Ken Eastwood, the former superintendent of the Middletown School District, is not coming to Rochester to be acting superintendent of the city school district or to oversee the school board, State Education Commissioner MaryEllen Elia said this afternoon. Elia made the comment during a press conference in Rochester. She and Board of Regents Chancellor Betty […]
Tim Louis Macaluso
I was born and raised in the Rochester area, but I lived in California and Florida before returning home about 12 years ago. I'm a vegetarian and live with my husband and our three pugs. I cover education, health care, and local politics for City.
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Planning Commission approves revised plan for Cobbs Hill Village
The proposal for new apartment buildings on land within Cobbs Hill Park took a step forward Monday when the City Planning Commission approved Rochester Management’s revised plans for the project. The vote was 4-2. The project continues to face bitter opposition and it still needs approval by City Council and Mayor Lovely Warren. The non-profit […]
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Downtown residents form a new urban coalition
The number of people moving into downtown Rochester during the last decade has steadily increased, and proposals for more housing and other development haven’t slowed down. While downtown’s buildings were once largely devoted to retail and commercial uses, the focus has changed. Now the area is evolving into a patchwork of small neighborhoods, and some […]
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Growing pains
Farms and orchards helped build the region. And they’ve changed with the times.
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Attorney General and State Ed investigating Trevyan Rowe’s death
New York Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman and New York State Education Commissioner MaryEllen Elia have begun an investigation into the death of School 12 student Trevyan Rowe. The investigation will look at the circumstances surrounding his death and will review the district’s policies and procedures to determine what improvements need to be made, according […]
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Groups to hold public forum on police accountability
The Rochester Coalition for Police Reform will meet on Monday, March 19 to reorganize under Police Accountability Board Alliance, says member Barbara Lacker-Ware. The new organization will consist of about 30 different community groups. The coalition recommended that an independent Police Accountability Board be formed and replace the current Civilian Review Board. The latter is […]
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Charlotte residents and businesses seek a community vision
Charlotte, that appendix of a neighborhood at the northern tip of the city, has a dilemma: It’s in the city, but it doesn’t feel like it is. It’s a beach community, but it doesn’t always feel much like that, either. After the summer’s burst of activity, the area becomes quiet by November. Charlotte’s residents hope […]
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The loss of Trevyan Rowe
In press conferences and interviews this afternoon, Rochester school district and city officials announced stunning new details about the events leading up to the death of 14-year-old Trevyan Rowe.
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Rochester plans a riverfront renaissance
Trails and bridges and islands and more: City Hall rolls out a bold plan to revitalize the riverfront.
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UR Faculty Senate censured Professor Florian Jaeger
In a vote earlier this week, the University of Rochester’s Faculty Senate formally censured Florian Jaeger, the professor at the center of the university’s sexual harassment scandal. Jaeger is accused of alleged inappropriate sexual behavior in his interactions with former students and colleagues from 2007 to 2013. The allegations led to a lawsuit in federal […]
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Downtown’s rebirth may be at risk
Rochester’s downtown revitalization, after years of planning, and stops and starts, is finally becoming a reality. Main Street is undergoing a remarkable transformation, from a stark, vacant-looking corridor to a much more attractive place to work and live. Many of the city’s most venerable historic buildings have been repurposed into a mix of housing, light […]
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Town hall meeting tonight on criminal justice reform
Even though there has been a steady decrease in crime in New York State, the population of county jails continue to grow and more than half of the people who sit in them have not been convicted of a crime. But they remain incarcerated because they can’t afford bail, according to advocates for criminal justice […]
