When Tim Brumfield walked into Trillium Health not long ago, he was more than a little scared: had he contracted HIV, the virus that causes AIDS? Brumfield, a tall, good-looking young man with a winning smile, says he had had a recent sexual encounter that concerned him. So he went to Trillium to get tested. […]
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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Interest in charters remains high
Even though the State Education Department has closed three charter schools in Rochester – the most recent being the Career Mentoring Charter School – the demand for charters doesn’t appear to be slowing one bit. The Rochester school district has lost about 5,200 city students who have enrolled in the 11 charter schools within the […]
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The week ahead: Warren’s ‘State of the City,’ a Daniel Pipes lecture, a charter school hearing
Mayor Lovely Warren will deliver the last State of the City address of her current term at 7 o’clock tonight. The venue: the downtown tech company CGI Communications, 130 East Main Street. Her talk will be streamed live on the city’s website. The Leon Katzen Memorial Lecture Series will host a talk by controversial historian […]
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City Council could seek a subpoena in Bryant case
The Rochester City Council is going to consider legislation that would authorize the investigation of a citizen’s complaint against the Rochester Police Department. By approving the legislation, Council would clear the way for President Loretta Scott to issue a subpoena to the Rochester Police Department. The investigation, if approved, would center on an August 8 […]
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Park saver coming to Rochester
When urban planner Tupper Thomas first walked into Brooklyn’s Prospect Park as its new administrator 30 years ago, she was stunned both by its beauty and its severe neglect, she says. The park’s reputation for crime back then made many people afraid to stroll through it, even in the daytime. “I thought, ‘This is so […]
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Perspectives: James Norman
Few people have developed a better understanding of the area’s poverty, the needs of low-income families and children, and the importance of fostering self-sufficiency than the retiring president and CEO of Action for a Better Community.
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Group seeks more police accountability
The Rochester Coalition for Police Reform, a social justice group led by the Rev. Lewis Stewart, is calling for abolishing the current Civilian Review Board and replacing it with a new board with much stronger oversight powers. The current board doesn’t have the power to independently investigate complaints, or subpoena testimony or evidence, and has […]
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Catching a nap on campus
Students at the Rochester Institute of Technology can now find the best sites on campus for taking a quick nap between classes, using the “Naps” link on the RIT website. They can click on the link, and a map with little Z’s scattered all over campus will show them where they can catch some. The […]
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Comptroller’s audit criticizes RCSD
State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli gave a harsh account of the Rochester City School District’s payroll processes this morning, calling them “disorganized, highly decentralized, and not administered uniformly, resulting in errors that are costing taxpayers.” DiNapoli made the statement as he released a new audit of the district, conducted from July 2014 to October 2016, which […]
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Can she ‘interrupt failure’? City schools’ new chief
No one can accuse Rochester schools Superintendent Barbara Deane-Williams of being a media hound. Since the school board hired her last summer, she’s had relatively little to say to reporters. She decided instead to embark on a months-long mission: an intense study of the district. Her listening tour involved dozens of meetings with teachers, administrators, […]
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New plan for Cobbs Hill?
Residents can learn next week about Rochester Management’s latest proposal for its Norris Drive property, which is surrounded by Cobbs Hill Park. The plan will be discussed at a public meeting at New Life Presbyterian Church, 243 Rosedale Street, at 7 p.m. Monday, April 3. The company wants to demolish the six, one-story brick buildings, […]
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A challenge on campuses: protecting speech we hate
Shortly after the 2016 election, a group unhappy with the presidential election results used Facebook to promote a “Not My America” protest on the University of Rochester campus. That led Ted Pawlicki, a UR professor, to post a derisive comment: he’d pay for the protesters’ bus fare to Canada as long as they promised not […]
