The National Women’s Hall of Fame has concluded its six-month search for a new executive director. Jennifer Gabriel, a seasoned fundraiser with two decades of nonprofit experience in California, Colorado and New York, will lead the organization through a regional ...

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The National Women’s Hall of Fame has completed Phase 1 of its expansion project, which doubled the size of its Seneca Falls exhibit space. The Hall of Fame has welcomed more than 1,100 visitors in its first six weeks of ...

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Seneca Falls will be the next recipient of the state’s $10 million Downtown Revitalization Initiative grant in the Finger Lakes region, Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced Wednesday. Now in its fourth year, the DRI awards $10 million to a downtown location in ...

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Helming, who comes from the Midwest but has lived in Canandaigua for more than 35 years, first became active in public affairs after her daughter was born in 1990; becoming a mother made her focus on the future of the environment.

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Seneca Falls’ National Women’s Hall of Fame has been named a finalist in the annual Partners in Preservation: Main Streets grant program. The $2 million grant program is sponsored by American Express, the National Trust for Historic Preservation, Main Street ...

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The machines and tires are huge. The advice is sometimes amazingly simple, yet effective. Such are some of the contrasts evident this week at the annual Empire Farm Days, a 300-acre trade show for farmers held on the Rodman Lott ...

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An inaugural celebration of women will be held in Rochester later this month, giving women an opportunity to learn, bond, reflect and strategize for the centennial celebration of the 19th Amendment in 2020. Seneca Falls Revisited will be held at ...

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The Village of Newark and the Town of Seneca Falls have been named finalists for the Finger Lakes Region in the third round of New York State’s Downtown Revitalization Initiative, or DRI. The statewide competition is open to vulnerable cities, ...

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Agitating a crowd of 12,000 or more women, men and children on Saturday wasn’t hard for Rochester Mayor Lovely Warren. They were already agitated. “One year ago today, dark clouds of intolerance, hate and injustice rolled over our nation’s capital ...

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