This post has been corrected. Monroe County Young Democrats will hold a panel discussion, “Beyond Marriage Equality: What’s Next for the LGBTQ Community?” at 6 p.m. on Tuesday, June 30, at Bread and Water Theatre, 172 West Main Street. Last week, the US Supreme Court ruled that same-sex couples have a constitutional right to marry, […]
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WEEK AHEAD: News events for the week of June 22, 2015
Coming up this week: meetings on bike boulevards, future plans for the George Eastman House mansion, and outdoor public storage. The state Legislature is also winding down its session.
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WEEK AHEAD: Events for the week of June 15, 2015
Rochester schools Superintendent Bolgen Vargas will hold his coffee and conversations from 5 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday, June 16, at the district’s central office, 131 West Broad Street. The meeting gives students, parents, and teachers the chance to discuss their concerns directly with the superintendent in an informal setting. Also, Regents and local […]
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Week Ahead: Events for the week of Monday, June 8
Monroe County Executive Maggie Brooks will deliver her final State of the County address at 7 p.m. Wednesday. The speech will take place at Irondequoit High School, 260 Cooper Road. If the address is like the speeches that Brooks has given in previous years, it’ll focus heavily on the county’s economic development efforts, its collaboration […]
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North Winton meeting on Aldi
The North Winton Village Association will hold a special meeting at 7 p.m. on Thursday, June 11, concerning the Aldi store planned for North Winton Road at Blossom Road. Representatives from Aldi and City Hall will speak about the proposed development. Some residents oppose the Aldi proposal, saying that the store would be a poor […]
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WEEK AHEAD: Events for the week of Monday, May 25
This post has been corrected. At 7 p.m. on Wednesday, Democratic County Legislator Dorothy Styk will host a public forum on toxic chemicals in children’s products. The forum will be held at the Perinton Community Center, 1350 Turk Hill Road. The State Legislature is considering legislation, the Child Safe Products Act, that would ban certain […]
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WEEK AHEAD: Events for the week of Monday, March 18
The state board looking into the wages of fast-food workers meets this week in Buffalo. Metro Justice plans to bring a bus full of people to the meeting. The bus leaves from Metro Justice, 803 West Avenue, at 8 a.m. on Wednesday, May 20, and returns to Rochester at 2 p.m. the same day. Metro […]
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WEEK AHEAD: Events for the week of May 11, 2015
Rochester schools Superintendent Bolgen Vargas will hold his monthly coffee and conversation meeting from 7 a.m. to 8:30 a.m. on Thursday, May 14. The meeting is an opportunity for teachers, parents, students, and community leaders to meet with the superintendent in an informal setting to ask questions and address concerns. The meeting will be held […]
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Week Ahead: Events for the week of Monday, May 4, 2015
At 6:30 p.m. on Thursday, May 7, the US Army Corps of Engineers will hold a public meeting on its final designs for a wetland restoration project in Braddock Bay. The meeting will be held at Greece Town Hall, 1 Vince Tofany Boulevard. Corps representatives will explain the proposed plan and members of the public […]
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WEEK AHEAD: For the Week of April 27, 2015
The Gay Alliance of the Genesee Valley will hold a rally today, Monday, April 27, in support of marriage equality to coincide with the US Supreme Court’s hearing on the subject. The rally is one of many that have been coordinated around the country and will be held in front of the Kenneth Keating Federal […]
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WEEK AHEAD: Events for the week of April 20, 2015
James Hansen, retired director of NASA’s Goddard Institute for Space Studies, will give the keynote address at the Rochester Sierra Club’s annual Earth Day environmental forum, which starts at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday, April 21. Hansen has spent three decades warning US and global leaders, as well as the public about the threat of climate […]
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WEEK AHEAD: Events for the week of April 13, 2015
Monroe County Young Democrats will hold a panel on police-community relations from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. tonight (Monday, April 13) at Downtown United Presbyterian Church, 121 N. Fitzhugh Street. The goal, according to a press release, is to develop and improve strategies to build ties between the police and the community. Panels include Wayne […]
