Jaime Aquino, the consultant that state education Commissioner MaryEllen Elia sent to examine the Rochester school district, sent his report to her earlier this week. School board members haven’t seen the report, board vice president Willa Powell says, but they’re bracing for a tough assessment. “He told board members, ‘My report is going to be […]
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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Aqueduct, Colgate worry preservationists
The Landmark Society of Western New York has usually used its annual “Five to Revive” list to draw public attention and financial support to restoring historic buildings throughout the Rochester region. With the list, the Landmark Society is telling communities and developers that there’s unmined gold in repurposing – rather than ignoring or demolishing — […]
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Walking on the riverfront
Just west of Dinosaur Bar-B-Que, jutting out off of the sidewalk on the Court Street Bridge, is the entrance to a new pedestrian walkway that swerves out over the edge of the Genesee River. It then heads behind the restaurant where it stops for now due to construction of the new Nathaniel apartment complex on […]
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Calls grow to stop shootings
Last month, five people were shot in Rochester in three separate shootings in a matter of four hours. Two of them died. Two days later, there was another gun-related homicide. There’s no single explanation for gun violence in Rochester, any more than there is in other cities. But the Reverend Lewis Stewart, president of United […]
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Tests reveal a lot or nothing at all
The results of last spring’s statewide testing for grades 3 to 8 in English and math were released last week, and there are multiple reasons to be concerned with the scores. On the upside, proficiency levels improved overall statewide in 2018, including in the Big Five districts: the state’s largest cities, including Rochester. (“Proficient” means […]
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Franklin Florence on Rochester and racism: Little has changed
Civil rights leader Franklin Florence on Rochester and racism
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Religious leaders are called to help end gun violence
The Reverend Lewis Stewart, president of the United Christian Leadership Ministry, is calling on all of Rochester’s religious leaders to join together in a coordinated effort to stop gun violence in Rochester.
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Anti-abortion group must stay outside Planned Parenthood’s buffer zone
A local pro-life group that protests in front of the Planned Parenthood office on University Avenue does have to abide by a 2005 federal court ordered injunction, according to the city and state attorney general’s office. The injunction prevents protesters from crossing a 15-foot buffer zone. The decision, which came late last week, reverses an […]
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School board race comes at tough time in the district
Ordinarily, candidates for school board wouldn’t be on the ballot in the September 13 Democratic primary. But three board candidates are running, thanks to vacancies created by resignations. And the race comes during a particularly difficult time for the Rochester school district. On the ballot: Judith Davis, an intellectual property specialist for a local firm; […]
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Activist urges city to release police video
A video showing Rochester police officers’ interaction with a citizen should be released to the public, a long-time police-reform activist said today. The video was taken by a police body camera in early May, when two officers stopped and questioned Rochester resident Christopher Pate, who is African American, during a crime investigation. Pate says that […]
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Highland Hospital’s expansion worries residents
Highland Hospital officials are planning a $70 million expansion that adds four more stories to its southeast wing. That part of the hospital, near Mt. Vernon Avenue and Bellevue Drive, is currently only three stories tall. Even though the expansion is within the hospital’s current footprint, the size and mass of the building has many […]
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The East-UR ‘experiment’
Shaun Nelms on the changes at a once-failing school
