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.
Posted inNews & Opinion
County, city to explore fiber options
Monroe County and City of Rochester officials want to hire a consultant to figure out how to best use their fiber networks. Over the years, county workers have installed 367 miles of fiber optic cable throughout Monroe’s towns and villages, and particularly in the City of Rochester, said Monroe County Executive Maggie Brooks during a […]
Posted inNews & Opinion
Environmental group ranks legislators
Environmental Advocates of New York released its annual scorecard of state Legislators.
Posted inNews & Opinion
Brooks budget keeps tax rate flat; GOP again takes up sheriff pay
Monroe County Executive Maggie Brooks’ final budget proposal, on the surface, is not a shocking proposal. She keeps the property tax flat — her legacy accomplishment as county executive — at $8.99 per $1,000 of assessed value. But shortly after Brooks released her plan last night, County Legislature Republicans introduced and passed a measure that […]
Posted inNews & Opinion
Have county Dems hit bottom?
Sometimes, the only thing that’ll unite stubborn people is a crisis, a problem so big that it just can’t be ignored any longer. This is the state that Monroe County Democrats find themselves in after last week’s elections. Dems prevailed in their barely-competitive City Council and school board races, won re-election to the Irondequoit Town […]
Posted inNews & Opinion
Advocates again push for boost in indigent burial assistance
Wanda Peterkin died October 4 in a house fire. Not even a month later, her mother, Vera Hooks, died, too. Their grieving family was left to figure out how it was going to cover the $10,000 in funeral and burial expenses. Monroe County provides $1,250 toward burials for poor people, but the assistance only makes […]
Posted inNews & Opinion
Election results: Dinolfo prevails
Republicans keep their hold on the county executive seat, with Cheryl Dinolfo pulling in 56 percent of the vote against Democrat Sandy Frankel and Green Party candidate Rajesh Barnabas.
Posted inNews & Opinion
Climate change: How to frame the discussion
Climate change is fundamentally a matter of science. Decades of sophisticated research confirm that climate change is happening, that carbon emissions from human activity are the cause, and that cuts to global carbon emissions are necessary to limit future climate-related disruptions and disasters. But the science is often disconnected from public opinion. Facts are distorted […]
Posted inNews & Opinion
Medley spared again; auction called off
The auction of Irondequoit’s Medley Centre, scheduled for later this month, has been called off. The dead mall’s owner, Bersin Properties, owed Monroe County $1.2 million in property taxes from 2013, and the county was set to sell off the property at a November 10 tax-foreclosure auction. But Nomura Capital and Credit, the company that once […]
Posted inNews & Opinion
Clinic worries Brighton residents
Growing opioid dependence in the Rochester region is straining local treatment facilities, including UR Medicine’s outpatient Strong Recovery program. The health system wants to move Strong Recovery — which treats alcohol and drug dependency, including opioid addiction — from Strong Memorial Hospital’s R-Wing on Crittenden Boulevard to the Brighton Business Center at 2613 West Henrietta […]
Posted inNews & Opinion
Vargas out as RCSD superintendent
UPDATE: City’s full, detailed story can be found here: http://www.rochestercitynewspaper.com/rochester/vargas-is-out/Content?oid=2662571 Rochester city school district Superintendent Bolgen Vargas will be out at the end of December, district sources confirm. The district says an official announcement is coming at 3:30 p.m., and at that time it’ll also release the name of his interim replacement. The city school board […]
Posted inNews & Opinion
New York’s carbon emissions dropping
New York’s energy sector has the lowest per capita carbon emissions, 8.1 metric tons, in the US.
