A series of city-owned vacant lots on Charlotte Street in Rochester’s East End will be developed for apartments and townhomes. Charlotte Square will also include a fitness room, bike storage, pocket park, and a soundproof practice room for students of the nearby Eastman School of Music. Mayor Lovely Warren, at a press conference this afternoon, […]
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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New dollar-store battle may be in store for West Main
Family Dollar is looking to move up West Main Street from the Bulls Head plaza to a free-standing building on the corner of West Main and Edgewood Park — not far from the site of an earlier controversy over a similar application. “Yeah, a cookie-cutter thing for West Main Street,” says Dawn Noto, president of […]
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Police union, City Hall still divided over reorg
Without a physical presence in the neighborhoods, nothing will change, the union head says. The police chief disagrees.
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Rochester group explores cohousing
A volunteer group is working to create a co-housing development — a multigenerational community located on one to two acres within the City of Rochester limits. Co-housing is essentially a planned community where residents have their own homes or apartments, but there are shared spaces, too, including a common house for residents to eat together […]
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Them fighting Dems
Local Democrats have a golden opportunity this year. Can they stop squabbling long enough to take advantage?
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New theaters may be in the works for Rochester
This is a corrected version of this story. The concept of adding multiple new venues to Rochester’s performing arts scene seemed to die with the Renaissance Square project in 2009. But it has come back strong. Rochester Broadway Theatre League wants a 3,000-seat theater downtown, and the city has taken the first steps toward getting […]
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Another milestone for gay marriage
The Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) is on the brink of a fundamental change. Individual presbyteries, which are the regional governing bodies of the church, are voting on whether to change the church’s constitution to redefine marriage from being between a man and a woman to being “between two persons, traditionally a man and a woman.” The […]
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Public Market neighborhoods need a boost
I like the idea of a direct connection between Village Gate plaza and the Hungerford Building; the two share a similar sensibility and right now, Hungerford kind of hangs out there on East Main, isolated, like Alcatraz. (Although I think some effort needs to be made to make Hungerford easier to navigate both inside and […]
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Saving antibiotics
Congress member Louise Slaughter is teaming up with the Rochester Institute of Technology, Wegmans, and other organizations in the fight against the misuse of antibiotics. Misuse or overuse of antibiotics results in at least 23,000 deaths every year, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Slaughter has been trying since 1999 to pass […]
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The great LDC extinction
Cheryl Dinolfo’s pledge to eliminate local development corporations in Monroe County may be less a stand for integrity than a reflection of the fact that LDC’s just aren’t as useful to governments as they once were. Dinolfo, a Republican, announced her bid for county executive last month. She has been pegged as current county executive […]
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Mike Green may run for DA again
Mike Green, former Monroe County district attorney, is considering a run for his old job, according to Dave Garretson, head of county Democrats.
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Wage wars
Donating food to a food cupboard is obviously a good thing, says longtime community organizer Alison Clarke, but it doesn’t do anything to address the root causes of poverty and hunger. “People want to do things for people who are poor,” Clarke says, “but they don’t really understand the depth of the issues, where the […]
