Rochester’s downward crime trend at midyear has continued for the third year in a row, with many categories returning to ...

City Council is facing criticism for tabling action on the ordinance pending the outcome of the Trump administration’s lawsuit against the city.

Market at the Exchange, in the Refinery on Flint Street, features vendors from Rochester and Upstate New York every other Tuesday evening.

Now, she hopes to continue that creativity, healing, and joy in her own space, Da Purp studio. The creative studio is located in Kee Lox Business Park off Ford Street in Southwest Rochester and has ...

In a 6-3 vote, Rochester City Council approved Mayor Malik Evans’ more than $680 million budget, which is $27 million less than a year ago. Councilmembers Kim Smith, Stanley Martin, and Mary Lupien ...

Seven months ago, Rochester Mayor Malik Evans and state Sen. Jeremy Cooney cut a ribbon in front of a small purple van, welcoming it to the Rochester Public Library system. Now, that van is beginning ...

In this year’s Rochester mayoral primary, Malik Evans has both the power of incumbency and a financial advantage over his Democratic challengers. With only a few days left until the start of early ...

For Jennifer Apple, an associate professor of biology at SUNY Geneseo, cuts to the National Science Foundation spark concern over the future of the fight against climate change. That concern motivated ...

Rogoff thinks Trump is wrong. A professor of economics at Harvard University and former chief economist at the International Monetary Fund, Rogoff told me last week that “the idea that we’re going to ...

In a case now pending before the U.S. Supreme Court, the justices are considering the scope of birthright citizenship under the 14 th Amendment and also the power of federal district court judges to ...

In a move to increase housing supply, the city of Rochester Tuesday said it is seeking proposals for the design, manufacture, delivery, and installation of up to nine units of modular, HUD-certified ...

When the Rochester Beacon a year ago launched its formal internship program, the Oasis Project, it was an experiment. Up to that point, nearly 20 student writers had published their work with us.