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City Court Judge Teresa Johnson has dismissed charges against a second Occupy Rochester group -- 16 activists in all. The ruling came minutes ago. Johnson dismissed charges against another 28 Occupiers earlier this month. The Occupiers were arrested last fall after they tried to stay in Washington Square Park past
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Article has been corrected and updated. UPDATE: City spokesperson Gary Walker says there has been no extension of the agreement allowing Occupiers to remain in the park. Occupier Brian Lenzo said earlier today that the city had agreed to an extension. Walker says discussions with Occupy will continue and "we expect
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UPDATE: Damon City Campus student leaders have unanimously voted to endorse Kodak site as the new home for MCC's downtown campus. A press release follows this story. ORIGINAL STORY: The decision to move Monroe Community College's downtown campus to the Kodak office complex raises old questions about downtown safety,
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Why did you decide to run for county executive? As I looked at the condition of Monroe County government and the impact that it had on our community, it was clear that many of the problems facing Monroe County were not dissimilar to what I had inherited when I first
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CITY: What are you most proud of over your two terms as county executive? Brooks: When I took this job in 2004, we immediately established three priorities: tax stability, job creation, and quality of life. And under that quality of life umbrella was establishing a new relationship with the
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[UPDATED 3:45 p.m.] Democrats responded to the county executive's budget proposal during a press conference this afternoon. Though the tax rate stayed flat, Monroe County residents will pay more in taxes, they said. They didn't criticize Brooks for allowing the levy to increase, but rather for not being
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Jonestown. Comparing layoffs to the worst mass suicide in modern history is a tad histrionic, for sure. But there's more to the metaphor - the element of betrayal. Like the Jones faithful, Gannett employees sacrificed for "the cause" and got burned. But instead of tainted Kool-Aid, they got severance pay determined
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Ren Square supporters: another reason to worry and, perhaps, a reason to rejoice. First, the good news: adopting a much softer tone than he has in recent months, Mayor Bob Duffy says landing state funds for the theater component of the project will be difficult, but not impossible. Previously, Duffy
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So, here we are. 2008 and most Americans marvel at our national enlightenment - the first black referee in the Super Bowl, a woman and a black man in serious contention for the presidency.2008 and Monroe County employs armed deputies, metal detectors, and an egregious arrogance - or worse, ignorance
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It was a wake-up call for Fairport residents when retail giant Walgreens tried to buy the First Baptist Church - a village landmark - so it could build a store in its place. In the past, the village relied on builders to be conscientious of the community's character. But the
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It has been a bold experiment, to be sure - heady days of one-party governance in a system that, by all appearances, has been constructed to excise scrutiny, reward well-connected friends, and suppress discussion and dissent. Behind the scenes of it all, many say, is Republican county chair Steve Minarik,
