Kent Pekel became superintendent of Rochester ... has voted 9-1 in favor of keeping the book. The Rochester Public Library has strongly defended the prize-winning book and finds “intrinsic ...

One at a Rochester elementary school library until recently also includes ... the school superintendent the final call, Superintendent Kent Pekel overruled the district’s review committee ...

In a memo to the Rochester school board explaining the decision, Superintendent Kent Pekel said that while ... for placement on the open shelves of a library where students as young as five ...

Mr. Ulbricht, who grew up in Austin, Texas, was arrested in 2013, after the F.B.I. tracked him down at a library in San Francisco ... alumna of the University of Rochester in upstate New York ...

Maxfield Parrish early turned his lush blues and sunlit yellows to frankly commercial account Recently American Car & Foundry used a series of Rockwell Kent ... sion of the Library of Congress.

Join the Rochester Beacon’s public forum on the issue in the Gleason Auditorium at the Central Library. Mayor Evans ... Moderator for the event will be Kent Gardner, chief economist at the Center for ...

Wednesday marks the 15th annual World Read Aloud Day, celebrated in over 100 countries to promote literacy for all.

Rochester, N.Y. — Police officers teamed up with local youth for a day of gaming at the Central Library of Rochester, participating in a "Call of Duty: Black Ops Zombies" tournament. The event ...

Kent District Library patrons checked out close to 2 million digital books in 2024, surpassing the prior year’s record-breaking numbers.

BIPOC-owned businesses will be featured in a celebration of Black History Month at the Central Library of Rochester and ...

Firefighters descended on homes in Herne Bay and then Rochester after the animals knocked on kitchen hobs with items on the stoves. Both fires were caused by cats turning on hobs with items left ...