The Public Safety Committee of Rochester City Council will discuss Mayor Lovely Warren’s proposal to get rid of red-light cameras this week. Council committees meet at 4 p.m. on Thursday, December 15, in Council chambers at City Hall, 30 Church Street. You can speak out on the red-light legislation at a specially scheduled public forum […]
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WEEK AHEAD: Events for the week of Monday, December 5
A public forum on the state of police-community relations will be held from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. today (Monday, December 5), at the Adams Street rec center, 85 Adams Street. This is the last forum in Rochester Mayor Lovely Warren’s 90 Days of Community Engagement Initiative. The forum is a chance for the community […]
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WEEK AHEAD: Events for the week of Monday, November 28
Fight for 15 is leading a national Day of Action in over 300 cities across the United States on Tuesday, November 29, in what will be the largest series of protests against the Trump agenda to date. In Rochester, there will be a full Day of Action by low-wage workers on Tuesday, starting at 6 […]
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WEEK AHEAD: Events for the week of Monday, November 14
Later today, there will be blood drive that is doubling as a tribute to the late Gary Stern, owner of Village Gate in the Neighborhood of the Arts. The drive is from 2 p.m. to 7 p.m. today (Monday, November 14) at Village Gate plaza on North Goodman Street. Stern was a key figure in […]
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Our national nightmare
Donald Trump: game-show host, birther king, shady businessman, and proud pu@sy-grabber is the next US president. But local Dems won closely watched contests: Louise Slaughter keeps her House seat and Adam Bello stays county clerk.
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Week ahead: Events for the week of Monday, November 7
In case you forgot, Tuesday is Election Day. First things first, if you don’t know whether you’re registered to vote, or where to go to vote, check out this site: http://www.monroecounty.gov/etc/voter/. The presidential race is obviously at the top of the ticket, but the Rochester area has quite a few other contests, too. Democratic House […]
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Hillary Clinton for president
What we do on November 8 will speak volumes, to us, and to the world, about who we are as Americans and the principles we believe in.
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Week ahead: Events for the week of Monday, October 31
The Canandaigua Lake Association will sponsor “Alien Invasives Threaten Lake,” a talk at 6:30 p.m. tomorrow, Tuesday, November 1, as part of its “Viewpoints” series. Hilary Mosher, director of the Finger Lakes Partnership for Regional Invasive Species Management at Hobart and William Smith Colleges will talk about the recent activities of the Water Chestnut Strike […]
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[NEWS] WEEK AHEAD: Events for the week of Monday, October 24
ROC the Future, a public-private partnership of government and community organizations working to improve academic achievement for Rochester’s children, will release its fourth annual community report card on Tuesday. The report card tracks key measures of well-being for children and youth in the City of Rochester, from cradle to career. Speakers include Monroe County Executive […]
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Week ahead: Events for the week of Monday, October 17
The League of Women Voters and WROC-TV will co-sponsor a debate between Representative Louise Slaughter and Gates Town Supervisor Mark Assini, candidates for the 25th U.S. Congressional District. The debate will be held at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, October 18, at WROC studios, 201 Humboldt Street, and will be broadcast live. Local clergy and Rochester […]
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[CORRECTED] Week ahead: Events for the week of Monday, October 10
The Rochester school board will hold a public hearing on whether to create a charter school within the Rochester City School District – the first. The Rochester College and Career Charter School has proposed opening in September 2017 with an enrollment of about 190 students in grades K-2. It would add a grade each year […]
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Week ahead: Events for the week of Monday, September 26
The first debate between Democrat Hillary Clinton and Republican Donald Trump takes place at 9 p.m. tonight and if you have a TV, computer, smartphone, or tablet, you have no excuse to miss it. The debate will be broadcast live on all four major networks and WXXI – local over-the-air channels 8.1, 10.1, 13.1, and […]
