The New York State Canal Corporation is pausing its plan to remove large numbers of trees from the banks of the Erie Canal west of Fairport. Earlier this year, the Canal Corporation began a preventive maintenance project that involved removing trees from 56 sites between the Village of Medina in Orleans County and the Village of […]
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Brockport’s Danscore, marking 50 years, keeps its contemporary reach
The College at Brockport’s Department of Dance has a long history of hiring teachers who are professional artists with years of experience performing and choreographing modern dance. The department celebrates its 50th anniversary this week with its annual Danscore performances. According to the department interim chair James Hansen, the landscape for dance in higher learning […]
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Brockport voters reject dissolution
Brockport voters have again said that they want to keep their village government, but with a slightly smaller margin than in 2010. The village clerk’s office reports that 817 voters opted against dissolving the village, compared to 632 in favor. In 2010, voters rejected the proposal 959 to 662, and state law protected the village from […]
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Carvin Eison opens the lens to the community
Filmmaker Carvin Eison advocates for social justice and accessibility in media
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An Evening of Dance and Performance Art
After a decade engrained in the Rochester dance scene as a teacher, choreographer, and performer, William Evans, 74, is retiring from The College at Brockport and relocating to Providence, Rhode Island. He has accepted a teaching position at The School of Dance at Dean College. On Saturday, July 5, Evans will present a farewell concert […]
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Masterful classes
Garth Fagan first became affiliated with the SUNY College at Brockport Department of Dance in 1970 when he began teaching a course called “Dance for the Disadvantaged” —a course for students with no prior dance experience. Fagan had just given up performing as principal dancer and choreographer with the Dance Theatre of Detroit and was […]
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This Week: Brockport elections, Mounted Patrol vote, Supremes rulings, chat with Vargas
Brockport residents will hold elections to choose a mayor and two trustees. Mayor Maria Castañeda is seeking a second term, running against Margaret Blackman, a current village trustee and retired professor of anthropology at SUNY Brockport. Blackman is joined by newcomer Valerie Ciciotti, and incumbent trustee Carol Hannan on the Revitalize Brockport party. Castañeda’s running […]
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Shock amidst the onions
A van carrying 13 Anglos and a Mexican translator bounced down some country roads outside of Brockport on a recent summer evening. We passed dozens of farms and untold acres of potatoes, young corn, and, as we approached the migrant camp that was our final destination, the onions and black dirt for which this area […]
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Reader feedback 4.21.04
Praise for Spula With City Newspaper’s firing of Jack Bradigan Spula the city’s strongest voice of conscience has been lost. We’ve learned so much from him. His research is impressive, his reasoning fresh and true; and his absolute integrity cannot be compromised. With Bradigan Spula, City has provided the only real forum on progressive […]
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News briefs
Feeding the world Farm work is a demanding job, and without migrant workers, it’s difficult to imagine much of it getting done. To show its appreciation, the Brockport community has held “Bienvenida” for the last 20 years, a day to welcome migrant workers, the vast majority of whom now come from Mexico. “This is a […]
