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The Finger Lakes Trail Conference was created in 1962 as a not-for-profit membership organization to administer a foot trail across upstate New York from Allegany State Park in the west to the Catskills in the east across both public and ...

Rochester’s baby boomer population is above average in size, according to the latest U.S. Census Bureau population estimates for 2016 released June 22. Even in Monroe County—the area’s youngest, according to Census figures—over 16 percent of the population was 65 ...

Baseball tips in aisle 7 Everybody in the Rochester area knows that you never know who you’ll see when you stroll into Wegmans. It could be a celebrity, an athlete, an ex or a politician. As Wegmans expands through the ...

I’ve long been intrigued by the passion of sports fans. But there is a difference between passion and stupidity, and the stupidity of drunken Buffalo Bills tailgaters is on full display in a newly released 10-minute mini-documentary. Barstool Sports president ...

We see them all the time, but only some are remembered. When it comes to signs, logos or design in general, the key is to have a point of view. That’s what Brady Fogle has set out to do with ...

The Paris Climate Accord is simply the latest example of Washington entering into an agreement that disadvantages the United States, to the exclusive benefit of other countries, leaving American workers, who I love, and taxpayers to absorb the cost in ...

The memories are many. There was the teenager, born without legs, who played “Take Me Out to the Ballgame” on his guitar before the game’s first pitch. After his virtuoso performance, he traded his six-string for a baseball bat, and ...

Bucket List Many people in Rochester—particularly young people—already have notched a checkmark next to an item in a new bucket-list book. “100 Things to Do in America Before You Die” features a Rochester-only activity: “Find your favorite toy at the ...

The mission of the Penfield Symphony Orchestra is to perform and promote live symphonic music for Penfield and the greater Rochester community and to provide an opportunity for highly qualified, dedicated musicians to perform in a community orchestra. The Penfield ...

In modern times in the United States, it increasingly seems to be the case that in many different fields, a small number of people are receiving the lion’s share of the economic rewards and the rest are left to fight ...

While I often get comments on my monthly Rochester Business Journal columns, I was amazed by the amount of feedback I received for last month’s column about my recent visit to Greenville, S.C., and Alpharetta, Ga. I received some very ...

More than 220,000 American men receive a prostate cancer diagnosis each year. Many of these diagnoses are treatable thanks to advances in genomic testing and technological and clinical innovations. The first step to early detection is understanding your risk. Prostate ...

The manner in which people view work is changing. No longer are workers thinking about pensions or receiving a gold watch at a retirement party after a long and prosperous career. Many individuals now seek contract work or short-term working ...

Last weekend, while his team was being pummeled by Bunyanesque New York Yankees slugger Aaron Judge, Baltimore Orioles manager Buck Showalter joked: “If they start letting me shift guys into the bleachers then maybe I can get Judge out.’’ Given ...

In just six years, Taryn Mullen has moved up the ranks from an entry-level position to executive director of CDS Wolf Foundation—before the age of 30. Today she leads a team of seven and is responsible for achieving the nonprofit’s ...