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The bill would pause data center development statewide for three years, while the state agencies report on the industry’s impact on the environment and on New York ratepayers.
The English composer and lutenist died four centuries ago, but his music has retained wide popularity.
The town board member challenging longtime Supervisor Bill Moehle has received the official designation from the Brighton Democratic Committee.
Omar Ramos Jimenez, a Mexican citizen who has lived in the U.S. for more than 20 years, went to the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Batavia facility two months ago for a routine check-in. Instead, he was taken into custody.
What is the real story with the Venmo payment a former Oak Hill Country Club board president made to a key witness in the club’s civil litigation?
Building a monster data center at the Genesee County site will take up more than 20 percent of property and create a measly number of jobs while not creating anything useful.
Opening a brewery in 2026 isn’t easy, but the partners behind Wheel Works Brewing believe place still matters.
How did a Democrat running for local office earn support from Republicans in deeply conservative Williamson?
Our county government worked with a powerful corporation to shape policy behind closed doors, exaggerate risks that did not exist, and successfully sideline the County Legislature.
A group of residents who neighbor the temporary green space, which is slated for development, want it to be made a permanent park.
For the ninth year of the Blackfriars Theatre Summer Intensive, an ensemble of high schoolers and college students brought versatility and energy to “Shrek the Musical.”
Since he emigrated from Ecuador two decades ago, Luis got married, started a family and built a business in Monroe County. Then, one day he was pulled over by three masked ICE agents—and his life here was turned upside down.
Hope First Roc, based on recommendations made after the death of Daniel Prude, will start this fall.
New research suggests free public transit can enhance the lives of low-income individuals, though it has no statistically significant impact on employment rates, hours worked, earnings, or job stability.
LiDestri Foods plans to build a “super plant” at its Lee Road location and relocate employees from its Fairport plant.
It is the first step in three accessory pieces of legislation passed in Rochester alongside sweeping tenant protections last December.
Democratic state lawmakers say they will no longer accept news interview requests from the Nexstar-owned affiliate until the company agrees to negotiate with employees who voted in 2023 to unionize.
The fatal encounter occurred Thursday night in Rochester’s 19th Ward.
After a lengthy disagreement over payments and late fees, RG&E shut off power at Central Church of Christ, led by Minister Clifford Florence Sr.
District Attorney Sandra Doorley plans to step down at the end of this month. Gov. Kathy Hochul is expected to name an interim replacement.
The youth soccer group, formed this summer, aims to help Turkish youth and supporters preserve their culture.
Giuseppe Verdi’s “Rigoletto,” a tragedy that shocked some of its first audiences in the 1850s, has some of the most memorable arias and ensembles in opera.
The precision metal working company expects to add up to 52 jobs in Webster.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers made multiple arrests in a raid Wednesday morning at the Asia Food Market on Brighton Henrietta Town Line Road.