County Legislature Democrats have poached a member of the Republican caucus. This morning, Democrats announced that Republican Legislator Dorothy Styk will switch her party enrollment and will caucus will their side. That means that Democrats will control 11 of the Legislature’s 29 seats. Styk, whose district covers parts of Perinton and East Rochester, was appointed […]
East Rochester
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Taming East Rochester’s main drag
In East Rochester, the stretch of West Commercial Street that runs past the Piano Works mall can feel more like a runway than a village street. Years ago, the state built an off-ramp from Interstate 490 that dumps vehicles right onto West Commercial; the ramp opens up into a wide, four-lane road. Many drivers don’t […]
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Changing channels
Time Warner Cable is not taking away PBS. Earlier this month, the cable company informed its Western New York subscribers via a letter that it’s changing how it carries public, educational, and government access television stations. These aren’t public stations in the PBS sense, even though some subscribers clearly believe they are. They’re better known […]
