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Traditionally produced ice wines will be featured at the annual festival hosted by Casa Larga Vineyards.
On Sunday, 15 local choral groups will present “A Taste of Song,” a prism-style concert that is a biannual presentation of the Greater Rochester Choral Consortium.
It’s now been a half-decade since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, which has claimed more than 3,350 lives in the Rochester area and 7 million worldwide. For many people who lived through the pandemic, the experience has had a profound and lasting impact.
A New York Focus investigation identified dozens of cases in which the units denied a wrongful conviction application, only for a judge to later exonerate them.
Information on students’ place of birth will not be included in student directories or available to third parties.
The company and its 110 professional and clinical home care workers have been negotiating a first union contract for the last nine months.
The people of Rochester have to decide how important street safety is and what they are willing to pay to achieve it.
Rochester Artist Collaborative’s First Friday show at the Yards Collective is a celebration of up-and-coming local artists.
Putting down one’s phone and paying full attention offers an opportunity for growth in relationships and learning.
The Toronto-based company, whose nearly $1 billion Rochester Hub construction project is on hold, says a Trump executive order aligns with its role in critical mineral recovery. But the firm has been silent on how the directive might impact the domestic electric vehicle market—its main source of revenues.
The dramatic jump in the number of motor vehicle thefts in Rochester overshadowed a sharp decline in homicides and other crime categories in 2023.
After a multi-hour recess, an extra day of deliberation, and three failed votes, Yversha Roman finally got the votes she needed to become president of Monroe County Legislature.
Over the last 12 months, Beacon readers and writers once again were drawn to a wide array of articles, reflecting their diverse interests.
County lawmakers will have their first meeting of the year today, with the Democratic majority still split on who should be president of the legislature.
To protect cows from stray metal, dairy farmers give them magnets. The words of wisdom parents give their children serve a similar purpose: to help protect them from being injured by the dangers and temptations they’re certain to encounter in life.
“There is still a tremendous need for safe affordable housing, access to affordable child care and resources to address food insecurity,” says Myra Henry, CEO of YWCA Rochester & Monroe County, who joined other community leaders at a White House event this month.
Both bargaining units’ contracts expired Oct. 31. The new agreements run until Sept. 5, 2026.
In the Beacon’s year-end survey, two-thirds of readers say they are optimistic about our region’s prospects through the end of this decade.
New research has generated considerable debate among economists about whether income inequality actually is rising—an important question for both Rochester and the U.S.
New York courts and lawmakers, as well as the Federal Trade Commission, appear to be lining up behind banning non-competes for most employees.
Judge postpones until Jan. 30 consideration of a vote by abuse survivors on a plan and disclosure statements.
Two Service Employee International Union units representing some 1,800 River Campus and UR Medical Center workers have been negotiating with the university since their contracts expired at the end of October.
The design created by this year’s FLCC wine label winner is a celebration of the natural beauty and diversity of the Finger Lakes area.
A federal court verdict against the National Association of Realtors and brokerage firms in a case brought by Missouri home sellers could result in a multibillion-dollar damage award and shake up the home sales industry.