2+ day, 17+ hour ago   (298+ words) New York is offering up to $25 million to establish a semiconductor design center in New York City, Long Island or parts of the Hudson Valley. The state says the center would connect downstate technology talent and investors with chip research…...

1+ week, 21+ hour ago   (388+ words) Abhiroop has been captivated by stories since childhood, often found immersed in books or acting out characters from ancient mythologies. This early love for storytelling deepened over time, but it was during the final minutes of Mulholland Drive—a film…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (120+ words) ROCHESTER — Roughly 8,000 customers are without power in Rochester on Wednesday morning, according to Rochester Public Utilities. At 7:07 a.m., 7,970 customers were affected by 59 outages, the RPU Outage map reports, spread around Rochester. RPU has three active crews out and has restored…...

4+ week, 2+ day ago   (398+ words) Four years after the passage of the CHIPS & Science Act, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer revisited the successes of the legislation and future projects that depend on it to succeed. According to Schumer, the law has established upstate New York…...

1+ mon, 2+ day ago   (338+ words) ROCHESTER — Samantha (Sam) Monohon is a farmer and owner of Nerdy Turnip Farm. As she reaches into a basket filled with assorted cherry tomatoes, rich soil is around her fingernails and tracing the lines of her hands; a badge of…...

1+ mon, 6+ day ago   (414+ words) Six swimming beaches at New York State Parks are closed because of water quality issues or lack of lifeguards, according to the state Department of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. All three swimming beaches at Hamlin Beach State Park in…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (234+ words) Two new Trader Joe's stores are coming to New York, expanding the popular grocery chain's footprint in the Empire State. The California-based retailer plans to open new locations in the Syracuse area and Yonkers as part of its latest nationwide…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (574+ words) ROCHESTER — The city's Conservation Commission voted unanimously to approve the expenditure of up to $300,000 from the Conservation Fund to support placing 130 acres of land at 250 Chestnut Hill Road into an easement. This would protecting the land, and its water sources,…...

1+ mon, 4+ week ago   (292+ words) ROCHESTER, Minn. — The City of Rochester received more than $928,000 in grant funding from the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources to support tree planting and maintenance projects. The funding includes a $500,000 DNR ReLeaf Community Forestry Grant and a $428,450 DNR Shade Tree…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago   (308+ words) Few things are more synonymous with the Fourth of July in America than fireworks. As the nation celebrates its 250th birthday, several communities in the Rochester region are planning to cap July 4 festivities with an explosion of peonies, chrysanthemums and willows…...