The New York State Photonics Board has approved $106 million in funding for the American Institute for Manufacturing Photonics in Rochester. It’s part of the money New York has pledged to the AIM Photonics Center, which is supposed to receive $600 million over the next four years from a consortium of industries and the federal […]
An Ithaca radio station reports that Dr. Luvelle Brown is no longer a candidate for the job of Rochester school superintendent. Brown told WHCU in an interview that he’s staying put, in part because of his family. A number of sources said Brown was the Rochester School Board’s top choice to head the City School […]
The Seneca Park Zoo is welcoming its newest addition. Monroe County Executive Cheryl Dinolfo, Parks Director Larry Staub and Zoo Director Larry Sorel announced today that a new baby California sea lion has been born. They’ll wait awhile before trying to determine the pup’s gender. Zoo officials say the pup will spend time bonding with its mother…seven-year-old […]