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A second Brighton resident has joined the case, claiming that town officials did not respond to his request to erect an Easter banner in Twelve Corners Memorial Park.
The unexpected death of her father, Shear Ego Salon & Spa co-founder Gene Cardamone, thrust Shayna Cardamone Moretti into the leadership role.
New tools are helping to identify which brain injuries might increase a person’s risk of developing epilepsy and which treatment options to pursue after a diagnosis.
Our city is dying, under the weight of thousands of plastic bottles, fast food wrappers, and plastic bags that have been thrown carelessly around the streets. We often discuss large-scale industrial dumping, but we easily overlook another major problem, our daily habit of littering. We often turn a blind eye or refuse to acknowledge how often we neglect our communities and dump garbage wherever. I often see people casually littering on sidewalks, tossing trash out windows, even opening full doors just to throw a trash bag out! Although it may seem small, these acts of littering add up, and they all negatively affect our environment.
An upcoming RoCo exhibit poses questions about immigration and belonging in the United States.
Members of 1199SEIU and community allies called on Congress to restore legal protections for immigrant workers and warned that deportations and federal cuts are straining hospitals, nursing homes and home care.
Five years and $1.8 million in state money have given the Cornell Hops Breeding Research and Extension Program a chance to develop a variety New York can call its own. But can New York farmers afford to grow hops?
Payday loan apps trap people in long cycles of reborrowing and debt. Enacting the STOP Act would strengthen New York’s ability to enforce the law and prevent its residents from getting fleeced.
Acquisition of a van will allow GROWS, an agricultural workforce development initiative, to serve more young adults.
A remastered version of the Rochester-based band’s first album, “Sundown on Venus,” drops this week.
A federal judge dismissed the Trump administration’s lawsuit against the city, which first adopted a sanctuary city policy four decades ago.
Documents provide an inside look at the Downtown Revitalization Initiative process that made Peacemaker Brewing one of 10 projects to share $9.7 million in state funds.
The new state grant will support the Telesca Center for Justice, which brought legal services to over 50,000 Rochester residents last year.
A town resident’s attempts to erect a Christmas Nativity scene in Twelve Corners town square, similar to Jewish and Muslim holiday displays, were met with silence from Town Hall. Now, he has sued the town, alleging violation of his rights to free speech, free exercise of religion, and equal protection of the law.
The task force—whose investigation of a drug ring led to more than 20 arrests announced last week—is a partnership between the Rochester Police Department and federal law enforcement.
The organizing group, which calls itself George Eastman Museum Workers United, says a majority of museum employees supports its push for union representation.
Launched Aug. 11, Stands By Me helps users find and support farm stands, roadside sellers and small producers. It already has expanded to 33 states.
Rochester has a rich inheritance of interfaith hospitality, an important legacy at a time when Americans know remarkably little about one another’s religious traditions.
Keila Olbrich’s pop-up shop, Lost and Bound, gives old books new life by turning them into journals.
A civic treasure, the Memorial Art Gallery is embracing its community role in new ways—including free admission, starting next spring.
The measures will fund Parcel 5 improvements and redevelopment work to create Main Street Commons.
Starting Sept. 15, the Department of Homeland Security will no longer allow international students to remain in the U.S. for as long as it takes to complete their degrees.
A centralized enrollment platform is not only a technical solution; it is an investment in families.
The DEC has reclassified the property as a Class-2 Superfund site, but says this does not indicate that people are currently being exposed to contamination.