Schools and money, the war, mail talk back
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News Briefs 3.5.03
Trusting town and country Housing tracts may define the town of Greece, but the Lake Ontario shoreline and its ponds, wetlands, and woods make the town extraordinary. And environmentalists and outdoorspeople are starting to crow about enlarging one of the most significant nature preserves near the shore. The preserve is Island Cottage Woods, close […]
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News Briefs 2.26.03
Scouting the market The Geneva-based Finger Lakes Council of the Boy Scouts of America has decided to unload a big chunk of land, to the discomfort of some who know it best. The land, totaling 165 acres near the Honeoye Lake inlet, is in an upscale neighborhood — in terms of open space and […]
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Reader Feedback 2.26.03
The Iraq war, people with guns, more Buddhist dialogue
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News Briefs 2.19.03
Garth eyes new home Staying true to his promise to keep his dance company stationed in downtown Rochester, Garth Fagan is considering the northwest corner of Main and Gibbs streets as a site worth developing for the company’s new dance studio and performance space. Commonly referred to as the old Rascal site, the northwest corner […]
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Reader Feedback 2.12.03
Gun control stats, School Board division, Israelis and Palestinians
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News Briefs 2.5.03
Movin’ on up Sure, the economy is faltering. But that hasn’t quelled the demand for high-end downtown housing. The latest big project to be announced is undoubtedly the most elegant yet. The 107,000-square-foot Sagamore on East (130-160 East Avenue) will be ready for occupancy in late summer/fall of 2004. Built by Christa Development Corp. and […]
Posted inMovies
The “unintelligence” community
Following a long and often instructive tradition, The Recruit demonstrates that popular film in general — and the thriller, in particular — provide an index to the characteristic tensions and attitudes of a particular time and place. Last year’s retrograde and essentially obsolete thriller, The Bourne Identity, presented a familiar vision inherited from decades of […]
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Reader feedback 2.5.03
Debating ‘Roe,’ yuppie saviors, the School Board, and Buddhism
