News across Monroe County
Rochester Beacon
Published September 24Cornell’s five-year bet on New York hops
Five years and $1.8 million in state money have given the Cornell Hops Breeding Research and Extension Program a chance to develop a variety New York can call its own. But can New York farmers afford to grow hops?
Rochester Beacon
Published September 23The loan sharks in your pocket
Payday loan apps trap people in long cycles of reborrowing and debt. Enacting the STOP Act would strengthen New York’s ability to enforce the law and prevent its residents from getting fleeced.
Rochester Beacon
Published September 22Cornell Cooperative Extension program expanding
Acquisition of a van will allow GROWS, an agricultural workforce development initiative, to serve more young adults.
Rochester Beacon
Published September 22Forty years later, Jet Black Berries go back to the beginning
A remastered version of the Rochester-based band’s first album, “Sundown on Venus,” drops this week.
Rochester Beacon
Published September 21Should government rethink its wager on sports betting?
Is it a matter of free will or vice? The Beacon’s Counterpoint columnists debate gambling on sports contests.
Rochester Beacon
Published September 18Nicholson Baker’s portraits of suffering
The acclaimed writer’s drawings of people impacted by the Gaza war are on view at Hinterland Studio.
Rochester Beacon
Published September 18Monroe County needs to address the housing crisis
The county Legislature should pass the pilot Add-On to the Shelter Allowance proposed by Citizen Action.
Rochester Beacon
Published September 18Why your electric bill is going up
The Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, which intentionally increases the cost of producing electricity from fossil fuels, is largely hidden from public view.
Orleans Hub
Published September 18Program on Sept. 28 focuses on welcoming community for farmworkers
Press Release, Community Coalition for Justice ALBION – “What Does a Welcoming Farm Community Look Like?” That’s the topic Father Joseph Marcoux and other speakers will address, Monday, September 28, at 6:30 p.m. at the Hoag Library in Albion. Father Joseph Marcoux is pastor of…
Rochester Beacon
Published September 17Early learning by the book
The Rochester chapter of Dolly Parton's Imagination Library has a new home at the United Way of Greater Rochester and the Finger Lakes, and a goal of expanding from the city to all of Monroe County and possibly beyond.
Rochester Beacon
Published September 16DHS likely violated Rochester man’s free-speech rights, court rules
A federal judge granted David Streever’s request for a preliminary injunction against the Department of Homeland Security, which had warned him that his criticism of ICE could lead to prosecution.
Rochester Beacon
Published September 16City to plant fast-growing native forest
The Miyawaki Forest Project is an urban forestry initiative that will transform an old parking lot over a few decades.