ROCHESTER — The recent placement of historic signs dotting the downtown area offers residents and visitors a walking tour opportunity to learn more about the city's past and how it became what it is ...

“There were times where the only Blacks we saw were our family.” “Minnesota was basically a white state.” These words, from elders of Rochester’s Black community, greet visitors at the start of the ...

ROCHESTER — An old building that once connected to the lives and rhythms of a city decades ago can, frankly, easily be forgotten in the churn of progress. A case in point is the near-century-old ...

In between weekly columns, I spend a good bit of time interacting with readers via social media sites, such as Facebook. While I was resistant to the medium at first, the real-time conversations I get ...

ROCHESTER -- A window to Rochester’s past opens Thursday with a preview of the Rochester Area Heritage Society’s new historical museum on the second floor of the municipal building on Adams Street.

Buoyed by a partnership between RIT and the Rochester Public Library, the Rochester History journal has a new look and a growing readership. The journal’s 21st-century makeover is turning heads and ...

In Rochester's weather almanac, six days have been recorded at 100 degrees or hotter. And all of those days occurred in three years, 1911, 1936 and 1953. The hottest days ever recorded in Rochester ...

ROCHESTER, N.Y. — A piece of history was moved Thursday in downtown Rochester. A Cold War-era air raid siren was taken off the roof of the building across the street from the Andrews Street fire ...