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Writer and Rochester Beacon cofounder Will Astor, who excelled in his coverage of health care and legal affairs, died Jan. 30.
The $3.4 million expansion was won by Rochester-based EEP Quality Group over a firm from South Carolina.
With progress on a union election stalled, the students have turned to advocacy.
A proud indigenous Oaxacan who moved to Mexico’s capital as a teenager, Minerva Martinez, with son Marco Murcia, has been preparing authentic food made from scratch at Peach Blossom downtown since 2022.
Plans for enrollment, special education, bilingual learning, and curriculum at East have come into focus as the Lower and Upper schools begin to return to full Rochester City School District control.
The production, where words take center stage, opens this weekend and runs until Feb. 16.
The California-based union reached an agreement with Cahoon Farms in Wolcott Thursday amid a concerted organizing push into New York with legal hurdles.
President Donald Trump’s decisions to deport millions of undocumented immigrants, halt the arrival of refugees and threaten sanctuary cities have resulted in legal action, fear and dismay.
William Sanders, the Dr. William D. and Nancy W. Strecker dean of Carnegie Mellon University’s College of Engineering in Pittsburgh, assumes leadership July 1.
The state is joining 21 others to thwart a policy announced Tuesday that may halt trillions of federal dollars from disbursement.
A surgical oncologist, David Linehan will also serve as dean of the School of Medicine and Dentistry. His appointment is effective Feb. 1.
The 11-bed Acute Brain Injury NeuroRehabilitation Unit at Strong Memorial Hospital is designed to serve patients recovering from strokes, traumatic brain injuries, and other types of acute acquired brain injuries.
SEIU Local 200United wants to bring some 1,500 UR graduate students into the union’s fold, a move the university has resisted.
ERASE Racism’s Affordable and Inclusive Housing Tool assesses opportunity, education, racial dissimilarity and other factors in neighborhoods across New York, aiming to start a conversation about fair housing.
In January, Rochester band Kelley’s Heroes will release its first CD, “Who’s Gonna Save the World?”
A record-breaking cold snap in May has taken a toll on many apple orchards and other fruit farms in the Rochester region. Growers are taking steps to be better prepared for unpredictable weather in the future.
Bankruptcy Judge Paul Warren declined to kill a $63.5 million settlement agreement between Continental Insurance and the Roman Catholic Diocese of Rochester that the official committee of unsecured creditors rejected.
The program, with money from the federal American Rescue Plan Act, is designed to fund broadband infrastructure to and in low-income housing buildings.
Barring a settlement, some 1,800 union members plan a one-day job action at the University of Rochester’s River Campus and UR Medical Center facilities.
Jeff Springut has run the annual festival since 2012. Monroe County officials say Springut’s pullout will not affect the 2024 event.
The Lima-based Ugandan Water Project holds its annual concert fundraiser tonight for a record target of nine rainwater collection systems.
Last week, the Partnership for Downtown Rochester released details of a proposed business improvement district for the center city. Backers say the BID is needed to boost revitalization efforts, but opposition remains.
The filing comes on the eve of hearings scheduled to consider dueling reorganization plans filed by the Roman Catholic Diocese of Rochester and Continental Insurance Co.
St. Joseph’s Neighborhood Center will host the event on Dec. 8. It will also offer interactive tours.