Inside, a crowd of Christians, Jews and Native Americans were already packed together to witness the founding of Ararat, a tract of land on nearby Grand Island that was intended to be the first ...

John Spoto has ‘replaced, stripped, refinished or repainted' everything at 6782 East Lake Road on Owasco Lake.

The royal leader of the Kingdom of Benin sought the return of artifacts displayed at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. The ...

Jeff Shriver had wanted his family’s farm outside Rochester to be recognized for being owned by the family since 1864.

I had been interested in the supernatural and spiritual history of the landscape for a long time but I thought it was too ...

Mary Liz Stewart, who founded the Underground Railroad center with her husband, Paul, in the 1990s, said the idea for the museum project came when she was looking for quotes by Black Americans for a ...

Prom marks the rite of passage that teens have celebrated since the 19th century. But it wasn't always about 'promposals,' ...

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The great-great-grandson of 19th-century British Prime Minister William Gladstone said he was horrified to learn seven years ago that his ancestors were slave owners in Jamaica ...

As politicians worldwide scramble to appeal to working people, this city in northern England has a claim to be the birthplace ...

This year's festival celebrating classical musicians of African descent features a world premiere in Kodak Hall.

Apr. 15—The Austin boys took second and the Packer girls finished third at the Rochester Century triangular Tuesday. Thomas Amsus won the 1600-meter dash for the Packer boys, Aiden Sehon took ...

A partnership between RIT history department, RIT Press, and the Rochester Public Library relaunched the Rochester History ...