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If the proposed redistricting plans are approved, residents of Rochester's 19th Ward will share a senator with residents in suburban Buffalo. The Senate plan hacks the neighborhood out of Republican Joe Robach's existing 56th District - a mix of urban and suburban neighborhoods - and puts the 19th Ward into
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IRAQ TOTALS - 4,484 US servicemen and servicewomen, 318 Coalition servicemen and servicewomen, and approximately 105,096 to 114,786 Iraqi civilians have been killed in Iraq from the beginning of the war and occupation to February 3. No American casualties were reported after November 14. AFGHANISTAN TOTALS - 1,891 US servicemen and
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Medley Centre is paid up, as far as the town, county, and East Irondequoit School District are concerned. Developer Scott Congel met a February 1 deadline for a $355,901 payment to the Monroe County Industrial Development Agency, the town, and the school district. That was the amount owed
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IRAQ TOTALS - 4,484 US servicemen and servicewomen, 318 Coalition servicemen and servicewomen, and approximately 105,022 to 114,700 Iraqi civilians have been killed in Iraq from the beginning of the war and occupation to January 27. No American casualties were reported after November 14. AFGHANISTAN TOTALS - 1,889 US servicemen and
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Monroe County Assembly districts are facing changes, and residents in some towns will have new representatives if proposed maps released by a legislative task force yesterday are approved. Here's a rundown: Chili, Henrietta, and a question mark shaped section of the city would remain in Democrat Harry Bronson's 131st District,
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A state task force has just released proposed maps of new district lines for state representatives. We're analyzing the data and will have details soon. In the meantime, some links of interest: Senate proposed map: http://t.co/HMghx2tW Assembly proposed map: http://t.co/j8p23KXZ
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The House seats held by Kathy Hochul and Tom Reed are increasingly likely to survive redistricting. As part of the once-a-decade redistricting process, New York has to eliminate two congressional seats. That much was made clear by Census results released in late December 2010. Conventional wisdom was that a Republican
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Governor Andrew Cuomo's state budget proposal for 2012-2013 eliminates a pair of programs that directly impact urban neighborhoods. Cuomo's plan cuts funding for the state's Rural and Neighborhood Preservation Programs grants, which partially fund neighborhood groups like the South Wedge Planning Committee, Group 14621, North East Area Development, and South
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IRAQ TOTALS - 4,484 US servicemen and servicewomen, 318 Coalition servicemen and servicewomen, and approximately 104,872 to 114,540 Iraqi civilians have been killed in Iraq from the beginning of the war and occupation to January 20. No American casualties were reported after November 14. AFGHANISTAN TOTALS - 1,880 US servicemen and
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[UPDATED 3:40 p.m.] President Barack Obama has issued a statement saying he's rejecting the Keystone XL proposal. Obama pinned his decision on House and Senate Republicans, who legislated a deadline for the decision. "This announcement is not a judgment on the merits of the pipeline, but the arbitrary nature of
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IRAQ TOTALS - 4,484 US servicemen and servicewomen, 318 Coalition servicemen and servicewomen, and approximately 104,602 to 114,268 Iraqi civilians have been killed in Iraq from the beginning of the war and occupation to January 13. No American casualties were reported after November 14. AFGHANISTAN TOTALS - 1,875 US servicemen and
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When Rochester and Penfield developed their respective cycling master plans, they each gathered substantial input from the bicycling community. Ideas were filtered up from the cyclists themselves. Now a new working group, convened under the Genesee Transportation Council, formalizes that approach to planning for cycling - and pedestrian - projects. And
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This is a corrected version of the article. When homeowners try to green their homes, they might look to energy efficient windows, doors, and appliances, or even renewable energy. Individuals might drive less, turn lights off when they leave a room, or take up composting. But when a large institution tries
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UPDATE: WinnDevelopment issued a response to Monroe Community College's statement. Company officials argue that the 10-year lease option is cheaper in the early years than than the Rochwil offer. They also say that MCCs reference to a $6.4 million termination fee is incorrect.They don't say, in a dollar
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Governor Andrew Cuomo's proposal for an all-crimes DNA database, which he made in his State of the State address last week, isn't getting the attention it deserves. Cuomo wants legislation that would require anyone convicted of a felony or penal-law misdemeanor to submit a DNA sample for the state
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By the time you read this, Occupy Rochester may know whether city officials will let them stay in Washington Square Park. | Occupy Rochester's agreement with the City of Rochester for 24-hour Occupation of the park expires on January 11. Occupiers have requested a renewal, and Ryan Acuff, Occupy's
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IRAQ TOTALS - 4,484 US servicemen and servicewomen, 318 Coalition servicemen and servicewomen, and approximately 104,568 to 114,235 Iraqi civilians have been killed in Iraq from the beginning of the war and occupation to January 6. No American casualties were reported after November 14. AFGHANISTAN TOTALS - 1,865 US servicemen and
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President Barack Obama should flat-out reject TransCanada's proposed Keystone XL oil pipeline. The proposed 1,700-mile pipeline would link Canada's Alberta tar sands to refineries and ports on the Gulf of Mexico. Obama has less than 60 days to decide whether to approve the project, thanks to Congressional Republicans who tacked
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Susan Walsh is out as director of the county airport. Walsh handed in her resignation today, effective immediately. Last month she was charged with driving while intoxicated after an accident in East Rochester. A county spokesperson said today that Walsh was not on county business at the time of
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Occupy Rochester plans to stick around and the city seems willing to let it...for now. January 11 marks the expiration of the agreement that lets Occupiers stay in Washington Square Park around the clock. But the agreement, signed by Mayor Tom Richards and Occupy Rochester in November, includes language allowing
