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MUSIC PROFILE: Kristen Shiner McGuire
When you grow up as an only child with two high-profile performing artists for parents, your...
Well, it seems we've finally reached the end. Or at least, the beginning of the end. This will be the last season of the eponymous show starring genius diagnostician Dr. Gregory House (Hugh Laurie). And while I wasn't shocked by last week's...
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POLITICS: Van White will not run for State Assembly
Citing unfinished business on the school board and family commitments, Van White says he will not run a primary against State Assembly member David Gantt this year. White attempted to challenge Gantt in 2010, but a court ruled that White did...
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During February and March of 2011, the Regional Gallery Directors' Forum - a loosely organized group of local gallery leaders - initiated "Thaw," a series of exhibits held at more than a dozen participating galleries in the Greater Rochester...
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MUSIC PROFILE: Kristen Shiner McGuire
When you grow up as an only child with two high-profile performing artists for parents, your fate may be sealed. It took a while, but Kristen Shiner McGuire has finally released her debut album, and it's a satisfying feeling. "It was one of...
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This season, winter came to Rochester on Friday, January 13, 2012. That's appropriate, since prior to that it was starting to feel like a horror movie around here. I'm talking about one of those thrillers where you know some creepy slasher is...
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Jenny said:
Thanks Shane for the song title - nice one :o) When I saw Michael Raymond-James come walking through the bar door...my first thought was that he...
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Troll Whisperer said:
This is Gantt's Board, and anyone pretending otherwise is, well, pretending. Aside from the obvious illegality and unconstitutionality of...
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Janine Burton said:
Great article Kristen! We're enjoying the CD!
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Edward Laird said:
The proposed 61st district is nonsensical. I don't know if it should be attributed to malice or incompetence.
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Van White said:
B Sarbane It's regrettable that you resort to name calling. "Useful idiot". Come on even bullies in the school play ground can do better than...
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Vic Castle said:
Cruz and Campos are no cronies of Gantt. The board until January was made up of Gantt cronies Elliot and Williams, who ironically enough, White...
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Howard J. Eagle said:
Andy, KFay & saralee, Anyone who really understands education and the depth and breadth of the issues and problems that this proposed design is...
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