President Trump continues to encourage hatred. And yet his apologists insist there is no connection to what unfolded last week.
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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RBJ cartoon brings protests and apology
It’s not unusual for a publication’s editorial cartoons to offend some of its readers. But the cartoon in the October 19 edition of the Rochester Business Journal went well beyond political commentary, resulting in complaints from readers and an online protest signed by nearly 150 businesses. The cartoon, by syndicated cartoonist Rick McKee, had the […]
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Yet another crisis for Rochester’s schools
Superintendent Barbara Deane-Williams’ decision to retire – announced in the middle of the night – is simply one more symptom of the district’s failures.
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RBTL theater site moves to the riverfront
The Rochester Broadway Theatre League will get its new theater, if its fundraising is successful. But it won’t be on Parcel 5. It’ll be by the river, part of a large, $250 million multi-use complex on the site of the former Radisson Riverside Hotel on East Main Street, across the street from the Riverside Convention Center.
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Preview: High Falls Women’s Film Festival
The High Falls Film Festival returns for another year of filmic expression and empowerment. Now designated the High Falls Women’s Film Festival, the event continues its commitment to highlighting the contributions of women both in front of and behind the camera.
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Court removes Astacio, and Warren begins search for successor
Letitia Astacio’s struggle to keep her position as a Rochester City Court Judge has ended, and the process of choosing a successor as begun. Astacio’s 2016 conviction of a misdemeanor charge of driving while intoxicated was followed by a series of highly publicized problems, including violations of conditional discharges and an indictment for allegedly trying […]
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Lessons for Rochester development from Detroit’s mayor
If planning and zoning don’t have a moral component, the poor –often people of color –won’t benefit from growth. They’ll suffer from it.
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City seeks another developer for land at the port
City officials are again trying to find a developer for a key piece of land near Ontario Beach. The Warren administration issued a request for proposals this morning for developing 2.8 acres of land on the east side of Lake Avenue in Charlotte. This is the same parcel where developers had planned to build a […]
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Kavanaugh, Blasey, and the Senate circus
Despite all of the stories in the news, a majority of Senators still don’t get it – and don’t intend to try to.
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RMSC names its new director
The Rochester Museum and Science Center has picked a Rochester-area native with deep experience in museum leadership for its new director. She is Hillary Olson, an Ogden native and a graduate of Brockport High School. Olson will succeed Kate Bennett, starting work in November. She is currently vice president of audience and community engagement at […]
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Northwest neighborhoods will get a ‘history survey’
Rochester has an unusually large number of older buildings: homes, small commercial buildings, houses of worship, former factories. And street by street, the Rochester-based Landmark Society of Western New York has been documenting them. The next stage: surveying part of northwest Rochester, including the Brown Square, Edgerton, and Lyell-Otis neighborhoods. City Council approved the study […]
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Police Accountability Board is essential for public trust
The current process has to change, for the good of the public and the police, and the integrity of the criminal justice system.
