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There is no shortage of environmental problems with the Rochester Embayment, a recessed section of Lake Ontario that stretches from Parma to Webster. The Embayment is listed as a federal area of concern because of the negative effects of the water quality on fish and wildlife populations, the added
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IRAQ TOTALS - 4,362 US servicemen and servicewomen, 318 Coalition servicemen and servicewomen, and approximately 94,049 to 102,624 Iraqi civilians have been killed in Iraq from the beginning of the war and occupation to November 13. American servicemen and servicewomen killed November 2 to 5: -- Staff Sgt. Amy C. Tirador, 29,
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The Rochester Genesee Regional Transportation Authority is sitting on millions of dollars that it can use for a new transit center, and some of that money will expire if they don't have plans in place by September 2010. All three of the planned components of the defunct Renaissance Square project -
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IRAQ TOTALS - 4359 US servicemen and servicewomen, 318 Coalition servicemen and servicewomen, and approximately 93,793 to 102,330 Iraqi civilians have been killed in Iraq from the beginning of the war and occupation to November 6. American servicemen and servicewomen killed October 27 to November 2: -- Spc. Joseph L. Gallegos, 39,
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The state Department of Environmental Conservation today announced that it's extending the comment period for its new Marcellus and Utica Shales natural gas drilling regulations. The comment period will now end December 31, which adds a full month. State environmental, watchdog, and legal groups have called for an extension of the
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Subsidized child care can be a saving grace for low-income families. The funding lets parents work, and it allows children to get quality care that will help nurture their development. But there's a catch. Each family has to make an out-of-pocket co-pay to the child-care provider - a fee that's determined
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Rochester Mayor Bob Duffy confirms what many have long suspected: the city and the county are in talks to possibly merge water systems. "There are a number of issues that I think we have to work out," he says. "Like anything, nothing happens quickly, but we've been talking for some time
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IRAQ TOTALS - 4,353 US servicemen and servicewomen, 318 Coalition servicemen and servicewomen, and approximately 93,795 to 102,330 Iraqi civilians have been killed in Iraq from the beginning of the war and occupation to October 30. American servicemen and servicewomen killed October 19 to 27: -- Maj. David L. Audo, 35, Saint
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The golden rule of wetlands, as every developer knows, is that if you destroy or alter them, you must replace them. It's a practice known as wetland mitigation, and there are federal and state laws that govern it - the federal Clean Water Act is a major one. Those statutes apply
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Diane Hope started tracking news stories about the Marcellus Shale two years ago. At first, she says, the stories were focused on energy and profit. The New York Times and the Wall Street Journal, for example, played up natural gas's potential as a cleaner fuel and as an economic benefit to
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IRAQ TOTALS - 4351 US servicemen and servicewomen, 318 Coalition servicemen and servicewomen, and approximately 93,571 to 102,096 Iraqi civilians have been killed in Iraq from the beginning of the war and occupation to October 23. American servicemen and servicewomen killed October 6 to 19: -- Pfc. Daniel J. Rivera, 22, Rochester,
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Living next to a former landfill has its risks - like learning that your home has a methane pocket growing under it, and that there are elevated levels of volatile organic compounds in the air. Two Irondequoit homes on Timrod Road, next to a former city dump, are dealing with that
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Monroe County Executive Maggie Brooks has released an approximate $914 million budget proposal for 2010. Brooks made the announcement this morning. The proposal holds that tax rate to its current level, $8.99 per $1,000 of assessed value. Brooks said that the county initially faced a $40-million gap going into 2010. The gap
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The District Attorney's Office has dropped a felony charge against Andrew Moore, a prominent Republican Party official. But Moore still faces three misdemeanors: two counts of official misconduct and one count of coercion. The DA's office dropped a charge of rewarding official misconduct, based on a review of the grand jury
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So if some energy companies want to punch natural-gas wells deep into a shale formation in the Southern Tier, why does it matter in Monroe County? Think water. Environmental watchdogs say that's one potential issue with drilling in the Marcellus Shale, a massive natural-gas-rich rock formation that spans several states
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After five months of waiting, Monroe County can now spend its $3 million of child care stimulus funds. County officials have had access to the money since May, but couldn't spend it because the federal government hadn't issued required reporting guidelines - the way government agencies explain how the money
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IRAQ TOTALS - 4349 US servicemen and servicewomen, 318 Coalition servicemen and servicewomen, and approximately 93,492 to 102,016 Iraqi civilians have been killed in Iraq from the beginning of the war and occupation to October 9. American servicemen and servicewomen killed September 29 to October 6: -- Spc. Paul E. Andersen, 49,
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Former Deputy County Executive James Smith is facing charges of official misconduct pertaining to the ongoing Robutrad criminal investigation. Smith was indicted on six charges of official misconduct, which is a misdemeanor. The charges are based on three separate incidents when Smith was allegedly informed of inappropriate conduct by Bob Morone
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Representative Dan Maffei does not want an escalation of US troops in Afghanistan, especially without a clear exit strategy. There was a defined military mission in Afghanistan after 9-11, says the freshman Democrat, whose district stretches from Syracuse to Webster and Irondequoit. Troops were breaking up Al Qaeda cells and dismantling
