The two-year campaign, which could include billboards and bus wraps, will raise awareness of the market’s popular tokens program.
Christine Carrie Fien
I'm City's news editor, which means I oversee all aspects of our news-gathering operation. I also sneak in to an occasional City Council meeting and cover Rochester's intriguing and eclectic neighbors. My family has a long legacy here, and I'm proud to continue to represent.
Posted inNews & Opinion
Filling the gap before the middle-skills gap
People in the Rochester region need jobs. Employers in the Rochester region need middle-skills workers. Yet thousands of machinist, lab technician, and dental assistant positions — to name a few — go unfilled because employers say they can’t find people with the right education and training. Monroe Community College’s accelerated certificate programs are an attempt […]
Posted inNews & Opinion
Inner Loop fill progress is evident
One of an occasional series It looks like someone has set up camp on the former Inner Loop. But the small white tents are actually containment units for asbestos abatement. Workers inside the tents cut the asbestos out of the pipe, and then remove the pipe in sections and haul it away. The tents keep […]
Posted inNews & Opinion
City of Rochester may sell ad space
Rochester City Council is considering legislation that would allow the city to sell advertising space on city-owned assets. The legislation may be voted on at Council’s October 13 meeting, which starts at 7:30 p.m. at City Hall, 30 Church Street. A public hearing on the proposal will also be held that night, prior to the […]
Posted inNews & Opinion
Voter registration deadline nears for presidential primary
This story has been corrected. You are running out of time to register to vote in the April 19, 2016, presidential primary election. The deadline is October 9. You must be registered with the party of your choice in order to vote in the New York primary. If you register by mail, the form must […]
Posted inNews & Opinion
Blossom-Winton Aldi gets approval from Zoning Board
The City of Rochester Zoning Board voted 4-1 last week to allow Aldi to put a grocery store at the corner of North Winton and Blossom roads in the North Winton Village neighborhood. The approval seems to guarantee that the controversial project will be built. “To my knowledge, we were the last hurdle,” says Zoning […]
Posted inNews & Opinion
A path out of poverty
A progress report released last week by the Rochester-Monroe Anti-Poverty Initiative includes some heavy lifts. For one, the efforts outlined in the report will undoubtedly require significant funding. And the report says that the Rochester region needs to mitigate societal factors, such as structural racism, that keep people in poverty — no simple task. But […]
Posted inNews & Opinion
First report out from anti-poverty group
The Rochester-Monroe Anti-Poverty Initiative has released an anxiously awaited progress report (below) — the first step toward its goal of reducing poverty in the Rochester-Monroe County region by 50 percent over the next 15 years. The report will be the foundation for the group’s future work and investment. Leading up to the report, 150 local […]
Posted inNews & Opinion
[UPDATED] Boose wants expanded audit of votes in Northwest City Council race
Don’t put the Northwest City Council race to bed just yet.
Posted inNews & Opinion
Mass shooting suspect in custody
A suspect has been arrested in the mass shooting that took place outside the Rochester Boys & Girls Club on Genesee Street last week. Three young men were killed in the shooting, and four other people were injured. Police have not identified the suspect. In a brief press conference moments ago, Rochester Police Chief Mike […]
Posted inNews & Opinion
Major expansion desired for convention center
The City of Rochester will most likely look to a state competition to fund a $100 million expansion of the Joseph A. Floreano Rochester Riverside Convention Center on East Main Street. Governor Andrew Cuomo’s Upstate Revitalization Initiative will award $500 million each to three regions in Upstate New York. Regions have to submit their revitalization […]
Posted inNews & Opinion
The future of Rochester’s past
One look at the organ’s arthritic keys and crumbling casing tells you that this old instrument has hummed its last hallelujah. The entire chapel, known as the 1912 chapel at Mount Hope Cemetery, is a gorgeous, decayed thing — a survival-horror movie set waiting for a location scout. It’s one of two defunct chapels in […]
