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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.
Rochester school board officials and the administration speak of equity, diversity, and inclusion but often fail at modeling in these areas while also failing to prepare students for their future by being less than truthful about their education.
The Wayne County company’s 160 employees will now be part of Addman, formed in 2020 by private equity firm American Industrial Partners.
RIT’s 35th Big Shot this weekend will feature the Susan B. Anthony museum and neighborhood park.
The agreement calls for the diocese and its parishes to jointly contribute $55 million to a fund to compensate survivors.
Edwards Vacuum plans to employ 600 at the Western New York Science & Technology Advanced Manufacturing Park.
Veteran politician Joe Morelle faces a strong challenge from former RPD chief La’Ron Singletary in the race for Congress in the district spanning Monroe County and part of Orleans County.
The Golisano Institute for Business and Entrepreneurship plans to charge students $8,900 a year in tuition.
Those who have perished from the coronavirus cannot determine what their deaths will mean for the nation; it is, as it was amid the Civil War, for us to decide.
Pepsy Kettavong reflects on his public art work in the South Wedge, the community input that led to its creation and the vandalism with anti-racism messages that defaced it.
County Executive Adam Bello supports the idea to rechristen the airport in honor of Frederick Douglass.
Rochester’s police chief acknowledges the need for reform in the wake of the killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis. But he says people should not “take issues from other cities and drop them on the backs” of city residents and the RPD.
The move means international students in Rochester and around the country will not face loss of their lawful status if they attend online-only classes this fall.
Political requests in obituaries reflect our divided nation and they themselves can be divisive. Instead, why not suggest worthy causes for donation that everyone can be glad to support?
The May 30 Black Lives Matter protest that turned violent prompted religious leaders console their congregations, teach them to become antiracists and lead them in prayer.
At the assemblyman’s funeral, Rochester Mayor Lovely Warren spoke of a “protector of the people” who was “a father to me.”
In an online forum presented by the Rochester Beacon and Upstate Venture Connect, URMC CEO Mark Taubman and two other upstate CEOs say their systems adapted quickly and efficiently but remain financially at risk.
The facilities are committed to mitigating the spread of COVID-19, but the governor’s executive order mandating testing has brought increased costs significantly.
People of color have sent a clear message that it is white people’s job to educate and organize other white people to end the racist policies and systems that white people created.
The cloud-based commerce startup allows smaller wineries to compete effectively with larger ones.
During a two-week trip to Austin, Texas, the daily COVID-19 infection rates here and there changed dramatically. Texas and many other states are now learning lessons that New York had to face earlier.
Rochester Black Restaurant Week, organized by Rochester Black Young Professionals, will highlight a different eatery each day this week.