Monroe County has turned the Brighton jail into a COVID-19 isolation center, and the Health Department has issued its first civil order to detain an individual with symptoms who refused to be tested.
David Andreatta
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Monroe County deputies field fewer domestic violence, theft calls in March amid pandemic
Calls to the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office for domestic violence, mental health, and thefts fell in March, countering a trend across the country.
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How to ethically use your coronavirus check
What should you do with your coronavirus ‘stimulus’ money? We didn’t ask a personal finance expert. We asked an ethicist.
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RTS riders ditch the bus — and that’s OK
Ridership on Regional Transit Service buses has plummeted 53 percent since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Take me to your leader
Greater Rochester saw a lot of changes in its political scene in the last year. For decades, the area mirrored the electoral pattern of the country, with urban centers strongly favoring Democrats, and rural and many suburban communities leaning Republican. The city of Rochester could have been described as a blue blotch in a sea […]
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Moving the needle
As the third-largest city in New York, Rochester has a rich local media scene, with a daily newspaper, a feisty alternative news weekly, three network television news affiliates, and dozens of radio stations. But the region isn’t immune to the problems afflicting traditional media outlets around the globe. Advertising, the conventional means by which media […]
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Susan B.’s Big Year
Rochester has grand plans to celebrate its favorite daughter — Susan B. Anthony — and her accomplishments throughout 2020, a year that marks a trifecta of important anniversaries. The first is the 200th anniversary of Anthony’s birth. The second is the 100th anniversary of 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which recognized women’s right to […]
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A guide for all seasons
You might think you know all there is to know about your hometown, but you can live in a place your entire life and learn something new about it every day. That’s what CITY’s Annual Manual is all about. It is as much a guide for longtime residents of the Rochester region as it is […]
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Feedback 3/25/20: Grocery workers in the age of COVID-19, RCSD leaves students behind, and beware the immigration crackdown
This week, readers give thanks to grocery workers, shake their heads at the RCSD, and warn of the immigration crackdown.
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Estate planning, health proxies spike amid pandemic
Estate attorneys and financial advisors say they have fielded a flurry of inquiries from people looking to draft or update wills, review beneficiary designations, appoint a health care proxy, and otherwise get their affairs in order in preparation for the worst.
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CITY stops the presses, but not reporting
This week, the painful and unprecedented decision was made to suspend printing CITY, at least temporarily. We will continue to report online.
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1 in 4 local coronavirus victims are under 50
Think young and healthy people can’t contract coronavirus? Think again.
