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Four Questions with Greater Rochester Enterprise on economic development in Greater Rochester. rochesterbeacon.com/2026/02/10/h...
The English composer and lutenist died four centuries ago, but his music has retained wide popularity. rochesterbeacon.com/2026/02/06/p...
Pegasus Early Music celebrates John Dowland - Rochester Beacon
The English composer and lutenist died four centuries ago, but his music has retained wide popularity.
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Omar Ramos Jimenez, a Mexican citizen who has lived in the U.S. for more than 20 years, went to the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Batavia facility two months ago for a routine check-in. Instead, he was taken into custody. rochesterbeacon.com/2026/02/05/i...
In the grip of ICE - Rochester Beacon
Omar Ramos Jimenez, a Mexican citizen who has lived in the U.S. for more than 20 years, went to the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Batavia facility two months ago for a routine check-in. I...
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The town board member challenging longtime Supervisor Bill Moehle has received the official designation from the Brighton Democratic Committee. rochesterbeacon.com/2026/02/05/s...
Salzman gets Brighton Democratic nod - Rochester Beacon
The town board member challenging longtime Supervisor Bill Moehle has received the official designation from the Brighton Democratic Committee.
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What is the real story with the Venmo payment a former Oak Hill Country Club board president made to a key witness in the club’s civil litigation? rochesterbeacon.com/2026/02/05/t...
The mysterious payment to an Oak Hill witness - Rochester Beacon
What is the real story with the Venmo payment a former Oak Hill Country Club board president made to a key witness in the club’s civil litigation?
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A group of residents who neighbor the temporary green space, which is slated for development, want it to be made a permanent park. rochesterbeacon.com/2026/02/02/r...
Residents ask city to preserve East End Green - Rochester Beacon
A group of residents who neighbor the temporary green space, which is slated for development, want it to be made a permanent park.
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With the core beer business under pressure, FIFCO USA’s contract-brewing muscle has quietly become one of its most important assets. rochesterbeacon.com/2026/01/29/g...
Genesee’s strategy in a sputtering beer market - Rochester Beacon
With the core beer business under pressure, FIFCO USA’s contract-brewing muscle has quietly become one of its most important assets.
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Over the next two weekends, the festival will feature a version of a Debussy classic and 17th and 18th century Italian arias. rochesterbeacon.com/2026/01/30/w...
Winter Voice Festival begins Eastman Opera’s adventurous season - Rochester Beacon
Over the next two weekends, the festival will feature a version of a Debussy classic and 17th and 18th century Italian arias.
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Guitarist, singer and songwriter Ronnie Baker Brooks brings his lifelong blues soul to Lima next week. rochesterbeacon.com/2026/01/30/b...
Blues-coded DNA - Rochester Beacon
Guitarist, singer and songwriter Ronnie Baker Brooks brings his lifelong blues soul to Lima next week.
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The Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra’s next season will bring back audience favorites while also offering a range of novelties. rochesterbeacon.com/2026/01/31/f...
From ‘Emperor’ to ‘ET’: RPO sets its 2026-27 season - Rochester Beacon
The Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra’s next season will bring back audience favorites while also offering a range of novelties.
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With the core beer business under pressure, FIFCO USA’s contract-brewing muscle has quietly become one of its most important assets. rochesterbeacon.com/2026/01/29/g...
Genesee’s strategy in a sputtering beer market - Rochester Beacon
With the core beer business under pressure, FIFCO USA’s contract-brewing muscle has quietly become one of its most important assets.
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At his first public safety update for 2026, the mayor reiterated his commitment to Rochester’s gun violence state of emergency. rochesterbeacon.com/2026/01/27/e...
Evans doubles down as gun violence drops sharply - Rochester Beacon
At his first public safety update for 2026, the mayor reiterated his commitment to Rochester’s gun violence state of emergency
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The Henrietta-based medical device equipment company focuses on increasing operating room efficiency, producing sterilization pods, and consumable filters. rochesterbeacon.com/2026/01/27/t...
Turbett Surgical gets J.P. Morgan investment - Rochester Beacon
The Henrietta-based medical device equipment company focuses on increasing operating room efficiency, producing sterilization pods and consumable filters.
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As the school district’s projected funding gap remains wide, officials make changes to charter school funding a priority. rochesterbeacon.com/2026/01/26/u...
Update brings RCSD’s preliminary budget into sharper focus - Rochester Beacon
As the school district’s projected funding gap remains wide, officials make changes to charter school funding a priority.
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Over two weekends, the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra will collaborate with Garth Fagan Dance and Rochester City Ballet to present Philip Glass’ “Days and Nights in Rocinha” and excerpts from Prokofiev’s “Romeo and Juliet.” rochesterbeacon.com/2026/01/23/s...
Sambas join Shakespeare at the RPO’s Dance Festival - Rochester Beacon
Over two weekends, the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra will collaborate with Garth Fagan Dance and Rochester City Ballet to present Philip Glass’ “Days and Nights in Rocinha” and excerpts from Prokof...
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With legal issues now in court, the fate of the landfill and its expansion plans are up in the air. rochesterbeacon.com/2026/01/22/w...
Will Seneca Meadows stay open in 2026? - Rochester Beacon
With legal issues now in court, the fate of the landfill and its expansion plans are up in the air.
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Reju has selected a site at Eastman Business Park for its first U.S.-based textile regeneration hub, a move it expects will create about 70 jobs. rochesterbeacon.com/2026/01/21/f...
French company Reju to build $390 million facility here - Rochester Beacon
Reju has selected a site at Eastman Business Park for its first U.S.-based textile regeneration hub, a move it expects will create about 70 jobs.
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New research by Simon Business School Huaxia Rui shows how crowdsourced fact-checking may help turn the tide against the flood of misleading content on social media. rochesterbeacon.com/2026/01/19/i...
Is ‘crowd-checking’ a cure for misinformation? - Rochester Beacon
New research by Simon Business School Huaxia Rui shows how crowdsourced fact-checking may help turn the tide against the flood of misleading content on social media.
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Greater Rochester Enterprise and New York Photonics will jointly promote the region’s strengths in optics, photonics, imaging and laser technologies. rochesterbeacon.com/2026/01/19/g...
GRE, photonics group form strategic alliance - Rochester Beacon
Greater Rochester Enterprise and New York Photonics will jointly promote the region’s strengths in optics, photonics, imaging and laser technologies.
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TYKEs kicks off its latest season with an adaptation of a classic children’s book. rochesterbeacon.com/2026/01/16/a...
'Are You My Mother?' comes to the stage - Rochester Beacon
TYKEs kicks off its latest season with an adaptation of a classic children’s book.
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Backlash prompted Rochester councilmembers to rescind the big raise they approved in December, but those who supported the increase say it’s still needed given the work required by their elected positions. rochesterbeacon.com/2026/01/15/a...
Are City Council members underpaid? - Rochester Beacon
Backlash prompted Rochester councilmembers to rescind the big raise they approved in December, but those who supported the increase say it’s still needed given the work required by their elected posit...
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The $53 million gap in the 2026-27 spending plan is even larger than the previous year’s shortfall at this stage. rochesterbeacon.com/2026/01/14/p...
Preliminary RCSD budget again contains big funding gap - Rochester Beacon
The $53 million gap in the 2026-27 spending plan is even larger than the previous year’s shortfall at this stage.
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The benchmark S&P 500 registered its third straight year with a double-digit increase, but two dozen stocks of local interest together ended the year with only a small gain. rochesterbeacon.com/2026/01/12/a...
A mixed picture for stocks in 2025 - Rochester Beacon
The benchmark S&P 500 registered its third straight year with a double-digit increase, but two dozen stocks of local interest together ended the year with only a small gain.
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Midge Thomas, who mentored countless young people and created spaces that provided intellectual and cultural opportunities for the community, died Jan. 8. rochesterbeacon.com/2026/01/09/a...
An icon in Rochester’s Black community - Rochester Beacon
Midge Thomas, who mentored countless young people and created spaces that provided intellectual and cultural opportunities for the community, died Jan. 8.
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For the second year in a row, the recreational hockey team for veterans will be honored as part of the Rochester Amerks’ Military Appreciation night. rochesterbeacon.com/2026/01/09/f...
Flower City Warriors return to Blue Cross Arena - Rochester Beacon
For the second year in a row, the recreational hockey team for veterans will be honored as part of the Rochester Amerks’ Military Appreciation night
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In 2025, the number of violent crime incidents in the city was lower than almost any year since 2011. And property crime incidents hit a record low. rochesterbeacon.com/2026/01/08/r...
Rochester’s peace wave - Rochester Beacon
In 2025, the number of violent crime incidents in the city was lower than almost any year since 2011. And property crime incidents hit a record low.
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The four students, who had faced a felony count, pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor charge of intentionally damaging University of Rochester property. rochesterbeacon.com/2026/01/07/s...
Students charged in ‘Wanted’ posters case accept plea deal - Rochester Beacon
The four students, who had faced a felony count, pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor charge of intentionally damaging University of Rochester property.
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The new town administration, led by Jeffery McCann, a Democrat and former deputy county executive, has been saddled with ongoing lawsuits. rochesterbeacon.com/2026/01/07/f...
Federal judge questions legality of Greece automobile tracking - Rochester Beacon
The new town administration, led by Jeffery McCann, a Democrat and former deputy county executive, has been saddled with ongoing lawsuits.
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In a guest opinion, Monica Gebell, executive director of the Levine Center to End Hate, Jewish Federation of Greater Rochester in a guest opinion, writes about schools’ need for programs like ShinShinim. rochesterbeacon.com/2026/01/06/w...
Why schools need programs like ShinShinim - Rochester Beacon
Sustained, structured intercultural contact improves critical thinking, empathy, and students’ ability to engage constructively with difference. Seeking to eliminate a program because some students ar...
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