Attempts to invigorate the port area have met with mixed success, and some believe that, given Rochester’s harsh winters, the port will always struggle to be a year-round destination.
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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Council forum on ending red-light cameras is Monday
Rochester City Council has rescheduled its public forum on a proposal to eliminate the city’s red-light camera program. It’s at 5:15 p.m. on Monday, December 19, in Council chambers at City Hall, 30 Church Street. The forum was originally scheduled for Thursday, December 15, but was postponed due to a snowstorm. Mayor Lovely Warren has […]
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Warren, an elector, supports briefing on Trump’s Russia ties
Dozens of electoral college members have asked for an intelligence briefing on the president-elect’s ties to Russia before they cast their votes on December 19.
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New programs, new look for the Public Market
The Rochester Public Market is much more than a place to buy tomatoes the size of softballs; it’s the social and cultural heart of the city. On a single Saturday in peak season, the market may get 25,000 to 35,000 visitors. New programs and an $8.2 million renovation project will guarantee that the Public Market […]
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Mayor Barnhart? She’s thinking about it
Barnhart’s possible mayoral run must have heads spinning at the Monroe County Democratic Committee.
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Warren aims to get rid of red-light cameras
Rochester Mayor Lovely Warren says she will submit legislation to City Council to end the city’s red-light camera program at midnight on December 31. Outstanding tickets and tickets issued up until that time would still have to be paid. She cannot wage a fight against poverty while supporting a program that disproportionately affects the city’s […]
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Anti-poverty group leader: It’s time to act
Leonard Brock, director of the Rochester-Monroe County Anti-Poverty Initiative, says he knows there’s a risk that people will lose patience with the effort, even though he’s warned since the group’s 2015 beginning that it will be a long haul. “I hear all the time in the community, which is interesting, ‘Leonard, what are you doing […]
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Police poll
The Rochester Police Department wants your feedback on the police reorganization. You can fill out a short survey at www.surveymonkey.com/r/RPDreorg until November 30. The RPD reorganized from essentially two divisions — one on each side of the river and a smaller downtown section — to five in the spring of 2015. The main purpose of […]
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‘They get torn to shreds’
In Monroe County and across the country, people are held in jail for days, weeks, and months because they can’t pay a few hundred dollars’ bail.
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WEEK AHEAD: Events for the week of Monday, November 21
Rochester NOW will hold a discussion on the Trump agenda at 7 p.m. on Monday, November 21, at First Unitarian Church, 220 South Winton Road. The event is free and open to the public. NOW plans to redouble its work for unrestricted access to abortion care, equal pay, racial justice, rights for LGBTQIA people, an […]
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Working together to survive Trump
Many opportunities exist locally for people to keep the work going to advance progressive causes.
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Gary Stern, owner of Village Gate, dies
Gary Stern, a key figure in the redevelopment of Rochester’s Neighborhood of the Arts, died last night. NOTA, once a decaying landmark to Rochester’s industrial past, has transformed since the 1990’s into the city’s artistic and cultural heart, characterized by the adaptive reuse of old spaces. Stern played a big part in that as the […]
