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Board members will have to give advance notice and direct concerns to the superintendent, rather than a school principal.
With increasing demand, Goodwill of the Finger Lakes wants to expand the number of staffers dedicated to its 211/LIFE LINE service.
The George Eastman Museum’s “Life with Photographs: 75 Years of the Eastman Museum” marks three-quarters of a century since its founding, and highlights the evolution and impact of photography.
The judge ruled, however, that the Department of Environmental Conservation has the authority to deny the renewal application for the power plant used for bitcoin mining and sent the matter back to the agency for further proceedings.
Nearly 15 percent of the Rochester Police Department slots for sworn personnel are unfilled, boosting overtime costs and straining morale. Along with recruitment challenges, retirements have outpaced new hires.
The 105 grants made in the third quarter bring the total ESL has awarded this year to about $21.8 million.
Solutions proposed by two other New York Catholic dioceses with similarly stalled bankruptcies might offer a road map for the Rochester case.
“Wanted” posters of University of Rochester leadership, faculty and employees were posted on campus, criticizing the school’s response to the Oct. 7 attacks against Israel and the ensuing war in Gaza and Lebanon.
Our Washington correspondent’s new book, “Gift Shop of Gratitude,” will be published this week.
Some local sites have grown their annual visitor numbers significantly over the past two decades, while others have not.
The town’s legal action targets 3M, BASF, DuPont, Tyco Fire Products and other companies that have made or sold firefighting foams.
In metropolitan Rochester, houses continue to sell faster than in any other large metro nationwide. The chief reason: extremely low inventory of available homes for sale.
The complaint, which seeks class action status, argues that UR’s response to the May 27 data breach is inadequate.
Developed by the Rochester Housing Authority, the project will add 53 new affordable homes in the Beechwood neighborhood.
The health system, which says it cannot afford Rochester General Hospital nurses’ salary demands, is giving significant raises to medical residents.
The two-day series of workshops, hosted by LaShunda Leslie-Smith, is a “whole-life conference” that is expected to draw hundreds of women from all over the region.
Ranked by new business applications per 1,000 residents in 2022, Monroe County placed near the top third among the more than 3,100 counties nationwide.
The second-largest grocery chain in Monroe County has two stores in lower-income neighborhoods in Rochester. “We feel very strongly about being in those areas and serving the needs of customers,” Ron Ferri says.
Paul Geha M.D.’s ongoing research focuses on the correlation between brain structure and chronic pain.
In an Aug.10 lawsuit, Rochester dentist Nicholas Nicosia has accused Rachel Barnhart of character assassination.
On hiatus due to COVID since 2019, the Clarissa Street Legacy will host its annual reunion on Aug. 19.
COVID-19 has claimed more than 2,000 lives in Monroe County, but its crisis stage finally appears to be over. As many people move on from the worst pandemic in a century, Commissioner of Public Health Michael Mendoza M.D. reflects on what we’ve learned. “We could have prevented so many of those deaths,” he says.
Once globally lauded for what he claimed were research breakthroughs, Ranga Dias now is accused of falsifying results and plagiarism.
The California company plans to create 165 jobs at Linden Oaks Office Park and in Dutchess County.