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A full-day summit held at the National Technical Institute for the Deaf at RIT last week highlighted potential gaps in emergency services.
A June 5 tasting and auction will support St. Joseph’s Neighborhood Center, which has provided health care and mental health counseling to the working poor and others for the last three decades.
The high-speed broadband internet provider’s strategy centered on multi-dwelling units, mixed-use environments, and small businesses is a return to its roots.
Older adults who have served long sentences deserve a chance to be considered, on a case-by-case basis, for release, so they have a chance to repair harm.
A weekend celebration of 45 years of Urban League Black Scholars kicked off today.
Statewide, a new report shows, industrial development agencies are involved in more than 4,000 projects with a combined value of $132 billion—and incentives equaling a net reduction in taxation for the private owners topping $1 billion. Is this a good investment for taxpayers?
The Beacon’s internship program has been formalized as the Oasis Project—countering news deserts with student journalists. The program is the focus of this year’s Beacon Community News Fund campaign, which starts Monday.
The National Endowment for the Arts awarded a total of nearly $150,000 to five organizations in the Rochester region.
President Joe Biden’s recent decision to quadruple the tariff on Chinese electric vehicles will not increase EV ownership here and nationwide, which is needed to fight climate change.
The newly renovated Tones Studios in Irondequoit will take the wraps off in a limited-seating album presentation event of musician Sarah De Vallière next Friday.
The organizations plan to recruit innovative fledgling companies into their accelerator programs concurrently. The goal is to reduce the complexity and cost of development as startups hone commercial applications.
Even more than academic skills, a child’s social skills and emotional intelligence truly forecast real-life success.
This year’s lineup is focused on fun and entertaining shows for those who love performance.
Called the Whole Child, the $1.55 million effort aims to better identify and correct ineffective systems of support for parents, families and children.
Craft Cannery of Bergen and Rochester’s Sweet Pea Plant-Based Kitchen were among the other prize winners in the annual business competition.
After years as practicing physician, Michael Krasner M.D. is turning to filmmaking to explore how a group of UR medical students balance their ideals and motivations with the realities of working in a hospital.
Monroe County Executive Adam Bello has until Nov. 20 to approve or veto the Crescent map approved by county lawmakers.
The Center for Health + Technology will use the funds to develop new outcomes measures for use in therapeutic studies in a range of chronic diseases.
The Hive, a proposed collaboration of nonprofits designed to help at-risk young people and families, is in line to receive $5.8 million in American Rescue Plan Act funds.
A downward trend in the percentage of voters going to the polls continued. Statewide, Monroe County is in the middle of the pack.
Rochester’s all-Black long-form improv troupe hits the stage again this weekend.
After Tuesday’s vote, eight in 10 respondents to a Rochester Beacon poll said they were very concerned about U.S. political polarization.
After delays in reporting of vote counts, Democratic incumbents appeared to have prevailed in several key races.
A $7.1 million multiyear investment will support the Neighborhood Collaborative Project, which is designed to build service capacity within community organizations.