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Under a plea agreement to end his multiyear criminal case, real estate developer Robert Morgan would face no prison time but could be fined up to $250,000.
“It’s been horrible out here, trying to keep up with death,” says mortician Thomas Gainey, the owner and operator of Angel Hills Funeral Chapel on St. Paul Street.
To mark its 50th anniversary, the Rochester Area Community Foundation is launching a year-long program underwriting free attendance to a range of nonprofit arts and cultural sites and performances.
It’s time to address the three key barriers keeping young people from getting needed mental health support.
Organized, competitive video gaming is gaining popularity on colleges campuses and in the entrepreneurial arena.
The state court employees were repeatedly warned over the past six months that failure to comply with the court system’s July 2021 vaccine mandate could result in their termination.
A number of bands are teaming up to help the stellar drummer, who is doing battle with cancer.
Rochester-based Circle Optics has been awarded over $2.5 million in contracts.
A Siena College poll of Monroe County residents finds 81 percent believe minorities, including African Americans, Hispanics and Asians, experience racial or ethnic discrimination.
A new Cornell ILR Buffalo Co-Lab data portal says “eviction filings and crime are related in ways that cannot be explained by chance alone.”
An additional SEC filing that offers clues to the identities of Morgan’s associates, media merger talks and a food and ag startup contest are items in this week’s Notable News.
Rochester was chosen by the “Reinventing America’s Schools” project of the Progressive Policy Institute as one of eight cities to share best practices on improving urban education. A May 30 workshop addressed the challenge posed by Rochester public education by introducing participants in promising reform models.
New York’s obsession with standardized testing for high-stakes purposes of judging individual students, teachers and schools must change.
ROC2025 is a new partnership between Rochester Downtown Development Corp., Greater Rochester Enterprise and the Greater Rochester Chamber of Commerce. It is designed to put private money to work to attract and retain businesses.
On May 30, children of Cameron Community Ministries’ after school program will march for peace in the Lyell/Otis neighborhood. Jennifer Muniga, executive director of Cameron Community Ministries, says it is a powerful experience.
From hopes of reform in the Rochester School District to Abby Wambach’s election in the National Soccer Hall of Fame, the last week had its share of breaking news. In a new section called Notable News, Beacon publisher Alex Zapesochny discusses the significance of these stories.
Reports suggest that the New York State Board of Regents and Rochester Mayor Lovely Warren support a state takeover of the Rochester City School District. The May 13 Beacon education forum discussed specific proposals that could be solutions to the district’s woes. What do you think of these ideas? Participate in a survey.
The panels at the Rochester Beacon’s May 13 forum explored both districtwide intervention and school-by-school initiatives. Videos of their detailed discussions are now online.
The city’s proposed comprehensive plan aims for increased economic development, infrastructure improvements, and greater economic and social equality. Its predecessor also had lofty goals; only some were achieved.
Overshadowed by a 114-count criminal complaint, SEC charges filed against Rochester’s most prominent real estate developer allege he defrauded hundreds of retail investors, including many area residents.
Prosecutors claim the Rochester-based real estate developer and others are guilty of a massive fraud scheme. Authorities are seeking $267.3 million from Morgan and his alleged confederates.
The event’s co-organizer, Zach Sarkis, says our region is well-positioned to capitalize on the opportunity represented by industrial hemp, medical cannabis, and recreational uses.
Chance Wright, a 2018 advertising photography graduate, explains why he made the largest single donation ever to RIT’s College of Art and Design.
The May 13 event focused on two levels of intervention in the city schools to improve their performance: state action and local initiative empowering individual schools.