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The state’s highest court on Monday rejected Rochester City Council’s argument that the city’s Police Accountability Board should have the power to discipline Rochester Police Department officers.
More than a half-century after he founded Garth Fagan Dance, Fagan will be succeeded by Natalie Rogers-Cropper, a principal dancer who will assume the role of executive director and school director.
A rally on the University of Rochester campus focused on the suffering of innocent civilians in Gaza and the need to “free Palestine,” but was conspicuously silent about Israel’s right to exist.
Chicago blues group Nick Moss Band comes to the Rochester area next month following the release of its third album.
Maine voters last week wisely rejected a proposal to replace the state’s privately owned utilities with a publicly owned energy grid.
Kip Palmer is the fifth-generation CEO of Palmer Food Services, a multistate and international business whose roots trace back to a 19th century fish monger who plied the city’s streets in a horse-drawn wagon.
Monroe County lawmakers voted down a proposal to allocate $1 million for a study of a public takeover of RG&E.
In 1987, when the Freedom Sunday for Soviet Jews rally drew 250,000 to Washington, America was united in support. On Tuesday, even more people marched in the nation’s capital to support Israel’s right to defend itself, to demand the release of hostages—and to decry the rise of antisemitism.
If the blue ribbon panel’s recommendations are adopted, graduation requirements in New York are likely to become more inclusive and learning-centered.
The Canadian company is evaluating financial and strategic options to continue the construction project while also facing legal challenges.
The state had 1.7 million union members in 2021, or 22.2 percent of all wage and salary workers, according to a report from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. In Rochester, however, economists find union membership lags behind other New York metros.
Connected Communities, a public/private partnership focused on building up the EMMA and Beechwood neighborhoods, offers a new community-based approach to break the cycle of poverty. Can it be replicated?
German-born Claudio Bohórquez brought Don Quixote to life for Rochester audiences.
Sixty-six percent of respondents in a new Siena College poll call crime a very serious problem. A majority would like the bail reform law to be amended.
Rochester native Jon Simon, a former Eastman Community Music School student, excels in business and music. The Washington D.C. resident has toured widely, performing music from his nine recordings.
The technique has been adopted by area universities and counties statewide.
A roundup of things seen and heard, from the flippy to the heavy, in the Rochester music scene.
Increased competition for employees and other pandemic effects have put added pressure on social service agencies.
After the military medical teams deployed to Strong Memorial Hospital depart, critical shortages will remain.
A study co-authored by a UR educator offers new strategies for climate change curriculum in “Trump Country.”
Entrepreneur James Hammer’s gift will fund the Hammer Family Packaging and Graphic Media Center, a comprehensive, dedicated space for advancing research and learning in emerging packaging and print applications.
The teams are part of a wider federal effort to relieve overburdened medical staff straining under the burden of COVID-19 cases.
From jazz to thrash metal to “The Wiz” to the Baha’i faith to anime, the Rochester musician feels uncategorizable–and at the height of her powers when live on stage.
