Rochester Mayor Lovely Warren is planning a series of meetings seeking the public’s opinion about the Rochester school district and how parents and others “believe City Hall can help Rochester’s children succeed.”
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’s arts support: beyond a big-show theater
Representatives of some of Rochester’s arts organizations will be meeting next week to reignite a discussion they’ve been having for years: creating an endowment or some other kind of ongoing arts funding. Elaine Spaull, who chairs City Council’s Arts and Culture Committee, is convening the meeting, which is scheduled for December 14. The big arts […]
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Our divided America and the news we like
Many of us are so convinced of our own wisdom that we don’t want to listen to anybody who doesn’t reinforce our beliefs.
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The search begins for a new superintendent
With Superintendent Barbara Deane-Williams leaving in just over two months, the Rochester school board has begun the search for two people to replace her: a new superintendent and an interim superintendent who’ll run things while the board looks for someone more permanent. Deane-Williams’ contract doesn’t expire until July, but her relationship with the board has […]
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Amazon’s HQ2: New York pays to buy love
A lesson from the Amazon deal, says a Brookings fellow: “we’re overdue for a national solution to the problem of corporate giveaways.”
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RCSD gets low grades from Distinguished Educator
The Rochester School District “seems driven more by the needs of administrators, teachers, and parents, with student concerns often taking a back seat to adult interests,” says a scathing assessment of the district by the state-appointed Distinguished Educator, Jaime Aquino.
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City presents options for Highland’s reservoir
City officials are again trying to decide whether they need to cover the reservoirs at Highland and Cobbs Hill Parks, and they held the first of a series of public workshops on Highland on Monday night. The reservoirs are a popular visual feature of both parks, but the water in them is part o f […]
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A nation divided: the US after the midterms
Hate and prejudice are huge factors in the country’s division. And Donald Trump and other Republicans have made them acceptable.
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Golisano cancels funding for RBTL theater
[UPDATED] Philanthropist Tom Golisano has canceled his pledge of $25 million for a new theater for the Rochester Broadway Theatre League. Golisano announced the change in a press release this morning. “I originally made this decision to support the Performing Arts Center in 2016,” he said in the statement. “Now two years later, the project […]
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RBTL by the river: the next big thing
Moving RBTL’s theater from Parcel 5 to the riverside solves some problems, opens up new opportunities, and raises questions.
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NY attorney general race: four seek high-profile post
New York’s attorney general represents the people of the state and its government in legal actions, serving as protector, defender, investigator, and prosecutor. The AG’s office can get involved in cases related to Wall Street, the environment, health, civil rights, New Yorkers’ working conditions, and much more. New York’s attorney general has often been aggressive […]
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The New York governor’s race: big choices, little attention
New Yorkers have a diverse group of candidates to choose from when they vote for governor this year: a Democratic incumbent who’s pragmatic but often progressive, a conservative Republican, a center-left independent, a Libertarian, and a Green who’s well to the left of everyone. And their positions on state issue are so different that this […]
