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Krestia DeGeorge on September 3rd, 2008
The defining moment of Sarah Palin's political career-at least up until this past Friday-was probably one that took place while she didn't even hold elected office and occupied a place largely outside the public eye.In 2004, two years after leaving the office of Mayor of Wasilla (a town of fewer
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Krestia DeGeorge on January 17th, 2007
If you could overhaul downtown, what would it look like?Think back to the last time you were in a thriving, vibrant urban environment. Maybe it was a neighborhood like Soho in New York, a waterfront area like San Antonio's Riverwalk, or a plaza in a European capital."What did you like
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Krestia DeGeorge on January 17th, 2007
The wind is blowing the snow everywhere.Into my face. Down the back of my jacket. Into the camera lens.The wind is also roiling the waters of Hemlock Lake, which I'm trying, vainly, to photograph.Every so often, a gust dies down, revealing ravines on the far shore (the western one) studded
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Krestia DeGeorge on January 17th, 2007
Joe Morelle must think he has a pretty good shot at becoming the state's next comptroller.Last week, the state assemblymember from Irondequoit announced that he was stepping down as chair of the Monroe County Democratic Committee. In a letter e-mailed to party members and in a statement on his website,
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Krestia DeGeorge on January 17th, 2007
Details, details, details.All campaign long, reporters badgered Eliot Spitzer to be more specific about his policy agenda, especially about government reform.Last week, in Spitzer's first State of the State address, they finally got those details --- or at least more than he had offered previously. And while his speech was
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Krestia DeGeorge on January 17th, 2007
It's the holy grail of renewable-energy research: a liquid fuel that can be harvested sustainably, burned cleanly, and doesn't come from an unstable part of the world.And maybe, just maybe, it will be manufactured at a plant near you.The fuel in question is ethanol. Specifically, cellulosic ethanol. Ethanol is an
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Krestia DeGeorge on January 17th, 2007
A 14-year labor dispute at the Democrat and Chronicle may be winding to a conclusion. But it's not the conclusion members of the paper's newsroom union wanted.In early December the reporters, photographers, copy editors, and other newsroom employees who make up the Newspaper Guild of Rochester voted to reject a
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Krestia DeGeorge on January 17th, 2007
The ferry is officially gone. Kind of.The city hasn't closed on the sale, but at least the boat has left Rochester.The ferry departed abruptly for Shelburne, Nova Scotia, on Thursday. The city will pay about $300 a day to dock it there; that's cheaper, according to city officials, than it
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Krestia DeGeorge on January 17th, 2007
Midterm elections may have just wrapped up, but the next round of campaigns is already getting under way. In November 2007, there'll be elections for county executive, County Legislature, and Rochester City Council district seats, and the rumor mills are already churning, particularly about the Council races.All four district seats
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Krestia DeGeorge on December 27th, 2006
Not long after it was founded, the Judicial Process Commission found itself lacking an editor for Justicia, its newsletter. The JPC's Ginny Mackey asked Clare Regan, ‘Would you take it one for two or three weeks?'" recalls Gordon Webster, a minister at Rochester's Downtown United Presbyterian Church.Regan, who died last
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Krestia DeGeorge on December 7th, 2006
The D&C's union has overwhelmingly voted down a contract offer that the paper's management described as its "firm, final and best."The Newspaper Guild of Rochester rejected the contract by a 51 to 4 vote on Friday.What happens next? This is where things could get interesting. When the company announced the
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