Rochester held its annual gay pride parade on Saturday afternoon. This year was particularly poignant in light of the massacre of LGBTQ people in June at the Pulse nightclub in Orlando.
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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Downtown theater options revealed
A long-awaited study on the feasibility of putting a performing arts center downtown was released this morning. The study presents two options.
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Inner Loop candidates named
In response to a Freedom of Information request, the City of Rochester released the names of the organizations vying to develop a filled-in portion of the Inner Loop last week. The companies are: Home Leasing Services; the Morgan-Christa development team; DHD Ventures; and Strong museum/Indus Hospitality Group/Konar Properties. The city has not released any specifics […]
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NOTA president: Oil trains pose threat
Oil trains have the potential to blow a hole through the resurgence taking place in Rochester’s Neighborhood of the Arts, says NOTA’s president, Evan Lowenstein.
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Eastman Museum to update public on restoration efforts tonight
The George Eastman Museum will host a community forum at 6 p.m. today, Monday, July 11, to share information about its historic mansion restoration program and to update community members about the next phase. The forum will be held in the Curtis Theatre at the museum, 900 East Avenue. (Use the cafe and store entrance […]
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Eastman Gardens
Tenants should start moving into the Eastman Gardens senior living community next month. The landmark building on East Main Street was once the Eastman Dental Dispensary.
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New life for Eastman Dental
Renamed “Eastman Gardens,” the iconic building on East Main has been converted to a senior living community.
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Bursting Maplewood library turns to Aquinas
The Rochester Public Library may look to Aquinas Institute to solve the cramped conditions at its Maplewood branch. It will also do an assessment of all 10 of its branch libraries — probably over the winter — to evaluate each’s needs, says director Patricia Uttaro. The branch study came up at a recent City Council […]
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Housing project fails to win over EMMA leaders
A housing complex heavy with one-bedroom units is not what the struggling EMMA neighborhood needs, say leaders of the East Main, Mustard, and Atlantic Avenue neighborhood group. They want owner occupancy, stability, and stores befitting a corridor that’s an important gateway to downtown, they say. But the project’s backers are going ahead, anyway. The Community […]
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[UPDATE] Weird connections, checkered histories mark Midtown proposals
OK, so we’ll call them the casino proposal and the “anti” casino proposal.
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Week Ahead: Events for the week of June 6
Edgewater Resources will hold a community information session on the proposed mixed-use development at the Port of Rochester from 4:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday, June 8, at the Port Terminal Building, 1000 N. River Street. City staff from the departments of Environmental Services and Neighborhood and Business Development will also participate in the […]
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Midtown casino: ‘It’s not your city anymore’
It’s important to know what Rochester stands to gain from a possible downtown casino, as well as what it stands to lose, says former mayor Bill Johnson. A big downside is the loss of any kind of say-so in the fate of a prime downtown property, forever, if the land becomes sovereign territory belonging to […]
