Prepare for a long war A retired general stays on the attack Retired Army Major General John Batiste has lived in Rochester for less than a year, but his outspoken criticism of Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld has quickly made him one of the area’s most well-known residents. Batiste, who moved to Rochester to join […]
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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Churches, faith, and discrimination
For some, women clergy are OK now, but not gays and lesbians
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HIV
It takes a little courage to step off some of the third-floor elevators at the University of Rochester Medical Center. Signs reading “Infectious Disease Unit” can be intimidating. One hallway has bio-hazard signs. Green arrows point to large showerheads and pull chains, which hang from the ceiling every few feet, for emergency rinses. Then there […]
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Present tense
The Rochester Public Market is one the area’s longest running venues.
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Voters’ tough choice: the School Board race
The biggest hurdle for the Rochester School Board candidates in the Democratic primary may be getting voters to see their differences. Both are solid candidates, well-educated and well-informed. Van Henri White is an attorney in private practice with a law degree from GeorgetownUniversity. Allen Williams is a TIAA-CREF financial manager with an MBA in finance […]
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The city’s teen pregnancy rate’s dropping
In 1990, Rochester made a “top-city” list. But it wasn’t for best restaurants, quality of life, or employment opportunities. Out of 7,730 teenage girls ages 15 to 19, nearly 1,000 had babies. That distinguished Rochester as having the highest teen-pregnancy rate in the state and one of the highest in the country. Most of the […]
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What’s that decal?
Branding is that nefarious practice marketing gurus drool over. It’s kind of like star quality. More than just name recognition, branding goes a step further — the car says you’re cool, the shoes say you’re sexy, or the champagne says you can afford it. At a time when millions of Americans are seething about high […]
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Children of the incarcerated
Families struggle to cope with parents behind bars
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Making the (sports) grade
Does it help or hurt students to bar them from participating in after-school sports if they have an F on their report card? The Rochester school district adopted that ban eight years ago. School Board members were concerned that for students with low grades, sports and other extra-curricular activities consumed time that should be spent […]
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What it feels like caring for the preemies
Walking into Strong’s neonatal intensive care unit for the first time is overwhelming. It’s eerily quiet except for the strange, barely audible sounds babies make yawning. The rooms are dim, even dark in some corners. Incubators not much bigger than a clothes basket are parked along the walls, many of them completely draped in brightly […]
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Charter-school supporters aim at John
We won’t vote for state legislators for four months, but one incumbent Democrat is already the focus of attack ads, and charter schools are the issue. Rochester’s Susan John, who faced stiff competition in her last two elections, is one of several Assembly Democrats targeted recently in a roughly $1 million television and direct-mail campaign. […]
