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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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Village Gate is growing

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Three new buildings are coming to Village Gate on North Goodman Street in Rochester’s Neighborhood of the Arts. The buildings will house retail and office space, says Gary Stern, owner of Stern Properties, which owns Village Gate. “We’re working on the design now,” he says. The buildings will be located behind Village Gate, Stern says, […]

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Rochester, the game

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You’ve landed on Ontario Beach Park. But, oh no, the algae count is high, so you can’t swim. Lose a turn. You’re stuck in a roundabout on the way to Seabreeze. Pay fine of $50. The food trucks are out! Yippee! Collect $10, and a case of heartburn. Those examples are jokes, but a property […]

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Tired out

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Guess how many illegally dumped tires the City of Rochester collects each year? Go on. Nope, higher. Higher. The city picks up between 80,000 and 120,000 individual tires annually. That’s a minimum of 20,000 sets. “This is nothing new,” says Norman Jones, commissioner of the city’s Department of Environmental Services. “I’ve been dealing with waste […]

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