Can an Italian-themed shopping center help restore MidtownPlaza to its former glory? City leaders seem to think so. Riedman Properties LLC and the Province of Parma, Italy, are proposing a joint venture to create a complex consisting of 150 specialty stores and restaurants offering Italian food, fashion, and furniture. The project, called Made in Italy, […]
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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How can schools reach ‘mental drop-outs’?
Education Most high-school dropouts think they could have stayed in school, gotten better grades, and graduated. They just didn’t want to. That was one of the findings of a national survey funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. And it was part of a discussion about dropouts in a roundtable program at the University […]
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No racism, says Rivera
Education District, critics disagree on racism review A review of employee complaints did not find evidence of racial discrimination in hiring and promotions, as some employees have charged, School Superintendent Manuel Rivera said at a press conference last week. Instead, Rivera said, the problems related to those particular employees stemmed from poor communication by the […]
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The missing pieces in the sex-offender debate
Justice State legislators trooped back to Albany for one day last week, primarily to try to iron out differences on a tough new sex-offender law. But despite the media attention before the special session, legislators failed once again to reach an agreement. The law, which New York politicians have been haggling over for 13 years, […]
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Seeking health rights
More than half of the nation’s 44.6 million uninsured don’t earn enough to pay for health insurance, according to a recent report in the American Hospital Association News. And they’re not eligible for coverage through public programs. In New YorkState, about 415,000 children have no health-care coverage, according to the Children’s Defense Fund’s November 2006 […]
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War stories: US allies find their lives changed
The folks at Wat Lao Asokaram temple meet nearly every Sunday. On this particular Sunday in October, Buddhists were acknowledging the monks, some of whom were completing a period of silence. This phase in their training requires that they live in silence for several months. The celebration included a period of prayer followed by a […]
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War stories
Helping the United States changed the lives of two men now living in Rochester
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De-funding the genocide in Darfur
Is your retirement money helping support the genocide in Sudan’s Darfur region? Sudan has been in a state of civil war since it gained independence from British colonial rule in 1956. But in the latest conflict in Darfur, Arab militias known as the Janjaweed — backed by the Sudanese government — have conducted a campaign […]
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A librarian’s clash with the Patriot Act
Less than two months after 9/11, in the nation’s heightened state of anxiety, Congress passed the Patriot Act with little debate. The act is one of the most significant changes ever made to laws involving the federal government’s ability to investigate and jail US citizens. Among the first to voice concern were librarians, and one […]
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The JesusPan
Take a bite out of Jesus It has been a few weeks since anyone reported seeing an image of Jesus on a skyscraper window, in the bark of a tree, or on a potato chip. But now with the help of the JesusPan, you can create your own miracles. Move over George Foreman, Jesus is […]
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School districts try to deal with bullying
Education Bullying has been a part of the school-age experience for years. And for a long time, many teachers and parents accepted it as normal behavior. Not anymore. Spurred by an increase in violence, school administrators across the country are taking a firm stand against bullying. Locally, educators are concerned enough that they’re conducting workshops […]
