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Telesca Center receives $90,000 in state funding
The new state grant will support the Telesca Center for Justice, which brought legal services to over 50,000 Rochester residents last year.
George Eastman Museum workers seek union, file for NLRB election
The organizing group, which calls itself George Eastman Museum Workers United, says a majority of museum employees supports its push for union representation.
When neighbors crossed the threshold
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.
How Canandaigua’s Peacemaker Brewing landed $389,000 in state funding
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.
A roadside stands app’s rapid growth
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 needs AI practice that builds experience
Rochester’s AI advantage will depend on more than teaching people to use tools.
Displacement doesn’t work
City officials should stop trying to make sweeps appear more compassionate. If Rochester wants fewer encampments, then house the people living in them.
Court upholds Rochester’s sanctuary city status
A federal judge dismissed the Trump administration's lawsuit against the city, which first adopted a sanctuary city policy four decades ago.
Severe thunderstorm warning in effect until 8:15 a.m.
Storm could bring golf ball-size hail, 70 mph wind gusts The National Weather Service has issued a Severe Thunderstorm Warning until 8:15 a.m. for Orleans, Genesee, Wyoming, Niagara, Monroe and Erie counties. “Severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from 12 miles…
In Brighton, a Nativity scene becomes a constitutional fight
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…
Safe Streets Task Force called ‘crucial’ by RPD
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.
A business built with pages of history
Keila Olbrich’s pop-up shop, Lost and Bound, gives old books new life by turning them into journals.