The City of Rochester is soliciting ideas to convert Genesee Crossroads-Charles Carroll Plaza on Andrews Street along the river from a little-used, little-noticed park into a reinvigorated year-round destination. Early ideas include swinging seats, a perennial garden, outdoor exercise equipment, lighting features, and performance space. The plans mostly likely do not, however, include a skatepark. […]
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Craft Service ending 80-year run
Stepping inside Craft Service is like revisiting a time when family owned businesses, including hardware, stationary, and drug stores, dotted main thoroughfares throughout much of America, before the invasion of big box retailers. With its handwritten signs, basic shelving, and simple displays, Craft Service, which is at 337 University Avenue in Rochester’s Neighborhood of the […]
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Can Cuomo put all the budget pieces together?
$15 minimum wage, paid family leave, ethics reform.
Can Governor Cuomo put it all together?
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Communities face drone questions
The Honeoye Falls Fire Department’s annual Christmas parade was in full swing when a camera-wielding drone descended on it. The parade is a popular community event, and in this past year’s, more than 15 area fire departments queued up in the village; that’s a whole lot of trucks covered in wreaths, lights, and holiday lawn […]
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Challenges continue for the RPO
Leaders of the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra had both good financial news and bad when they unveiled their annual report last week. The good: The RPO’s young new music director, Ward Stare, seems to be generating enthusiasm among RPO patrons. Single-ticket sales were up 19 percent last year – to a record level. Total attendance for […]
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Part Three: Culture necessary for thriving downtown
Downtown has the ability to become a vibrant cultural district for Rochester, but it hasn’t yet hit its stride.
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Signs of intelligent life
Babies can’t talk, but they have a lot to share about how our brains develop
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LGBT radio program debuts
Brian Hurlburt’s obsession with radio programming began when he was a child. He and a neighborhood friend pretended to have their own show where they interviewed each other and played their favorite music. After a long career in broadcasting, Hurlburt now creates and hosts his dream program in Rochester. Hurlburt and co-host Michael Lill have […]
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Penfield weighs options in sale of golf courses
The Dolomite Group’s plan to sell two Penfield golf courses caught town officials by surprise and has them scrambling to exert some control over the future of the properties. The Town Board will consider enacting a temporary moratorium on development of the land at an upcoming meeting. Dolomite put Shadow Lakes and Shadow Pines on […]
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Nothing ‘interim’ about Cimusz’s agenda
Interim school superintendents are often thought of as placeholders: people who keep the lights on and the buses running until a permanent leader is found. That’s not a description that fits Linda Cimusz, who was thrust into the interim job with the Rochester school district after a health crisis felled the school board’s pick. Though […]
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Strong expansion could be in the works
Rumors have been circulating for weeks now that the Strong museum is considering an expansion. It makes sense, given the land that will be available once the nearby section of the Inner Loop is filled in and ready for development. Strong Director of Development Shane Rhinewald says that an expansion is possible, but that the […]
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County, shelters struggle with Cuomo’s homeless order
The unusually mild winter has allowed Monroe County, meaning both the community and the government, to dodge a serious, ongoing problem regarding a hard-to-serve segment of the area’s homeless population. When the temperature drops below a certain point, homeless people need to get indoors to stay safe; the National Coalition for the Homeless says that […]
