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The breakfast and brunch spot owned and operated by Keith Brown II aims to offer a unique French toast experience.
Teen Empowerment Rochester’s plans for expansion include a new headquarters named for Barack and Michelle Obama.
In a year-end poll, Beacon readers pick Rochester’s continuing homicide surge as the top local news story of 2022 and the community’s No.1 issue.
Beacon readers and writers continue to be drawn to a wide range of topics, from public safety and health care to education and cultural polarization.
Americans’ views of the nation’s racial history are deeply divided. In many ways, this division shapes what students learn—or don’t learn—in the classroom.
Barry Childs grew up in Tanzania. For the last two decades, the Fairport resident has worked to build Africa Bridge, a nonprofit dedicated to transforming the lives of that nation’s most impoverished children and families.
The city plans file a lawsuit seeking to recover damages from firearms companies over crimes and violence linked to illegal guns.
Instead of listening to the public outcry, the Canal Corporation’s final plan calls for removing natural vegetation from the embankment, replacing it with a manicured industrial landscape.
Nearly a decade after the Black Lives Matter movement emerged, it still has broad support, but for some the number of questions has grown.
The ruling by a state Supreme Court justice delays a decision on whether the court will rule on eight ex-new carriers’ complaints of sexual abuse by a former D&C route supervisor.
The Washington Post investigative reporter and Politico cofounder, on tap for a Beacon online event next week, are in the top ranks of their profession.
Cynthia Herriott-Sullivan, a Black former lieutenant with the city’s police department, will become interim chief on Oct. 14.
Police officers allegedly maced, injured and wrongly arrested an eighth-grade honor student.
Economic hardships and social isolation during the coronavirus pandemic have caused an increase in domestic violence, experts say.
A low-cost nasal swab card evaluated at URMC has received emergency use authorization from the FDA.
Rochester Institute of Technology has directly invested in Cosimo X, a blockchain-focused venture fund, becoming the first university in the nation to do so. Alum Robert Frasca’s track record helped the decision, says Gregory Van Laeken, RIT’s managing director for investments.
At $12.2 million, it is the largest National Institutes of Health award ever received by the university’s brain and cognitive science department.
In October 1962, the Cuban Missile Crisis brought civil defense drills and fears about being vaporized on the way home from school.
RIT assistant professor of photography Joshua Rashaad McFadden has turned his focus to racism and police brutality—in Minneapolis and now in Rochester.
Winner of a $10 million state grant, NextCorps will run an early-stage cleantech accelerator to speed startups’ path to the marketplace.
The Washington Post’s Tom Hamburger and Politico co-founder John Harris—both Rochester natives—will discuss the state of U.S. politics and the outlook for local journalism.
The photonics company, which took home $1 million at Luminate Finals 2020, originated at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. CEO Nish Sonwalkar sees a bright future for his business here.
The Rochester region’s population is aging fast, heightening risks of medical complications—especially in the era of COVID-19. It’s time to adopt new standards for geriatric surgery.
The Levine Center event aims to unite the community in overcoming hate through education, dialogue, and positive action.