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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.
An analysis of the 2025 Rochester Democratic mayoral primary shows record spending by the three candidates but the lowest number of voters going to the polls in two decades.
After six years, survivors have approved a $246.35 million settlement that should bring the case to a conclusion in early September.
The rally, part of the nationwide “Families First” protest, targeted the recently enacted One Big Beautiful Bill Act and other Trump administration policies.
Julio Sáenz, a journalist, media executive, and community advocate, will fill the newly created position as WXXI responds to a loss of federal funding.
City officials defended the actions at three unhoused encampments, saying they were taken in response to open-air drug activity.
Residents who live near the Northrup Road Solar Project site have raised concerns over noise, impact on property values, and loss of wooded areas.
In less than five years, WeTheHobby has grown into a leading card-breaking and fan entertainment brand with retail, streaming and digital expansion.
British composer Karl Jenkins’ globally popular “The Armed Man: A Mass for Peace” will have its Rochester premiere this Sunday at the Finger Lakes Choral Festival.
Little Button Craft, which this year marks a decade in business, is conducting a fundraiser to help it remain a space for vibrant acceptance and artistic accessibility.
Chris Hastings, who became WXXI’s top executive last November, has a plan to help the public media nonprofit weather the shock of lost federal funding.
The $30,000 funding loss for SummerWrite, a storytelling program for children, represents a quarter of the program’s total budget.
New York is moving certain elections to even-numbered years in a bid to increase democratic engagement. It’s a good step, but more can be done.
Excell Technology Ventures’ recently released 2024 report shows a post-pandemic rebound, with an increase in follow-on capital and robust investment in life sciences ventures.
The Tonawanda Seneca Nation and the Sierra Club have filed a lawsuit challenging the Genesee County Economic Development Center’s approval of a $6.3 billion data center at the Science and Technology Advanced Manufacturing Park.