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From IPAs to lagers, rising costs and experience-driven pricing are reshaping what a night out looks like.
Congressional Republicans should follow in the footsteps of Republican environmental giants of the 20th century and support solutions that harness the forces of capitalism to address environmental problems.
The goth folk musical duo return to Rochester with their unique style, a blend of theatrics and the occult.
While a new appellate court ruling upheld limits on its powers, the Police Accountability Board continues to pursue its mission with the release of a draft report proposing changes to the use of surveillance technology by Rochester police.
After the University of Rochester declined, St. John Fisher University is weighing a request to house the records of the abuse inflicted on children.
The governor is seeking to further delay the New York’s climate efforts by pausing action until 2030 and moving back our first emission-reduction requirement to 2040. This is the wrong way to go.
The nearly $18 million Bull’s Head Street Improvements Project aims to enhance safety, connection and economic vibrancy in one of the oldest neighborhoods in southwest Rochester.
The city will use the funding to replace lead service lines and begin improvements to the Hemlock water filtration plant.
The proposed Hinge Homes project represents more than housing alone; it’s also an opportunity to repair the harm that was done to whole communities and their families by the Inner Loop.
After years of declining enrollment, Monroe Community College and SUNY believe that reforms and a new approach to post-secondary education can improve student outcomes.
Organizers of the local No Kings protests see Saturday’s turnout as a sign of growing civic engagement in opposition to Trump administration policies. But will this momentum produce change in public opinion or voter behavior?
The business and entrepreneurship school, launched here in 2023, is expected to welcome students to its second location in fall 2026.
A motion about the school board’s monthly newsletter spiraled into a heated debate about payroll issues.
Our city is following Trump’s playbook on homelessness: Being unhoused with substance-use disorder is treated as a criminal act instead of the public health issue it is.
Launched on Oct. 18, 2018, the Rochester Beacon continues to grow, with total website pageviews nearing 3 million.
The program, which aims to support economic mobility and equity for children and their families, will provide each city kindergartner with a $50 seed deposit into a savings account.
The orchestra will perform a dozen masterpieces by the world’s most popular composer in four different concerts.
The George Eastman Museum exhibit “American, born Hungary” celebrates the tremendous impact of Hungarian immigrants on American photography.
A split among candidates on the right and a shifting enrollment trend inject unpredictability into a once-solid Republican county legislative district.
Participants call on the University of Rochester to recognize the genocide in Gaza and sever its alleged ties to the Israeli war effort and settlement movement.
Liberal Rick Dollinger and conservative Geoff Rosenberger agree on this point: Parents will decide the future of charter schools.
Lawsuit prompts possible vote that could lead to ouster of directors
Alice Lovejoy’s “Tales of Militant Chemistry: The Film Factory in a Century of War” tells a story that connects the coal fields of the Belgian Congo and the cotton fields of the Carolinas to the Manhattan Project in Tennessee.
Asked to answer for apparent retaliation against an Eastman School of Music student who reported harassment, the University of Rochester dodged.