Today's Top Stories

May 2, 2023

Paychex addresses hunger, physical health with a donation to Foodlink  

The gift is part of a $1 million grant from the Paychex Charitable Foundation to the national hunger relief organization Feeding America. 

May 2, 2023

Waste not, want not: Fleet Genius brings eco-friendly container repairs, jobs to Rochester

FleetGenius provides a full range of container solutions for solid waste haulers, municipalities and any business or government entity with a large fleet of waste, recycling, organics, industrial, intermodal and/or construction and demolition containers.

Filings with the Monroe County Clerk's office show the Main Street Armory sold last week for $550,000 (AP photo).
May 1, 2023

No criminal charges for Armory after deaths of 3 concert-goers

No criminal charges will be filed against the Main Street Armory for the deaths of three people during a panic-sparked crowd surge at a concert back in March. Rhondesia Belton, 33 of Buffalo, Brandy Miller, 35 of Rochester, and Aisha Haskins-Stephens, 35 of Syracuse, were killed during a frenzied stampede on March 8 during a […]

May 1, 2023

Merger of four offices creates CBRE Upstate NY

The offices were independently owned affiliates of global titan CBRE Group, Inc. The local ownership partnership will not change for CBRE Upstate NY.

May 1, 2023

CNB donation to Sands Family YMCA focuses on children’s play 

With the bank’s gift of $350,000, the area will be named the CNB Midway: Adventure Center and Child Watch.  

May 1, 2023

Teaching teamwork: How three local nursing programs impart interdisciplinary skills

We talked to leaders of three nursing education programs in Rochester to find out how they equip students with the interdisciplinary skills critical to today’s complex healthcare environment.

May 1, 2023

New leader named at Fisher’s School of Business

St. John Fisher University has appointed Daniel Connolly as the dean of the School of Business, effective June 30. 

May 1, 2023

Rappel down a skyscraper for a good cause  

The annual 21 Stories for Scouts returns on Friday, May 12 for its 14th year. Participants will rappel the 19-story Kodak Tower as part of a fundraiser for the scouting program.  

May 1, 2023

How to solve the local nursing home staffing crisis

According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, nationally, between February 2020 and December 2022, the number of nursing home employees dropped from over 1.5 million to 1.3 million, indicating a loss of 210,000 jobs.

The multi-family rental home at 60 Romeyn St. was among seven properties owned by a Brooklyn-based landlord that was flagged for multiple code violations, prompting the city of Rochester to seek remedies through state Supreme Court.
Apr 28, 2023

Heftier fines await Rochester’s non-compliant property owners

Frustrated by an outdated code compliance fee schedule and concerned about ongoing safety issues caused by vacant properties, the city of Rochester intends to augment legal procedures to rid neighborhoods of blighted structures. Fines for code violations will double, the time between ticketing will be cut in half and penalties of up to $1,000 a […]

Apr 28, 2023

Rochester Community Equity Champions announced at Health Equity Conference 

The African American and Latino Health coalitions held the Speak Life! 2023 Health Equity Conference this week at the Strathallan Hotel.  

Apr 28, 2023

Thompson opens new location for outpatient rehabilitation services 

The new space at 699 South Main St. is adjacent to both UR Medicine Orthopaedic Services/UR Medicine Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, and Thompson’s Canandaigua Urgent Care.