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The 2024 Rochester Children’s Book Festival, featuring more than four dozen authors and illustrators, centers on the theme “Feed your imagination!”
A spirit of adventure will be on display at this weekend’s opening concert of the local orchestra’s 2024-2025 season.
When Monroe County voters go to the polls on Nov. 5, Kamala Harris vs. Donald Trump is not the only decision they will face.
NewsMatch 2024, part of the nation’s largest annual fundraising effort in support of nonprofit news organizations, runs through Dec. 31.
In the midst layoffs and restructuring, the company has softened its 2024 revenue outlook after seeing diminished third-quarter equipment sales due in part to Hurricane Helene and delayed product launches.
In 2023, nearly 2 percent of 12,788 children tested in the county had blood lead levels higher than the state Health Department threshold.
Sensational Inclusion, a Rochester education company, is committed to neurodiverse-affirming instruction.
Featuring the work of 44 artists from around the country, “Queering Democracy” at the Rochester Contemporary Art Center reflects on the LGBTQ+ community’s ongoing struggle for freedom and equality.
President Sarah Mangelsdorf, who has led the University of Rochester through a pandemic and painful campus protests, is praised for her collaborative style. Now, after two years of record fundraising, she is focused on the strategy for UR’s next chapter.
Passage of the New York Equal Rights Amendment would increase abortion spending. Instead, the state should alleviate financial stress on mothers and children.
Rochester rapper Terruhwrist is all about using music to convey a message.
The Rochester Police Department is moving forward with a long-delayed reorganization in the face of opposition from the patrol officers’ union, which believes the plan will drive down already low morale.
Lorna Wright, a veteran of land preservation efforts, hopes to expand conservation in the Genesee River area.
The second phase of Monroe County’s CAP will study communitywide greenhouse gas emissions.
The annual fundraising event for the American Diabetes Association, postponed due to poor air quality from Canadian wildfires, is now slated for July 22.
The latest record from Jerry Falzone & Liar’s Moon represents a partnership between lyricist and musicians.
Midway through 2023, Rochester Mayor Malik Evans and other city leaders remain focused on two pressing public safety issues—motor vehicle thefts and illegal guns—and the connection they have to youth.
New York has been allocated nearly $665 million in federal funding under the federal Broadband Equity Access and Deployment Program. Now, the state must develop a five-year action plan.
The campaign is an initiative of the city’s Office of Violence Prevention and local filmmaker Shabaka Mu Ausar.
The third annual #DouglassWeek will include more than 40 in-person and virtual talks, performances and events.
The Corn Hill Arts Festival will feature an array of handcrafted items from nearly 400 artists, plus food, drinks and music.
The health systems will join forces on Aug.1. It adds two hospitals, in Yates and Ontario counties, to UR’s eight-hospital network.
Last week’s Supreme Court decision upended race-conscious admissions policies in place at selective colleges and universities for decades. What does it mean for Rochester-area schools?
In a poll of Beacon readers, 63 percent disapproved of the Supreme Court’s affirmative action ruling.