Sarah Cincotta woke up in the hospital earlier this year after a 20-hour seizure, a result of her multiple sclerosis. “When I woke up, I didn’t even have the ability to say my name,” she says. Cincotta was reassured, however, that her daughter, Pearl, who is just over 2 years old now, was not alone […]
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New ad campaign touts Rochester — or Warren?
Rochester is a mid-sized city with a small town’s zeal for gossip. So when a mayor who is not up for re-election until 2017 starts running TV spots, people take notice. The commercial shows Mayor Lovely Warren with a child — her daughter, Taylor? — and touts some of the things happening in the city, […]
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Citizen input sought for body-camera program
Rochester City Council kicks-off a series of public meetings tomorrow on the pending police body-camera program. Meetings will be held throughout November and one on December 3. The first meeting, on Thursday, November 12, will be held in City Council Chambers at City Hall, 30 Church Street. The city hopes to phase in the camera […]
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Have county Dems hit bottom?
Sometimes, the only thing that’ll unite stubborn people is a crisis, a problem so big that it just can’t be ignored any longer. This is the state that Monroe County Democrats find themselves in after last week’s elections. Dems prevailed in their barely-competitive City Council and school board races, won re-election to the Irondequoit Town […]
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Design for a better Rochester
Joni Monroe firmly believes that Rochester has made monumental progress toward recognizing the value of its natural and historic assets and their critical role in good urban design. Many of the city’s neighborhoods, its downtown core, and many suburban communities are improving, she says. The longtime director and founding member of the Community Design Center […]
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10 stories the media missed
From the illegal dumping of fracking waste water to popular resistance to corporate water-grabbing.
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Coming soon: HIV shots?
One of the more daunting challenges of managing HIV is properly taking the daily regimen of one to five pills. But that could soon be in the past. The results of an experimental treatment, which appear in the journal Nanomedicine: Nanotechnology, Biology, and Medicine, could mean that patients get an infrequent injection to stop the […]
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Home values up in Highland, Swillburg
Rising property values can be a sign of a healthy neighborhood. Unfortunately, they can also mean a higher tax bill. Preliminary data from Rochester’s ongoing citywide reassessment shows that property values are rising in some neighborhoods, including Highland, Swillburg, Browncroft, Upper Mount Hope, Neighborhood of the Arts, and Beechwood. “You can almost tell: Where [are] […]
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Climate change: How to frame the discussion
Climate change is fundamentally a matter of science. Decades of sophisticated research confirm that climate change is happening, that carbon emissions from human activity are the cause, and that cuts to global carbon emissions are necessary to limit future climate-related disruptions and disasters. But the science is often disconnected from public opinion. Facts are distorted […]
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Clinic worries Brighton residents
Growing opioid dependence in the Rochester region is straining local treatment facilities, including UR Medicine’s outpatient Strong Recovery program. The health system wants to move Strong Recovery — which treats alcohol and drug dependency, including opioid addiction — from Strong Memorial Hospital’s R-Wing on Crittenden Boulevard to the Brighton Business Center at 2613 West Henrietta […]
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Vargas is out
Bolgen Vargas will step down as superintendent of the Rochester school district at the end of December, well before his contract expires in June 2016. (Related column: “Impossible job claims another superintendent.”) He will be replaced by Daniel Lowengard, retired superintendent of the Syracuse City School District. Lowengard will serve as interim superintendent of Rochester […]
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Where’s Maggie Brooks going?
Maggie Brooks has been a fixture in county government for two decades, acting as Monroe County executive for the last 12 years and before that, county clerk. But in just a couple of months, term limits will force her from office. But Brooks says she isn’t going away — and no one expects her to […]
