Construction on Rochester’s new, $50 million transit station begins on Monday, October 8, said Rochester Genesee Regional Transportation Authority officials at a press conference yesterday afternoon. “We’re thrilled to finally get started,” said RGRTA’s Jim Redmond. The enclosed, one-story facility will be located on Mortimer Street, spanning the block between South Clinton Avenue and St. […]
Bill Carpenter
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Campaigning on fear
This year’s county-executive campaign could have been about ideas, issues, and vision. It will not be. Steve Minarik’s Republican machine has seen to that. To boost Maggie Brooks’ chances against Rochester Mayor Bill Johnson, the Minarik machine has launched a campaign of fear, divisiveness, and hate. And a passel of Republican elected officials has fallen […]






