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…
Cost of war – 8.30.06
The totals: 2621 US soldiers, 230 Coalition soldiers, and approximately 40,833 to 45,399 Iraqi civilians have been killed in Iraq from the beginning of the war and occupation to August 28. 3976 Iraqi police and guardsmen have been killed since January 2005, according to an estimate compiled from news reports. American soldiers killed between August…
Music reviews – 08.30.06
This week:
124 Parkside Avenue
A wonderful city house On a sunny, absolutely gorgeous late summer morning, I found my way to Parkside Avenue, a lovely, quiet street that runs “behind” Webster Park near the intersection of Webster Avenue and Bay Street on the city’s northeast side. It had been a while since I visited my old neighborhood and it…
“Watership Down”
A child’s take on the classic tale
An interview with an underdog
For the first time in more than a decade, the highest office in the state is going to turn over. Three men are vying to replace George Pataki and no matter who wins, there will be big changes in store for New Yorkers. So why isn’t this race bigger news? Why aren’t the conversations in…
Inspiring failure
Don’t baby your kids; owning your mistakes is part of life
For New York governor: Eliot Spitzer
New York is a mess, and we don’t need to list the reasons. You already know them. You also know that a governor can’t fix everything. But a governor can do a lot. For starters (as our article last week, “Reforming from the Governor’s Mansion,” noted), the governor could refuse to participate in the three-man…
Inspiring failure
Don’t baby your kids; owning your mistakes is part of life
The litmus test
We all know we’re supposed to care about what’s best for everyone. But sometimes, for some of us, there’s a single issue that dwarfs the rest — an issue that can make the difference when we’re making up our minds between two similar candidates. Here’s where Tom Suozzi and Eliot Spitzer stand on a handful…
Behind the Justice League
A brief history of DC’s premier super team
Featuring Harley’s
The soul food spot returns with a new location on North Clinton
“Trust the Man”; “Quinceanera”
Two indie flicks that fail to please
“The Illusionist”
Edward Norton and Paul Giamatti entrance and enchant in this magician period piece
Our Katrina
It was an unimaginable storm, obliterating entire GulfCoast communities, destroying much of a beautiful American city, and exposing for all the world the nation’s divisions of race and class and income. Yesterday, the anniversary of Katrina’s assault, the New Orleans Times-Picayune recounted some of the horror. A family — including an elderly woman with Parkinson’s…
For the School Board
Overshadowed by the governor’s race is an important local Democratic primary: for Rochester School Board. Given the city’s heavy Democratic voter registration, the winner of the September 12 primary is virtually certain to win the November 7 general election. The two Democratic candidates — attorney Van Henry White and financial manager Allen Williams — are…
Reader feedback – 8.30.06
Mentoring prisoners’ children, the real Friends
Metro ink – 8.30.06
COFFEE FOR A CAUSE Anthony Simmons’s café has been open for business for less than a month. A portable fireplace sits in front of an orange wall, and leopard-print chairs dot the room. A sign on the far wall lists his prices: $1.50 for tea and coffee, $1 to $2 for desserts. There are no…
Pentecostal Presley
This week Frank checks out The Quakes, The Broke Down, and Bug Jar Music Fest
