For Earth Day: a bridge across our national divide, even in the Age of Trump
Jeremy Moule
Covers county government and whatever else comes my way. Greyhound dad; vegetarian; attempted photographer with a love for film and fixer; sometimes cyclist.
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Marches promote science, climate action
Rochester is steeped in science. George Eastman’s film business was basically chemistry. The cutting-edge medical and tech research happening at the University of Rochester Medical Center uses just about every branch of science, from biology to theoretical physics. Photonics, a high-potential industry for the Rochester region, is a branch of science. And that just scratches […]
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Penfield buys more time on Shadow Pines
Penfield town officials will have another year to figure out what to do about the former Shadow Pines golf course. The Town Board approved a measure last week that extends a moratorium on the property’s development through March 2018; the board passed the first moratorium last spring, and it expires this month. Technically, the development […]
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Cyclists want to connect parks
Genesee Regional Off-Road Cyclists wants to build a trail that would more or less connect Tryon Park and Irondequoit Bay Park West, but neighbors oppose the plan.
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Advocates push again for ‘Raise the Age’
Jerry Ingram’s life could have unfolded differently than it has. When he was 17, he and his cousin were arrested in front of their Broward County, Florida, apartment and were hit with drug possession and distribution charges, Ingram says. And since there was a school nearby, the charges carried extra weight. Ingram ultimately received a […]
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[Updated ]JCC threatened again; rally against anti-Semitism today
For the second time in a week, the Jewish Community Center of Greater Rochester has received a bomb threat and evacuated its building on Edgewood Avenue in Brighton. The center closed temporarily, but will reopen at 3 p.m. Brighton police are investigating the threat — just as they are the one received by the JCC […]
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Seminary campus to become destination hotel
The new owner of the Colgate Rochester Crozer Divinity School campus plans to develop it into a destination hotel and conference center and build a new building for the seminary at the corner of Highland Avenue and South Goodman Street. The school’s board of trustees made the decision to sell the property years ago, and […]
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Group asks city to lead clean-energy ‘buyers club’
Hydropower, wind, solar, and other renewables are providing more and more of New York’s energy, a trend that government officials and environmental advocates want to continue. But for that to happen, the companies building new wind and solar farms need New York residents, businesses, and governments to buy their carbon-free power. Governments and business can […]
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JCC threat fits into campaign of terror
It wasn’t a matter of whether the Jewish Community Center of Greater Rochester would receive a threat, but when. It had been spared during previous rounds of bomb threats to Jewish community centers across the country, none of which have involved actual bombs, thankfully. That changed just after 6 a.m. Tuesday, when the center on […]
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JCC reopens after bomb threat
The Jewish Community Center of Greater Rochester was evacuated this morning after it received a bomb threat.
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Bello consolidates city DMV services
County Clerk Adam Bello is eliminating Department of Motor Services at the county parks offices in Highland Park starting March 15. Instead, his office is making DMV services available daily at City Place, 50 West Main Street. Bello, a Democrat, tried to advance a plan for a full-time DMV office at City Place in the 2017 […]
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25 Schoen Place concept
Wilmorite released conceptual drawings for its plans to redevelop 25 Schoen Place in the Village of Pittsford. It wants to build retail and office space, as well as an 80-room boutique hotel.
