The Flower City Cohousing Community is having a tough time finding the right site to build its planned multigenerational development. The group has been looking for three or four years, says coordinator Jane Ellen Bleeg. “This is dragging on a little longer than we had really hoped it would, but you have to have the […]
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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Lawsuit bogs down schools overhaul
A lawsuit was filed last week against the group charged with overseeing a massive upgrade of buildings in the Rochester City School District. The suit names the Rochester Joint Schools Construction Board and each member of the board individually, except for Brian Sanvidge, who is a nonvoting member. The lawsuit was filed by Rochester Careers […]
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Upper Mt. Hope to host candidate night
Upper Mt. Hope neighbors are asked to RSVP by Saturday, September 3, to attend the meet the candidates night. The event is at 6 p.m. on Tuesday, September 6, at St. Anne Church, 1600 Mt. Hope Avenue. RSVP to: umhn@umhn.com or president@umhn.com Seating is limited to 100 people. Invited to attend are the four candidates […]
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Results mixed for neighborhood revival program
The City of Rochester’s Focused Investment program has made visible, tangible changes in its target neighborhoods, but the gains are fragile, and significant challenges remain, says a recently released evaluation of the city’s high-profile revitalization effort. And in addition to questions about the program’s accomplishments are questions about whether or not there is the money […]
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Four companies vie for Rochester bike-share contract
The City of Rochester, in response to a FOIL request, has released the names of the four organizations interested in running a bike-share program. They are: BCycle (w/ Spectra), Shared Mobility Inc. (w/ Social Bicycles), Shift Transit (w/ PBSC Urban Solutions), and Zagster. The organizations in parenthesis are the subcontractors, according to the city. The […]
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Negative focus on College Town isn’t fair, some tenants say
Some tenants worry that obsession on recent closings will hurt the whole development.
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Focused Investment gets mixed grades
The City of Rochester got the results of a review of its high-profile neighborhood revitalization effort.
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Home Leasing taking second shot at East Main housing plan
The first design was rejected by the city and opposed by much of the neighborhood.
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GOP shenanigans live!
Listen, this election is weird, this Republican convention is weird. The only sane way to consume it all is through the slightly twisted take of an alternative newsweekly. Our sister alt, Pittsburgh CityPaper, is doing a thorough and flat-out hysterical job of live blogh-ing (the “h” is silent) the GOP jamboree in Cleveland. Trust us, […]
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Nuns on the Bus to make stop in Rochester
Nuns on the Bus will come to Rochester on Wednesday, July 20. They will visit St. Joseph’s Neighborhood Center, 417 South Avenue, at 3:30 p.m. The nuns will also attend the 7 p.m. program, “Caucus to Mend the Gaps” at Colgate Rochester Crozer Divinity School, 1100 South Goodman Street. Twenty Catholic nuns from around the […]
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Reboot for EMMA housing project
Home Leasing is retooling a proposed housing project for Rochester’s East Main, Mustard, and Atlantic Avenue neighborhood after the original proposal was unanimously rejected by the city’s Planning Commission last month. The first concept for The Community on East Main was two buildings, one a conversion and one a new build, on East Main Street […]
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Rochester Pride 2016
Rochester held its annual gay pride parade on Saturday afternoon. This year was particularly poignant in light of the June massacre of LGBTQ people at Pulse nightclub in Orlando. Some of the parade’s participants/floats referenced the tragedy and honored the victims. ALL PHOTOS BY JOSH SAUNDERS
