There are a lot of summer concerts that give music lovers the chance to get outdoors, and if you keep your eyes open, you’ll find almost every landscape put to use, from Ontario Beach Park to the garden at the George Eastman Museum. The annual Orchestra in the Pines concert throws classical music into an […]
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Freedom paths
Upstate New York was an important part of the Underground Railroad. Connect with that history this summer
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Nuisance Abatement Law gets overhaul
Rochester City Council adopted changes to the nuisance law after a review process lasting a couple of years.
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Hyper-local FB groups: Buy Nothing, just ask
The area’s Buy Nothing groups, communities of people who practice the gift economy, will host the first Rochester Free-for-All on June 2
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After years of effort, School 12 could get a Douglass name change
For years, a community group has led an effort to rename the School 12 to commemorate the Douglass family. And that change could happen soon.
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Let nothing go to waste
On an average Saturday, Flower City Pickers will collect between one and two tons of unwanted produce and food products from vendors around the Rochester Public Market. About 60 percent of that, says FCP founder Khoury Humphrey, is still good for human consumption — the rest of it can feed livestock or be composted — […]
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City files suit against Thurston Road Realty
The City of Rochester has filed suit against landlord Peter Hungerford’s company, Thurston Road Realty. Several properties owned by Hungerford have racked up dozens of outstanding city code violations, including 447 Thurston Road, which still has more than 68 outstanding violations — down from 72 just last week. “Landlords and property managers have an obligation […]
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Washington Square Park neighbors plan a community forum
Around 5,000 people packed Washington Square Park a few months ago for the Rochester March for Our Lives rally against gun violence. A year before, 2,000 people had gathered there a day after Donald Trump’s inauguration. Occupy Rochester NY in 2011 set up its encampment around the Soldiers and Sailors Monument in the downtown space. […]
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Rochester plans suit against landlord Peter Hungerford
The city plans to to sue Peter Hungerford in City Court over outstanding code violations at several apartment buildings he owns.
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Upstate farm worker Dolores Bustamante loses asylum appeal
Dolores Bustamante, a Wayne County apple farm worker, and a group of her supporters sat through a seven-hour court hearing Tuesday at the Buffalo Federal Detention Facility in Batavia. And before she went inside the facility that morning, a crowd of people rallied around her, chanting “Dolores, aguanta, el Pueblo se levanta” (“Dolores, endure, the […]
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The best fest time of year
Inside our annual Festival Preview Guide, CITY rounds-up the dates and details of all of those festivals, which we hope will be useful in planning your summer
