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For the third straight year, Grammy Award-winning vocalist Samara Joy returns to the Rochester International Jazz Festival.
The event’s organizers hope to spread a love for reading and for community members to view the library as a resource.
John Oates, half of Hall & Oates, will perform at Kodak Hall for the Rochester International Jazz Festival.
With the decision to close Wells College in the village of Aurora, students are looking for new schools, village officials are trying to soften the financial impact, and some alumni want an answer to the question: Why?
Icelandic-Chinese singer-songwriter Laufey headlines Day 5 of the Jazz Fest with a sold-out show at Kodak Hall.
Demond Meeks defeated Willie Lightfoot Jr. in the 137th Assembly District race, while Michael Geraci outpolled former Mayor Lovely Warren in the primary for City Court judge.
Day 5 of the Rochester International Jazz Fest features two drummers with diverse styles: Joe Dyson and Paa Kow.
Finger Lakes Opera this weekend will present an opera based on the story of two Alabama women, one white and one Black, whose friendship was severely tested during and after the Civil Rights era.
Jazz singer Stacey Kent and a pair of Grammy Award winners are among the performers at the Jazz Fest this evening.
The Boston-based community solar service provider already partners with 23 solar farms in New York.
Ellen Granberg, the first woman to become RIT provost, in July will become the first female leader of GW.
They say the deadly Christmas blizzard in Buffalo showed the city and county are not prepared for a severe weather emergency.
The University of Rochester Medical Center is looking for more participants in the landmark Parkinson’s Progression Markers Initiative.
A local photographer hopes her take on the holiday popularized by the TV show “Parks and Recreation” can encourage body positivity among women.
The UR Nursing Scholars Program will reimburse all tuition costs annually for 33 Accelerated Bachelor’s in Nursing students at the university.
The complexity of the 2021 Cannabis Law is reflected in the delayed implementation. But this much is clear: New York’s legalization is bedeviled by conflicting objectives.
The gift from Eastman alumnus Susan Ain and her husband, Aron, establishes a newly endowed violin professorship. It comes during the school’s centennial campaign.
Executive Director Ann Costello has spent 23 years at the helm of the foundation that Paychex founder Tom Golisano established in 1985 to help individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
The Pre-Seed and Seed Matching Fund Program will offer eligible businesses $50,000 to $250,000 in growth assistance.
Firearm homicides and property crime rose, but overall crime rates are lower than a decade ago.
Individual donors contributed nearly $25,000 to the Beacon during NewsMatch, the nation’s largest grassroots fundraising effort in support of nonprofit news organizations.
Dramatic declines in circulation and newsroom staff, along with financial woes at parent company Gannett, have taken a toll on Rochester’s daily newspaper.
Rochester Institute of Technology is slated to receive federal funds to update and expand its Semiconductor Fabrication Lab.
The breakfast and brunch spot owned and operated by Keith Brown II aims to offer a unique French toast experience.