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Rochester native Azhyia Clemons is one of 27 Sallie Mae scholarship recipients nationwide.
The county’s increased annual contribution to Finger Lakes Community College is money well spent. The college has an annual economic impact of $108.5 million in the county and nearly $198 million regionally.
The Women’s Foundation of Genesee Valley is marking its anniversary with a redefined approach and pair of community events focused on removing barriers to success.
Monroe County Democrats this week won control of both the executive and legislative branches of county government. Behind their success is a voter enrollment advantage in the suburbs built over the last two decades.
Unofficial results also showed Monroe County Executive Adam Bello’s fellow Democrats winning a majority in the county Legislature.
The new retraction by the journal Nature was spurred by requests from eight of Ranga Dias’ co-authors.
The money is part of Bring Monroe Back, the county’s plan to distribute funds from the American Rescue Plan Act.
In his new book, University of Rochester astrophysicist Adam Frank chronicles the quest to find evidence of extraterrestrial life and intelligence.
The renowned composer and jazz pianist, who grew up in Fairport, brings his trio to Kilbourn Hall on Nov. 9.
Although there are other ways of generating power that also produce little or no CO2, they may not be as reliable or as practical as nuclear power.
With a proposed new leader there, Rochester residents Pepin Accilien and Ed Hourihan hope to be able to resume helping the troubled island nation.
The Tragedy Brothers and Genesee Johnny get rugged, ragged and riff-happy on news CDs.
Nonfiction filmmaking is alive and well here, nurtured by groups like Rochester Documentary Filmmakers and high-quality academic programs.
While financial firms of all sizes offer mortgages, there are benefits to working with small local banks.
The Fairport company’s technology is designed to dramatically reduce both on-road automotive and off-road industrial and agricultural accidents to reduce fatalities and injuries.
The ability to adapt amid the virtual shift will determine which leaders and organizations thrive.
Like parents and alumni, a number of Aquinas students have taken opposing sides in the debate over the school’s approach to education. In the Beacon’s Up for Debate, two students who walked out on alumnus Robert Agostinelli’s recent talk at the school and two others who share Agostinelli’s opinion that leftist ideology now rules at the Catholic school present their views.
The Rochester musician is releasing hundreds of local band videotapes on YouTube … and the kids go wild.
In 2021, Rochester had the highest number of homicides per capita in New York and more than most big cities nationwide.
The board declined to hold a special meeting with a group, while promising to seek “input and feedback” in the coming months.
Ten credit union workers are joining the CWA in the latest in a series of successful labor organizing efforts nationwide.
The Rochester Monroe Anti-Poverty Initiative’s priorities include more livable wages and an inclusive pandemic recovery.
For family practitioner Carolyn Stern, COVID-19 has created unprecedented communications difficulties.
In December, the regional jobless rate was lower than it has been in any month since 1990, but the pandemic still clouds the outlook.