The reason is financial. Sunday is the library’s most expensive day to operate, and the county has not increased library funding for more than a decade.
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.
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Abundance Co-op moving to the South Wedge
Abundance Cooperative Market is moving to 571 South Avenue. The market will exit its current space at 62 Marshall Street in early 2016, according to an e-mail addressed to abundance shareholders. An official announcement is expected later today. “Ultimately, the co-op anticipates that the more visible, larger space will allow more people in Rochester to […]
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NOTA’s renaissance
Some of the people who helped make Rochester’s Neighborhood of the Arts what it is — and what it’s becoming — say that this southeast city neighborhood is experiencing an unprecedented period of investment and growth.
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City Council members question use of red-light cameras
Rochester City Council members had an intense debate this afternoon over the city’s red-light camera program. Council members questioned the efficacy of the program, whether the cameras unfairly target the city’s poorest neighborhoods, whether the city has become dependent on the revenue from the program, and if the benefits outweigh the ill will that the […]
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RPD says no Taser ban
Local clergy had called on the police department to temporarily stop using Tasers after the death of Richard Davis.
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More design concepts for the Port of Rochester
Edgewater Resources has presented new design concepts for the Port of Rochester project. In a written update, Greg Weykamp, president of Edgewater, says that the design is still a work in progress and is only meant to study the form of the building. “It does not represent the final materials selection, but rather is meant […]
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Concerns over police OT, car booting at City Council budget reviews
Rochester City Council scrutinized the budgets of several city departments today, including the budgets for the city administration and the Rochester Police Department. Council’s second review session is next week. The sessions are part of the regular review process of Mayor Lovely Warren’s proposed overall budget for the city. Some quick takeaways from today’s session: […]
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WEEK AHEAD: Events for the week of Monday, June 1
Gregory Weykamp, president of Edgewater Resources, will give a presentation at tonight’s meeting (Monday, June 1) of the Charlotte Community Association. Edgewater is the developer of the controversial Port of Rochester project. The presentation is at 7 p.m. at the Robach Center, 180 Beach Avenue. Edgewater plans to develop the port primarily for housing and […]
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Filling the loop
First in an occasional series. Sections of sewer pipe, each about the size of a Smart car, lie end to end on the now-closed portion of the Inner Loop — snaking under the East Avenue-Broad Street exit sign before disappearing around a curve. The pipe started going in last week, says Paul Winterkorn, senior construction […]
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Anti-poverty effort names director
It sounds like the Rochester-Monroe Anti-Poverty Initiative will be less about rolling out new programs and more about making what we have work better. Leaders of the efforts today announced the appointment of 150 local people to serve on six working groups that will tackle health and nutrition; housing; safe neighborhoods; jobs and workforce development; […]
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Is Blossom-Winton right for Aldi?
The discount grocer Aldi has work to do to convince some North Winton Village residents and City Hall that a store belongs on the corner of Blossom and Winton roads in southeast Rochester. Paperwork from the city’s planning and zoning office says that the project as originally presented would need at least 15, and possibly […]
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City budget would fund body cameras, freeze tax levy
Rochester Mayor Lovely Ann Warren has proposed a $502-million budget for the 2015-2016 fiscal year that reduces spending by more than $2 million and keeps the tax levy flat at approximately $172 million. The levy is the total amount that the City of Rochester collects in taxes. Warren said at her budget presentation this morning […]
