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The Bloomberg Youth Climate Action Fund is providing a total of $50,000 for grants to support environmental projects led by youth groups across the city.
Can the nearly 150-year-old brewery prosper under private-equity ownership? It’s happened before.
The funds, delivered through the Rural Health Transformation Program, will support coordinated care and technology modernization.
Thornton Wilder’s play was an instant classic—and perhaps one of the most misunderstood American plays.
FIFCO USA has been acquired by Saothair Capital Partners, a private equity firm co-founded by a former CEO of the Rochester brewery. FIFCO USA will revert to its previous name, North American Breweries.
T-Mobile’s decision to invest $2 billion in a new joint venture with Oak Hill Capital, owner of locally based Greenlight Networks, could supercharge the homegrown fiber ISP’s already robust growth. But what will it mean for the Rochester region?
Rochester’s AI advantage will depend on more than teaching people to use tools.
City officials should stop trying to make sweeps appear more compassionate. If Rochester wants fewer encampments, then house the people living in them.
A federal judge dismissed the Trump administration’s lawsuit against the city, which first adopted a sanctuary city policy four decades ago.
Documents provide an inside look at the Downtown Revitalization Initiative process that made Peacemaker Brewing one of 10 projects to share $9.7 million in state funds.
The manufacturer will build a new 100,000-square-foot facility at its Chili location and add up to 36 jobs over the next five years.
A new pilot program in Monroe County could be an important move toward making early childhood care universal in New York. Challenges remain, however.
The Clinical & Translational Science Institute at URochester received the research dollars from the National Institutes of Health.
The city’s Extreme Heat Plan identifies homeless individuals as a vulnerable population. But advocates say more needs to be done.
Sound Foundations of Rochester has given a total of $165,000 to 10 public charter schools to expand music programs.
The right diagnosis, support, treatment, and understanding can help children with neurologic conditions live as fully as possible.
The recent U.S. Supreme Court decision allowing the Trump administration to end Temporary Protected Status for Syrian and Haitian immigrants could have broader impact.
The composer, who spent nearly six decades in Rochester, wrote “New Land, New Covenant” for the 1976 bicentennial. The Finger Lakes Choral Festival will present the first local performance of the piece on Sunday.
Mayor Malik Evans says the all-ages rule targets a pattern of late-night violence — making public gatherings of 10 or more people illegal between 11 p.m. and 5 a.m.
Many Rochesterians know the large, diverse 19th Ward only from news reports that dwell on its challenges. But people who live in the neighborhood say outsiders often fail to see the strong fabric of the community.
MegazoneCloud, an AI and cloud-native company, has committed to creating up to 122 jobs here over five years in exchange for up to $1.22 million in state tax credits.
For foes of a proposed facility near Ithaca, Gov. Kathy Hochul’s one-year statewide moratorium on hyperscale data centers fell short of legislation approved by the state Legislature.
Not so fast, federal prosecutors say. They argue that the insurance money should instead go to the fund that covers the costs of lawyers for indigent defendants.
The Rochester-based company, launched by Ashland Huckabee on Juneteenth, sells flavored beans and grounds nationwide, along with functional and enhancing add-ins.