For months, the sign on the door at 137 W Commercial St. in East Rochester, a former dry cleaning business, has read "Opening soon." Residents and other passersby who have anxiously been awaiting that sign to...
A dissolution battle in Brockport
A new group has formed to fight efforts to dissolve the Village of Brockport. Pro-Brockport is...
RBTL's 2010-2011 season leaks early
Although the official announcement of the season is scheduled for next week, the Rochester...
CRIMINAL JUSTICE: Terror in the courts
Americans are divided on whether suspected terrorists should be tried in military or criminal...
New York Route 89 ain't much; it twists and winds its way like so many rural thoroughfares through the Great Lakes region. There's scenery to be seen (when there's daylight), all sorts of critters to crush, assholes and their hi-beams coming at...
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EDUCATION: Brizard pushing for major changes
Rochester Schools Superintendent Jean-Claude Brizard will unveil a sweeping plan this week that would close eight of the city's lowest performing schools, and open three new schools. Brizard also wants to reconfigure the district's high...
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MAYORAL CONTROL: Media schedule a televised forum
WXXI, in partnership with City Newspaper and WDKX, will present a live, two-hour forum on April 1 on mayoral control of the Rochester school district. Panel members will be Mayor Bob Duffy, School Board President Malik Evans, and Joseph...
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In an attempt at redemption that balances on the narrow line between courage and folly, the chancellor of Germany invites 6 million Jews to return to his country - their country as well, he says. Written in 1997 but set early in the 21st...
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TRANSPORTATION: [UPDATE 4:50 p.m.] Transit Center could still wind up on Mortimer Street
Rochester Genesee Region Transportation Authority officials are turning their attention back to Mortimer Street as a location for a new bus station. RGRTA head Mark Aesch told 13 WHAM that the agency won't build a bus station if it can't use...
Family
ACTIVITIES: Alternative birthday-party ideas
Parents with children of a certain age might begin to suspect that there's an unwritten law that declares a kid's inalienable right to celebrate his or her birthday at an indoor inflatable playground. Luckily, that isn't the case - in fact, the...
It's not that Wilkes-Barre dark heavies Breaking Benjamin are letting up on the gas with the...
St. Patrick's Day is filled with corned beef and cabbage, shamrocks, tacky bright green...
"You're in my spotlight," Pandora Boxx says with a coo as she playfully shoos a particularly...
Step right up to the greatest show in town: City Newspaper's Best of Rochester 2009! Every...
This past weekend I took my nieces and nephew sledding at Harris Whalen Park in Penfield....
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