Much of Martin Luther King Park will become a Holiday Village for every weekend in December, with a raft of family-oriented events and attractions. City and business officials announced the event this morning. Starting on December 1 and continuing on weekends through Sunday, December 23, there’ll be a Santa’s workshop, music and other entertainment, Breakfast […]
Mary Anna Towler
Mary Anna Towler is a transplant from the Southern Appalachians and is editor, co-publisher, and co-founder of City. She is happy to have converted a shy but opinionated childhood into an adult job. She credits a grandfather for instilling in her a love of politics. And she makes no apology for her liberal views.
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Rochester school district awaits yet another study
I hope the Distinguished Educator will tell us more than just what’s wrong. I hope he’ll be able to tell us why.
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City Council releases Police Advisory Board draft proposal; activists cite problems
[UPDATED] City Council is preparing to start public review of draft legislation changing the way Rochester handles complaints about police conduct. The draft legislation calls for the creation of a separate, independent Police Accountability Board with the power to conduct its own investigations into complaints. The draft has been circulated among police-reform activists, the police union, […]
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Primary matters
It’s on an unusual day, but there are political party primaries on Thursday, September 13, for several key local and state offices. Although elections are almost always on Tuesday, this one’s on Thursday because Tuesday was the anniversary of the 9/11 attacks (which in 2001 was an election day) and it was the last night […]
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Donald Trump, Congress, and the Constitution
The odds are that Donald Trump will be president at least through 2020. The salvation: the November 6 Congressional election.
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Colgate Rochester Crozer moving to Village Gate
Changes that have affected divinity schools throughout the country have had an impact on Colgate Rochester Crozer, and next spring, the historic institution will leave its expansive campus across from Highland Park. It’s moving northward on Goodman Street to a much more urban setting: the sprawling Village Gate complex. CRCDS now has only 100 students […]
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UR leader Paul Burgett dies
Paul Burgett, a towering, larger-than-life man and the beloved vice president of the University of Rochester, died August 25 after a brief illness. Burgett was a graduate of the University’s Eastman School of Music and spent much of his career in key administrative positions at the university. Devoted to young people, he served as dean […]
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The Nixon-Cuomo race
While challenger Cynthia Nixon is campaigning as the more strongly progressive candidate, it’s hard to find many issues on which she and Governor Andrew Cuomo disagree.
More primary action: Three Democrats seek Morelle’s Assembly seat
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RPD officers, accused of excessive force, suspended
As community activists continue their push for major reform of police oversight in Rochester, Mayor Lovely Warren and Police Chief Michael Ciminelli announced today that two officers have been suspended without pay related to allegations of excessive force. And they have asked Monroe County District Attorney Sandra Doorley to investigate possible criminal misconduct. Rochester resident […]
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McCain, Trump, and the state of this nation
At some important moments, John McCain spoke out for a different kind of America than the America that elected Donald Trump.
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City adding ‘play’ to project list
City officials have announced three more projects, this time having to do with play, not buildings or infrastructure. One will create a “Corridor of Play” from the Genesee River east on Court Street, then south on Chestnut Street to the Strong Museum of Play. Another will create new play-oriented activities in the Jones Square Park […]
