A growing number of homeowners, businesses, and institutions in New York and across the country are adopting solar.
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Summer Guide 2014
The Rochester area comes alive during the summer. To help get you ready, we put together a list of 100 ways to live life during the summer months.
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Classic innovation
As Jamal Rossi was presented as the new dean of the Eastman School of Music earlier this month, both he and University of Rochester President Joel Seligman highlighted the school’s history. But they also addressed the task of operating in an increasingly changing music world. “Our challenge in the coming years,” Rossi said at the […]
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Regional schools
A group of Rochester educators and community leaders say that Rochester school district officials have repeatedly taken the wrong approach to improving city schools. An integrated school is needed, they say. And now more than ever.
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CITY’s 2014 Festival Preview Guide
Whether you’re in the mood for live music, handcrafted art, or just want to get outside and walk around for the day, every month is packed full.
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The multisport multiverse
Christine Burkey-Kelly was 38 years old when she got into triathlons. She quickly found out that not only was the female 40-49 age group the largest at just about every event, but those women also had faster times than those in their 20’s. “When women get to that magic number of 40 years old, they […]
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Hard knocks and hard hits
In one swift motion, Jerremy Lorch snatches a volleyball out of the air, plops it on his lap and whizzes off down the basketball court — a strong breeze following his wheelchair as he speeds down the sideline. But Lorch doesn’t get far. Another man in a wheelchair rams into him with spectacular force, nearly […]
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Climate Change: Rochester’s environmental record is mixed
Despite its successes, the Rochester region still has its share of environmental problems.
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A 21st century downtown
Disinvestment, deterioration, and conflicting visions have marred Rochester’s downtown for more than two decades. For years, Rochester’s main corridor has, for the most part, seemed vacant and lifeless. Major retailers folded up shop. Sibley’s and Midtown, once the epicenter of the city’s vibrancy, languished, doing relatively little to attract people downtown or to bring in […]
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Five local guitar makers discuss their craft
It would seem that even a well-made guitar has no soul; it is merely wood and wire. But in music’s endless pursuit to get what is in the musician’s heart into the listener’s ear, the guitar is an important vessel, or at the very least a bridge in this quest. It’s true that the instrument […]
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Restoring balance to Braddock Bay
In a few weeks, when spring settles in, the wetlands around Braddock Bay will come alive. Spawning fish will take cover under aquatic plants in the shallow water. Birds will flutter among the cattails and float in the ponds, looking for food or a place to nest. For the migrants that made the flight across […]
