Planning an event can be a fun and daunting task that involves many steps such as figuring out what day to hold the event, what the theme is going to be or setting a budget not to go over. One step to ...

Rochester faces a difficult challenge with poorly maintained rentals, tough living situations and problem landlords. The city's housing stock is aging, and an ongoing investigation by the Democrat and ...

Parents typically find something for their kids to get involved in over the summer to keep them occupied whether it's enrolling them in a summer camp, going on vacation, or simply doing fun outdoor ...

A hot-mix asphalt plant on U.S. 63 South in Rochester passed the city council's "smell test," winning a permit renewal despite neighbors' claims that plant emissions have made their lives unbearable.

“Crossing the $1 billion mark in permit valuation is a strong indicator of Rochester’s momentum,” Community Development ...

The number of Rochester landlords who are renting living quarters without a certificate of occupancy is higher than our estimate, the city told us this week. A full 20% of all housing rentals (the ...

ROCHESTER — Waste Management's Turnkey landfill on Wednesday received state approval to move forward with a 60-acre expansion of its massive garbage disposal operation in Rochester, despite health and ...