Paul Ericson

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

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

Facing an order to shut down its Finger Lakes power plant by Sept. 9, Greenidge Generation has filed suit against the state Department of Environmental Conservation.

Houses for sale in metro Rochester stayed on the market longer in July compared with a year earlier, but they still sold more quickly here than in any other large metro nationwide.

The Washington Post, the Los Angeles Times and the Gannett papers are part of an accelerating trend. When a newspaper stops endorsing presidential candidates, is it “a principled decision” or “cowardice, with democracy as its casualty”?

Over the last 12 months, the Beacon posted hundreds of articles. For our readers and writers, a number of these pieces stood out.

It’s now been a half-decade since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, which has claimed more than 3,350 lives in the Rochester area and 7 million worldwide. For many people who lived through the pandemic, the experience has had a profound and lasting impact.

Many stocks of local interest have fared worse than the major U.S. indexes amid the decline triggered by Trump administration tariffs and other policies.

The suit comes in response to an administration demand regarding “illegal” diversity, equity, and inclusion practices that puts billions of dollars in federal education funds to local school districts at risk.

More than a decade after its Chapter 11 bankruptcy, the company still has much to prove. But a recent technical note required by accounting standards obscured Kodak’s strategy to meet its debt obligations and pursue growth opportunities.