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Bankruptcy Court Judge Paul Warren rejected the Roman Catholic Diocese of Rochester move to block the reactivation of state court sexual-abuse claims against parishes.
The $11.4 million Finger Lakes Workforce Development Center expects to train 2,500 people within the next three years.
The nine-figure offer aims to settle claims filed by 475 sexual-abuse survivors in the diocese’s Chapter 11 bankruptcy.
New releases from P.V. Nunes and the Occasional Saints and Sarah De Valliere swing and sparkle.
In addition to two executive orders, the governor called for new measures that would require the Legislature’s approval.
As the number of U.S. deaths due to COVID-19 passes 1 million, in Monroe County there is reason for both despair and hope.
The fund, managed by Excell Technology Partners, makes seed and early-stage investments in high-tech startups.
New research findings suggest that, even if you opt out of location tracking through social media use and call records, your movement may still be predictable thanks to the data of your family, friends, and even the strangers around you.
By streamlining the process of compliance and regulation for small and midsize companies, OpReddy hopes to spur startup activity here.
A new collaborative, multiyear effort calls for additional sheriff’s deputies and multidisciplinary violence prevention teams.
Why put at risk the substantial income and tens of thousands of local jobs that global trade generates in the Rochester region?
The visual art community in Rochester is launching Current Seen, a small-and-midsize venue biennial designed as a contiguous string of exhibitions, pop-ups, and public art along East Avenue and Main Street downtown. The program’s theme: our current moment/our changing city.
Newspapers first ventured online almost a quarter-century ago. Why are nearly all still struggling to find a digital news model that works—and can the merged Gannett-New Media operations crack the code?
UR researchers have found that like concussions, repetitive hits to the head in football and other contact sports can damage the brain.
A weekly pop-up menu at Noble Shepherd Craft Brewery in Bristol featuring Pad Thai Catering’s traditional Thai-Lao dishes has roots in a serendipitous crossing of paths three years ago.
Stimulating the economy despite historically low unemployment may open the door for discouraged and marginalized workers to get back into the game. This would be good for Rochester, and for the nation.
An infant, faith-based organization in the city hopes to become a sustainable lifeline for grandmothers who are now or have been primary caregivers for their own grandchildren.
The planned vote was only a means to an end. The real goal—to determine if there is public support for a state takeover of the Rochester City School District—can be achieved by other means.
One goal of the new draft comprehensive plan is to make neighborhoods more vibrant by increased residential density. But unless parking requirements are maintained, this would drive out higher-income residents who can afford the oversize 19th century homes that lend character to center city.
A new exhibit featuring a diverse collection of craft art, from pieces knitted and crocheted by hand to quilts, explores themes such as reform, indignation against gender and racial injustices, women’s rights and voting.
A court decision scratching the city’s plans to place a non-binding referendum before voters and the state education commissioner’s somewhat positive response have given the school board reason to be optimistic. Still, challenges remain.
Recent calls for improving graduation rates by eliminating state-run exit exams are misguided. A high school diploma is meaningless if it doesn’t prepare students for what comes next.
Many female employees of technology firms nationwide have encountered discrimination or abuse. At a number of Rochester firms, however, women today account for a larger percentage of the staff and are rising in the leadership ranks.
A highly educated workforce and other assets have helped our region in its transition to a knowledge-based economy. But at the same time, are Rochester and other midsize metropolitan areas falling farther behind tech powerhouses like Boston, New York City and San Francisco?