Gannett stiffs the D&C newsroom
Media 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 contract the company…
Metro ink -12-27-06
THE IMPERIAL MARCH While you ring in the New Year, Darren Blum will be prepping for his first Imperial March. Blum, a Rochester native, will be marching in the 118th Rose Bowl Parade in Pasadena, as one of 200 Imperial Stormtroopers, the infamous white-helmeted baddies from the “Star Wars” movies. Led by “Star Wars”creator and…
Reader feedback – 12-27-06
The mail THE NEXT STEP Approximately three weeks ago, my wife was a victim of a stray bullet as she was leaving a church service. The bullet struck her. However, even though she was hit, she expressed concern for everyone outside the church, urging them to go inside. She did everything within her power to…
Cost of war – 12-27-06
The totals: 2953 US soldiers, 247 Coalition soldiers, and approximately 51,331 to 56,869 Iraqi civilians have been killed in Iraq from the beginning of the war and occupation to December 19. 4592 Iraqi police and guardsmen have been killed since January 2005, according to an estimate compiled from news reports. American soldiers killed between December…
How can schools reach ‘mental drop-outs’?
Education Most high-school dropouts think they could have stayed in school, gotten better grades, and graduated. They just didn’t want to. That was one of the findings of a national survey funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. And it was part of a discussion about dropouts in a roundtable program at the University…
“Truly Hairy Fairy Tales”
Doug Waterman’s new kids’ CD
Sunday morning
Why do our kids do that…?
The Numero Group
The coolest record label around
The H.P. Lovecraft Historical Society
Co-ed naked Cthulu wrestling
A Lakeview Terrace Treasure!
6 Lakeview Terrace
Left laughing
Stephanie Miller moves from Sister Sleaze to progressive radio queen
“Come Early Morning”; “Sherrybaby”
Ladies first in two new indie delights
“The Good Shepherd”
Examining the shadowy beginnings of the CIA
Kaged
Rochester metal band breaks in a new singer
Music reviews – 12-27-06
This week: new discs by Lumiere and the White Hots
Losing the Ewings
Urban journal As the new year starts, a major change is taking place in local media: the Messenger Post newspaper group has been sold. The newspapers — the weeklies in the suburbs ringing Rochester and the Daily Messenger in Canandaigua — will continue to publish. What’s making some of us nervous is that the new…
