News Articles
Police Chief David Moore is crediting the Zero Tolerance initiative with a 12 percent reduction in homicides in 2008. There were 44 homicides last year, down from 50 in 2007. Though a reduction, it's still far short of Moore's goal of cutting the city's homicide rate in half. In a press
Opinion
The Bush administration's long fade-out is highlighting not only its mistakes but also its weakness. And nowhere does that seem clearer than with the crisis in Gaza. With little credibility left anywhere in the world, President Bush can not lead, and his pronouncements on Gaza have been weak and decidedly
Letters
With the start of a new year and a new presidency, it is time for us to put our differences behind us and come together as one nation. To help foster that end, I propose that those of us who voted for Bush-Cheney in 2000 take some responsibility for their
Letters
Mary Anna Towler nails it in her December 24 Urban Journal ("Our COMIDA Is in a Gift-giving Mood"). The Wilmot family has a lot of gall to expect us to believe that they wouldn't do the Greece Ridge Mall project without us handing them $192,000 in tax breaks. Presumably Wilmorite has
Letters
In 1962, Ted Kennedy sought to fill the Massachusetts Senate once held by his brother, President John F. Kennedy. He was opposed in the primary by Edward McCormack, an experienced, well-liked veteran of Massachusetts politics. In a debate that was aired on television, McCormack pointed at Kennedy and said, "If your
News Articles
As an astronomer, Adam Frank is used to scanning the sky for nebulae and supernovas. But lately he's turned his focus inward, searching the vast expanse between science and religion for signs of common ground. Over the past decade the battle lines have been sharply drawn as atheists confront believers and
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A public metro school that would accept half of its students from city schools and half from suburban schools throughout Monroe County is moving forward, says project founder William Cala. The former Fairport and Rochester schools superintendent says that he has more than 100 educators working on curriculum and grants.
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For all the talk about how Renaissance Square will look to surface-dwellers, not much has been said about its impact below ground. The project's environmental assessment spells out the Main and Clinton site's past history as a Native- American settlement. Through 130 years of development, the area's been developed, redeveloped, and
News Articles
It was foolish, anyway, to expect to find the noble king and queen of Rochester listed among the proletariat in the white pages. | But after an exhaustive 20-minute web search of Monroe County property records and a more general Google query turned up almost nothing, the phone book was
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TOTALS - 4217 U.S. soldiers, 317 Coalition soldiers, and approximately 90,235 to 98,502 Iraqi civilians have been killed in Iraq from the beginning of the war and occupation to January 2. American servicemen and women killed December 20 to December 28: -- Lance Cpl. Robert L. Johnson, 21, Central Point,
Restaurant Articles
Last month there was a surprising change at Corn Hill Landing when new Mexican restaurant Chayote abruptly closed, and Corn Hill Grill opened in its place. Both restaurants are co-owned by Lynn and Donna DiMarzo, and the decision to close Chayote resulted in a better fit for the neighborhood, according
Music Articles
If everybody likes a band, chances are it isn't a very good band. You might like No Sheers Ted. Then again, you might not. And those of you that don't simply confirm that this is an extraordinary band. Besides, the band doesn't care. "We just wanna play music," says frontman Joe
Choice Concerts
The King is gone, but he's not forgotten. At least not by Albany twang masters The Lustre Kings, or the host of pomaded rockabilly aficionados that gather at the Dinosaur every year to celebrate the true meaning of the holiday season: the birth of Elvis Christ. I know, I know,
Choice Concerts
Beyond the fresh-squeezed sweat and testosterone, beyond the accelerated volume and teenage antics often lies what a band will become. There's no substitute for a band's drive, hard work, and a little luck to get where it needs to be. And even if it ain't there yet, there's still a
Choice Concerts
Whether he's playing the music of Thelonious Monk, Antonio Carlos Jobim, Cole Porter, or Richard Rogers, pianist Ted Perry has a light, springy touch reminiscent of Ahmad Jamal. He has obviously gleaned a great deal from the greats he's played with, including Kenny Burrell, Ernie Watts, and Nick Brignola. In
Choice Concerts
The appearance of this new trio allows Rochester audiences to get up close and personal with versatile drummer Cameron Wisch, who pulled off the challenging drum parts on indie darling Ra Ra Riot's critically acclaimed debut album while he was still in high school. Left to his own devices, Wisch
Choice Concerts
Multi-reed master Ken Peplowski left college early to join The Tommy Dorsey Orchestra on clarinet. After studying saxophone with Sonny Stitt, Peplowski moved to New York where he encountered myriad styles of jazz. In 1984 his hero, Benny Goodman, came out of retirement and hired him as a saxophonist in
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Rochester rapper Reece Q (Reece Baskin) is just what hip-hop here and abroad needs. Q's languid and lyrical style is rooted in words and their meanings and impact, not just rhythmic convenience. Language is his monkey bars. Rhythmically speaking it's solid and heavy, with super-sexified BPMs. And now there's a
Art
Life is strange and inexplicable. Right in time for me to catch the Pedro Meyer retrospective at the George Eastman House, a close friend and I were discussing the mystery of personality and why individuals value the things they value. Why are some compelled to watch NASCAR/enamored of a particular
Choice Events
There are many reasons why people meet annually - family and class reunions, conventions, holidays, etc. In "Same Time, Next Year" the motivation is a bit different. Two people, married to others, meet once a year to get it on, and in the meantime catch up on the past year's
