Culture
Wicked world
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Wicked’s first album, “The Last American Rock Band,” drops March 11.
Culture
A very blue midterm
The Democrats’ nationwide election surge was apparent locally but limited in its impact on Rochester-area races.
Recent Stories
Community
Revitalizing from the ground up
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Connected Communities, a public/private partnership focused on building up the EMMA and Beechwood neighborhoods, offers a new community-based approach to break the cycle of poverty. Can it be replicated?
Culture
Renowned cellist inspires through storytelling
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German-born Claudio Bohórquez brought Don Quixote to life for Rochester audiences.
Justice & Public Safety
New York voters worry about crime
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Sixty-six percent of respondents in a new Siena College poll call crime a very serious problem. A majority would like the bail reform law to be amended.
Letter from Washington
Dry cleaning and all that jazz
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Rochester native Jon Simon, a former Eastman Community Music School student, excels in business and music. The Washington D.C. resident has toured widely, performing music from his nine recordings.
Health & Science
Wastewater serves as reliable surveillance tool for COVID-19
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The technique has been adopted by area universities and counties statewide.
Culture
The ghost of Mr. Green Jeans
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A roundup of things seen and heard, from the flippy to the heavy, in the Rochester music scene.
Community
A tough time for small nonprofits
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Increased competition for employees and other pandemic effects have put added pressure on social service agencies.
Hospitals face long-term challenges
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After the military medical teams deployed to Strong Memorial Hospital depart, critical shortages will remain.
Environment
One way to combat climate change? Change how it’s taught
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A study co-authored by a UR educator offers new strategies for climate change curriculum in “Trump Country.”
Community
A new way forward
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Since becoming United Way CEO a year ago, Jaime Saunders has shown a willingness to take risks. “We’re going to make mistakes, we’re going to learn and course correct and grow,” she says.
GUEST OPINION
Rochester ranks worst for labor market vitality
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Our city ranked dead last among the “coldest” job markets, according to a new study. Will we continue to lose talent?
Education
ROC the Future to push for RCSD overhaul
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Together with Rochester Mayor Lovely Warren, the group asked Education Commissioner MaryEllen Elia to work with it to achieve “transformational change.”
Beaconomics
Kodak’s long shadow
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Employment and GDP data reveal the impact of Kodak’s decline on the Rochester metro economy.
GUEST OPINION
Why Rochester struggles to compete
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Compared to rapidly growing metros such as Charlotte, N.C., Rochesterians need to be realistic about the community’s advantages and its disadvantages—chiefly the costs of excessive local and state government.
Education
Solving the RCSD puzzle
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However well-intentioned and on point the distinguished educator’s critique and the Rochester City School District response might be, will there be sufficient continuity to carry through?
GUEST OPINION
The way to regional economic success
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America’s “less-traveled road” has been our collective failure to commercialize our remarkable array of advanced technology innovations. Let’s change the paths we travel and move aggressively to build a new technology entrepreneurship ecosystem in Western New York.
Community
A journey of life-saving work
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Once among the Lost Boys of Sudan, Salva Dut is a symbol of what one person – together with a caring and giving community – can achieve in the world. In an audio interview with the Beacon, he describes his arrival in Rochester two decades ago, the growth of Water for South Sudan, and what he hopes it can achieve in the years to come.
GUEST OPINION
New York City’s Amazon debacle
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New York City’s loss of 25,000 well-paying jobs is significant. Not only is this a foregone opportunity for residents, but it tells companies considering future projects that New York’s political leadership is divided.
Beaconomics
Small business survival in a big-box universe
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Vittorio Menswear & Tuxedo’s sideline—shipping and receiving UPS packages—illustrates the creativity locally owned shops must have to hold their own against national competitors.
Economy & Business
Balancing profit and purpose
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Several local firms are among a growing number of certified B Corps pursuing a business model that requires high standards of verified social and environmental performance, public transparency and legal accountability.
Economy & Business
MeasureUP Finger Lakes fosters business vitality, positive social impact
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The purpose of the initiative, sponsored by the RIT-led New York State Pollution Prevention Institute, is to help local companies assess and improve their social, environmental and economic impacts.
Letter from Washington
A new way to age
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The Village movement’s mutual support nonprofits are designed to help seniors live independently while combatting isolation and loneliness. Nationwide, there are 250 Villages, but none in Rochester—yet.
Health & Science
A Medicaid reform side effect
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The unreimbursed burden of new paperwork for therapists has led to long waiting lists for children needing speech, occupational or physical therapy.