SLT is a band that has earned a second chance. It first burst on the scene in 1991 with a raw and menacing stab at classic punk rock. The music was direct, uncompromising, and incendiary, played by musicians...
DEVELOPMENT: Lessons from the soccer stadium audit
Taxpayers will be protected. The stadium will revitalize the Brown Square neighborhood....
CHOW HOUND: Lemoncello Cafe and Lounge, Maplewood Cafe, Local Restaurant Week
For months, the sign on the door at 187 W Commercial St. in East Rochester, a former dry...
CRIMINAL JUSTICE: Terror in the courts
Americans are divided on whether suspected terrorists should be tried in military or criminal...
Another conservative with a record of voting against LGBT rights comes out. California State Senator Roy Ashburn told a Bakersfield radio station this week that he is gay. But he only made the announcement days after he had been arrested for...
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EDUCATION: Brizard pushing for major changes
Rochester Schools Superintendent Jean-Claude Brizard will unveil a sweeping plan this week that would close eight of the city's lowest performing schools, and open three new schools. Brizard also wants to reconfigure the district's high...
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MAYORAL CONTROL: Media schedule a televised forum
WXXI, in partnership with City Newspaper and WDKX, will present a live, two-hour forum on April 1 on mayoral control of the Rochester school district. Panel members will be Mayor Bob Duffy, School Board President Malik Evans, and Joseph...
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In an attempt at redemption that balances on the narrow line between courage and folly, the chancellor of Germany invites 6 million Jews to return to his country - their country as well, he says. Written in 1997 but set early in the 21st...
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TRANSPORTATION: [UPDATE 4:50 p.m.] Transit Center could still wind up on Mortimer Street
Rochester Genesee Region Transportation Authority officials are turning their attention back to Mortimer Street as a location for a new bus station. RGRTA head Mark Aesch told 13 WHAM that the agency won't build a bus station if it can't use...
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ACTIVITIES: Alternative birthday-party ideas
Parents with children of a certain age might begin to suspect that there's an unwritten law that declares a kid's inalienable right to celebrate his or her birthday at an indoor inflatable playground. Luckily, that isn't the case - in fact, the...
It's not that Wilkes-Barre dark heavies Breaking Benjamin are letting up on the gas with the...
St. Patrick's Day is filled with corned beef and cabbage, shamrocks, tacky bright green...
"You're in my spotlight," Pandora Boxx says with a coo as she playfully shoos a particularly...
Step right up to the greatest show in town: City Newspaper's Best of Rochester 2009! Every...
This past weekend I took my nieces and nephew sledding at Harris Whalen Park in Penfield....
Recent Comments
Deb said:
Move over, Chuck E. Cheese! :)
in ACTIVITIES: Alternative birthday-party ideas
Localobserver said:
First question, will liquor stores be able to sell beer, cheese, chips etc. once this law is passed? If not then we don't really have a "free...
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Amber said:
After reading about all of the wonderful options for children in the Rochester area I wish I lived closer. I'll have to investigate if my area...
in ACTIVITIES: Alternative birthday-party ideas
Nancy Sung Shelton said:
Are there only going to be the three above mentioned individuals invited to be a panelist for this debate? There also should be some parents and...
in MAYORAL CONTROL: Media schedule a televised forum
Maggie said:
I am soooo excited!!!!!! CAN'T WAIT
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keith said:
This is simple. The monopoly was created by nys and nys only. they created monopolistic distributors. The distributors bid on products from the...
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Eric said:
To Doug and Stuart: Just to be clear, this was not a journalistic piece written by City Newspaper. This is a letter to the editor. It is an...
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