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A freeze on state court sexual-abuse cases targeting dozens of the diocese’s parishes will remain in place for now, but they could be revived in roughly two months.
Photonect received the grand prize and Bio-Spire was named a first-place category winner in the New York Business Plan Contest.
A Rochester doctor working as a volunteer at a Poland-Ukraine border crossing witnessed refugees’ tears, pain, anger—and a belief that one day they will return home.
Higher prices encourage conservation and a shift to alternative fuels. That’s a good thing.
After a year off due to the pandemic, they have a new live-in-the-studio double album.
After three failed attempts, Rochester has a Food Policy Council that aims to identify policies that can help to create a healthier, more equitable food system.
MCvacants.com, a resource hub launched by the city of Rochester and Monroe County, could help homeowners and neighbors alike.
In opposing a bid to reinstate a freeze on state court cases, the survivors’ attorney accuses the diocese of trying to “wear down survivors in an effort to get them to accept an unreasonable settlement.”
The Honeoye Falls-based hydrogen fuel-cell company says 2021 was a “transformational year” and believes it will reach a number of milestones in 2022, but shareholder lawsuits and an SEC probe of allegations made by an activist investment firm remain on the horizon.
Greenovation, a secondhand and environmentally conscious thrift store, celebrates its 10th anniversary this weekend with deals and entertainment.
A new RIT study of 2018 opioid overdoses in Monroe County details the scope—and deadliness—of this public health crisis. Opioid fatalities surpass deaths from many types of common cancers, and even car accidents.
Possible interventions are identified to stabilize and improve housing conditions for Rochester’s poorest residents. Unfortunately, they are not adequate to meet the challenge.
The Rochester Community Players, New York’s oldest community theater group, will stage Shakespeare’s “Macbeth” over two weeks in July.
Has the share of income going to the top 1 percent in the U.S. jumped dramatically in the last half-century? Recent research throws doubt on that belief.
Small, independent brewing operations have boomed in Rochester and statewide, but overall beer consumption nationwide has stalled. Are craft brewers also nearing a saturation point?
The JCC Ames Amzalak Rochester Jewish Film Festival begins July 7. Andrea Miller, director of the festival, says that for many people the weeklong event is their way of celebrating and learning about their culture.
Joseph Munno contends Mayor Lovely Warren’s statements on why Jaisaan Lovett did not give his valedictorian speech were false and politically motivated. A local jury could make the final determination.
Where the Erie Canal Trail rests on raised earthen embankment dams, safety must come first as thousands of people live under the threat of a breach.
The team’s discovery could increase the longer-term effectiveness of a drug used to treat late-stage prostate cancer.
With New York City Democrats in control, a mix of progressive posturing and downstate-centric policy dominated the 2019 state legislative session.
Greater Rochester’s biggest asset is our water. But we can’t afford to be complacent; only 1 percent of Great Lakes water is renewable—and it’s increasingly under threat.
The latest in optics, photonics and imaging technologies will be on display at Luminate’s “Light Tomorrow with Today” Demo Day. Slated for June 27, the startup accelerator program will also award $2 million in follow-on funding to its second cohort of startups.
A legal loophole could allow Parris, found guilty of killing with “depraved indifference to human life,” to walk free. But a recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling points to a potential solution.
Rochester must be realistic about its cultural strengths and recognize that other fast-growing metros have added substantial cultural assets in parallel to rapidly growing population and wealth.