Some Democrats are reacting to Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker’s victory Tuesday by playing down any connection to President Obama’s re-election chances. Conservatives couldn’t be happier. They say Walker’s win proves that the majority of Wisconsin’s voters agree with conservatives’ message about smaller government. But something else happened in Wisconsin that Americans should be discussing: the […]
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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Romney joins Trump’s reality show
Nearly everyone predicted that the silly season that engulfed the Republican primary would end once it was clear that Mitt Romney would be the GOP nominee for president. But Romney’s duet with real estate celebrity Donald Trump tells us otherwise. Trump has returned with another episode of birther babble. He has been saying on television […]
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EDUCATION: Most laid off teachers will be hired back
More than 50 Rochester school district teachers are receiving layoff notices beginning today. About 25 teach special education, and 14 are math teachers, says Rochester Teachers Association President Adam Urbanski. Only weeks ago, Superintendent Bolgen Vargas said he planned to increase the teaching staff in the fall. Urbanski says the layoffs are due to lower […]
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Appeals Court strikes down Defense of Marriage Act
In a major victory for gay rights and same-sex activists, the 1st US Circuit Court of Appeals in Boston has ruled that the Defense of Marriage Act is unconstitutional. DOMA defines marriage as an act between a man and a woman. “In a unanimous ruling a three-judge panel agreed with a decision by a lower […]
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A cultural gem in a high-tech hub
Mention Rochester Institute of Technology and images of semi-conductors and integrated circuit boards probably come to mind. The university has deservedly earned a reputation for its technology muscle. Even the campus’ sleek brick exterior evokes the futurism of a modern laboratory, which in some ways makes RIT the least likely place to find a school […]
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19th Ward looks for schools solutions
Residents in Rochester’s 19th Ward are facing a dilemma: parents with school-age children like the neighborhood, but they are so troubled by the district’s schools, many move away. It’s a not-uncommon scenario in the city, and the 19th Ward Community Association wants to change that. “We’re thinking about forming an education committee,” says DeWain Feller, […]
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Big push at Northeast Prep
Beginning in September, students at Northeast College Preparatory High School will have an extended school day, week, and year thanks to an unusual collaboration between leaders in the political, business, teaching, parent, and faith communities. | Students will attend school from 7:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. Monday through Friday, and from 9 a.m. to 1 […]
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ANNUAL MANUAL ’12: Rochester neighborhoods
MonroeCounty is about as diverse a community as you can find: a mid-size city, rural areas with orchards and farm markets, suburbs with 20th-century tract houses and shopping malls, and quaint, Victorian villages. The GeneseeRiver and the Erie Canal bisect the county, more or less vertically and diagonally, so geology and history are a constant […]
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FEATURE: Phone calls from the edge
Vietnam veteran Rod Bales says he still doesn’t like to sit with his back to the door in an unfamiliar place. Not being able to see who’s coming and going makes him feel anxious, he says. Bales joined the Army with a high school friend in February 1966. The two were caught in a blizzard […]
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ANNUAL MANUAL ’10: Welcome to the Neighborhoods
MonroeCounty is about as diverse a community as you can find: a mid-size city, rural areas with orchards and farm markets, suburbs with 20th-century tract houses and shopping malls, and quaint, Victorian villages. The GeneseeRiver and the Erie Canal bisect the county, more or less vertically and diagonally, so geology and history are a constant […]
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ANNUAL MANUAL ’07: Rochester Suburbs
Rochester owes much of its development and prosperity to the GeneseeRiver, which cuts a path right down the center of the city. In the early days, many of the neighborhoods in the city, as well as suburban villages, began as small settlements that depended on the river to receive and sell goods. Certain types of […]
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Critics caution Spitzer on civil confinement
State legislators may not like Governor Eliot Spitzer’ call for an end to gerrymandering, but they sure like his insistence on a civil-confinement law. The law would let the state send some sex offenders to psychiatric facilities after they serve their prison sentence. And when Spitzer endorsed it in his State of the State address […]
