The Rochester Beacon explores the complex challenges facing Rochester, New York, through narrative journalism, analysis and opinion grounded in facts.

“Jingle Bells” is one of the most performed and well-known secular holiday songs ever written, not only in the United States, but around the world. It’s the first song to have been broadcast from ...

The push to reduce the economy’s dependence on fossil fuels has spurred a drive to electrify sectors from transportation to heating. Although distributed generation—electricity generated from sources ...

Annual homicides in New York City, Los Angeles, Chicago, Boston and other big U.S. cities far outnumber those recorded here. But in 2021, Rochester had more murders per capita than any of them. A new ...

The senior living community on Baird Road will feature 76 affordable apartments for seniors. (Photo by Paul Ericson) Sometime next fall, a new, affordable senior living community on Baird Road in ...

Mural of Edgar Santa Cruz and Rosey at Lincoln Library Just before 6 p.m. on Dec. 22, 2022, Edgar Santa Cruz and his dog, Rosey, were struck by a car and killed crossing South Goodman at Park Avenue.

In the Rochester City School District, Edison is one of 17 locations listed as a community school.(Photo by Travis LaCoss) As Bridgitte Griffin gets on the elevator at Edison Career and Technology ...

After the Great Recession began in December 2007, the number of Rochester-area jobs plummeted. Though the recession—the biggest economic downturn since the Great Depression—officially ended in summer ...

Sheldon Cox first realized how significant career and technical education was while teaching at Edison Career & Technology High School. One year, Edison’s applied technology program had a house ...

Americans’ fears of nuclear war have reached levels not seen since the tensest days of the Cold War. In a recent survey conducted by the Associated Press and NORC Center for Public Affairs Research, ...