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As the Chapter 11 case drags on, payments to lawyers, accountants and consultants have reached $5.4 million, while abuse survivors have yet to see a penny.
The health care technology firm now has garnered $46 million in total capital, to speed development and commercialization of its cuffless blood pressure monitor built into the toilet seat.
Launched in 2021, CurAte helps customers explore cuisines dished up by local restaurants.
Calls that are not life-threatening will go to a nurse rather than an emergency room.
Triggered by a billionaire alumnus’ talk to students, a rift has surfaced between parents and alumni who accuse Aquinas Institute of “woke” ideology and those who defend the school’s board, administration and faculty.
Talking about songwriting on Matt O’Brian’s new project, Flying Object.
A decade after its bankruptcy filing, the company’s Eastman Business Park is helping to spur local job growth by businesses located there.
All new and increased donations to United Way’s Community Impact Fund will be matched, up to $500,000, through the Canandaigua National Bank & Trust 6-County Challenge Grant.
The financial services firm, which now occupies the former site of Hart’s Local Grocers, aims to maintain its close-knit workstyle while helping to bring new vitality to the East End.
To counter a shortage of mental health and addiction counselors, RIT’s Caroline Easton launched a program to recruit the “best of the best interns” from across the U.S.
UR Medicine and Rochester Regional Health recently kicked off programs to give patients access to some of their doctors’ clinical notes. Will the move create challenges?
The legislation proposed by City Council deserves support. The mayor’s proposal—created with the Rochester police union and the police department in order to maintain the status quo—does not.
In the past, state Senate redistricting in Upstate New York favored the Republican Party. Now, the loss of GOP control in the Senate will significantly reduce upstate’s influence.
Is a statue always more than art? What is the relationship between a statue and a community’s evolving beliefs, values, and principles?
The Rochester Historical Society, home of artifacts that tell the community’s stories, is in danger of losing these treasures.
The newly revamped MBA curriculum at the UR graduate business school has received Program of the Year honors for offering a science, technology, engineering and math designation in every area of specialization.
In his new book, “The Attachment Effect,” Rochester author and journalist Peter Lovenheim explores how the earliest bond impacts human relationships. He shares his findings, including the attachment styles of political leaders, with Beacon Publisher Alex Zapesochny. Listen to their conversation.
As writer, director and producer of the play “Whispering Inhibitions,” Victoria Visiko wants those who have suffered sexual abuse to find strength in her work.
As a student in the Rochester city schools, Rachel Barnhart saw firsthand the “incredible waste of human potential” that resulted from poverty, crime and educational inequality. The journalist and political activist spoke with Beacon publisher Alex Zapesochny about journalism, politics and her motivation to hold government accountable. Listen to their conversation.
Great ideas that can have a disproportionate impact upon Rochester’s economic revitalization don’t necessarily require big budgets. For a modest sum of money, we can highlight the qualities that make Rochester a great place to live, work and play.
Cashless tolling should save money for taxpayers over time and reduce traffic congestion on more heavily-traveled roads and bridges. But you need to play by the rules or risk owing big fines.
East High School has seen a sharp reduction in suspensions. Still, a racial divide exists within the Rochester City School District which suspends minority students at significantly higher rates than statewide averages.
Since you and I soon will be shelling out for $130,000 annual legislative salaries, we should take a good look at New York lawmakers’ record. It’s not a pretty sight.
Several of New York State’s smaller metros did quite well in 2018, outperforming the state’s leading large metros.