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RECREATION: Synchronized skating
Aaron-Taylor (Tate) Austin's voice echoes around RIT's cavernous Ritter Arena as he instructs the Genesee Express Synchronized Skating team. The ar... Read More
INTERVIEW: Author Nicholson Baker on World War II and 'just wars'
He now lives in an old farmhouse in Maine, but Rochester can still claim native son Nicholson Baker. Not only did he attend School Without Walls an... Read More
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INTERVIEW: Gandhi's grandson on the message of nonviolence in today's world
Arun Gandhi's new office still looks unsettled. There are boxes to be unpacked and books to be stored. Large framed prints of Gandhi's famous grand... Read More
IRON MEN: New Paley sculpture merges art and industry
Unless you're involved with the steel industry, you would have little reason to turn onto Vanguard Parkway, just off of Emerson Street in the indus... Read More
EDUCATION: Rivera talks about the challenges of his tenure
The last week of April was a perfectly awful week for Superintendent Manuel Rivera. He was in his last days with the district, and his staff on the... Read More
INTERVIEW: Bob Duffy's city and its challenges
On March 26, Rochester Mayor Robert Duffy will give his annual State of the City address. It's his second, but last year he had hardly settled ... Read More
MEDIA: Canandaigua's George Ewing on the newspaper industry
George Ewing is a little restless. Last month he sold his family-owned Messenger-Post Newspapers to publishing giant GateHouse Media. Now he someti... Read More
ART: A family affair with Castle-Jurs
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TERRORISM: John Mueller says threat is overblown
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Stephanie Miller
As the daughter of upstate GOP Congressman William E. Miller, Stephanie Miller's Republican cred couldn't be much better. In 1964, when she... Read More
Darren Blum
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Michael Lasser
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In INTERVIEW: Author Nicholson Baker on World War II and 'just wars'
In INTERVIEW: Author Nicholson Baker on World War II and 'just wars'
In INTERVIEW: Author Nicholson Baker on World War II and 'just wars'
In RECREATION: Synchronized skating
In RECREATION: Synchronized skating