If contemporary American politics could become any more of a carnival sideshow, it would be hard-pressed to do so without Sarah Palin.
The former governor of Alaska and one-time VP candidate will be in Rochester tomorrow hawking her book...

Mall magnate Scott Congel wants to put the Medley Centre name to bed. His SRC Development firm is now calling the Medley Centre, previously Irondequoit Mall, Lakeridge Centre.
The name change is part of a rebranding effort, says SRC...

Webster's proposal for RBTL's new theater took a tack that others haven't: Town officials want the theater organization to consider reusing an old office and storage building.
Specifically, they're talking about building on a 20-acre site at...

Today, it was the Town of Webster's turn to present a proposal for a new Rochester Broadway Theatre League theater. I'll get to that in another post. The presentation was bookended by reaction to the mayor's suggestion that RBTL ought to...

The Creative Wellness Center is hosting a retrospective of artist Sonia Gutowski's work. The opening is tonight (Friday, November 6), from 6 to 9 p.m. at the Center, 320 North Goodman Street, Suite 201. Admission is free.
Gutowski, who has been...

Governor David Paterson has called for special session of the Legislature on November 11. Among the items on the agenda is a property tax circuit-breaker and same-sex marriage equality legislation.
The main thrust of the session is to get the...

Representatives from J. Fiore & Co., the DiMarco Group, and Bergmann Associates pitched a property in the Canal Ponds commercial park to an RBTL selection committee this afternoon - Morgan Management is also involved in the proposal.
The...

Somewhere, Steve Minarik is smiling.
Despite Robutrad, despite the scandals in the Greece Police Department, despite the older scandals of the selection of the public defender and the MCC president, Monroe County Republicans waltzed away with...

The way Farmington officials and their partners see it, a new theater next to the Racino could mean more money for the Rochester Broadway Theater League, as well as more bodies in the seats.
This afternoon, the town made its pitch for RBTL to...

Years ago, fresh out of college I went to work for a local institution that cared for children and adults with mental disabilities.
It was hard, often emotionally draining work. I cared for a group of young children who, at the time, were...

There are big changes coming to the Rochester/High Falls International Film Festival. First: a new name. The festival will now be known as 360 | 365. Executive Director John Richardson says the new name represents the organization's growing...

There's a good reason why so many environmental groups and even politicians - Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, for example - want the DEC to extend the comment period for the DEC's new shale gas-drilling regulations: it's a very complicated...

Dr. Jeffrey Kaczorowski began last week's annual meeting for the Children's Agenda with a story about a 13-year-old girl, one he remembered treating a year earlier.
The girl complained of having chest pains, Kaczorowski said, and when she...

The Daily Beast has a ranking of the country's smartest (and dumbest) cities.
Rather than using wealth, standard of living, and cultural offerings, the Beast looked at the education level of the population and the intellectual...

Anthony Costello says the Rochester Broadway Theater League should choose his company's Brighton site for a new performing arts center because it'll have a built-in audience.
Anthony J. Costello and Son proposes locating the new theater in its...

Last Saturday night, I poked my partner in the ribs to wake him up. Listen to this, I said.
We sat there as President Obama talked about the LGBT community. The word "homosexual" spoken in Obama's voice rolled around the room like a beach...

I don't know what to say about last night's special meeting of the County Legislature.
The meeting dealt with a proposal to contract with a newly-formed local development corporation, which would buy new public safety communications equipment...

Even before reaching the front doors to East High School's main entrance, you could see people greeting, hugging, and talking. Laughter could be heard.
Was this a Rochester school district event for parents?
Yes, it was. And kudos goes to...

Republicans don't have a long, solid history of supporting Medicare. If some Republicans had their way, including former President Ronald Reagan, Medicare might not exist today.
After listening to US Representative Chris Lee, who was in...

Remember the Taxpayer Protection Act? Well, it's put the county in an interesting and possibly unanticipated position.
The TPA requires the county to keep non-mandated spending increases below the year-to-year increase in the Consumer Price...