance to develop a variety New York can call its own. But can New York farmers afford to grow hops?