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Behind a showdown over trees lies a controversial process that produced a generational civic works project.
The state’s Early Intervention program for children with developmental delays is vitally important. Every child who needs Early Intervention services should receive them.
The pasta maker’s two-phase project is expected to add more than 90 jobs to the company’s local workforce.
A total of 23 projects in Canandaigua, Brockport and Phelps were selected as part of New York’s Downtown Revitalization Initiative and NY Forward program.
The AI machine learning model to detect a disorder that typically affects babies who are born early was developed by a team of University of Rochester researchers.
Galin Brooks, who has led the Rochester Downtown Development Corp. since 2022, is departing for a new role in Washington, D.C. Heidi Zimmer-Meyer steps in as interim president.
The 1% Run Club was launched two years ago by a group of Black runners who want to build community while also addressing health disparities that Black Americans face.
The Supplemental Oxygen Access Reform Act is bipartisan legislation that would expand access to oxygen services and equipment, helping people with COPD live life to the fullest.
The 2026 program will support two emerging local photographers with resources, workroom access, and professional development opportunities.
Mayor Malik Evans highlighted declines in shootings and homicides during a public safety update, while warning that domestic violence remains a serious problem.
A group of residents who neighbor the temporary green space, which is slated for development, want it to be made a permanent park.
The Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra’s next season will bring back audience favorites while also offering a range of novelties.
Guitarist, singer and songwriter Ronnie Baker Brooks brings his lifelong blues soul to Lima next week.
Over the next two weekends, the festival will feature a version of a Debussy classic and 17th and 18th century Italian arias.
With the core beer business under pressure, FIFCO USA’s contract-brewing muscle has quietly become one of its most important assets.
New York State troopers used the badge to settle personal scores and elicit favors. Still, they remained on the job, an investigation found.
The Henrietta-based medical device equipment company focuses on increasing operating room efficiency, producing sterilization pods and consumable filters.
At his first public safety update for 2026, the mayor reiterated his commitment to Rochester’s gun violence state of emergency
The 2026 Vision Zero Progress Report details the city’s efforts so far to curb fatal accidents on the city’s streets.
The Rochester Beacon community gathering, slated for Tuesday, Jan. 27, will be rescheduled to a date this spring.
As the school district’s projected funding gap remains wide, officials make changes to charter school funding a priority.
The governor attended the official opening of Penfield’s new Irene Skalny Childcare Center to underscore a $20 million effort to improve access to child care throughout Monroe County.
Over two weekends, the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra will collaborate with Garth Fagan Dance and Rochester City Ballet to present Philip Glass’ “Days and Nights in Rocinha” and excerpts from Prokofiev’s “Romeo and Juliet.”
Changing times bring changing standards on profanity, even at the Gray Lady and other newspapers.