After a two year gap, Fashion Week Rochester will be held this October at the Dome Arena.
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Third Dem wants Spaull’s Council seat
A third candidate says he wants to be the Democratic candidate for the East District City Council seat, a position now held by Elaine Spaull. Neighborhood leader Bryce Miller announced his plans this morning.
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Spaull not seeking reelection
[UPDATED 01/23/2019] City Council member Elaine Spaull says she won’t seek reelection this year. There are nine seats on Council and four are open in this year’s elections; all of them are district seats that represent a specific part of the city. Spaull, who works as director of the Center for Youth, has held the […]
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Rochester’s arts support: beyond a big-show theater
Representatives of some of Rochester’s arts organizations will be meeting next week to reignite a discussion they’ve been having for years: creating an endowment or some other kind of ongoing arts funding. Elaine Spaull, who chairs City Council’s Arts and Culture Committee, is convening the meeting, which is scheduled for December 14. The big arts […]
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LGBTQ youth at greatest risk for homelessness
Up to 1.6 million youth across America experience homelessness each year, and 40 percent of them identify as LGBTQ, according to the True Colors Fund. Rochester is no exception, Center for Youth director Elaine Spaull said at a recent press conference. The event marked the launching of By Their Side, a Center for Youth campaign […]
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Spaull announces reelection campaign
City Council member Elaine Spaull sent out a brief announcement this morning saying she’ll seek reelection. Spaull, a Democrat, has held the East District seat on City Council since 2007. The district includes part of downtown stretches through several east side neighborhoods. “By many significant measurements, the East quadrant of our city has made great progress […]
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Reading program helps stave off the ‘summer slide’
When children leave school for the summer, research shows that many lose a significant percentage of the knowledge and skills they developed during the school year. It varies from child to child, but some studies show that children can lose as much as half of the academic gains they’ve made. Some educators refer to it […]
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Signs missing
Each one of the 31 red-light cameras in the City of Rochester is supposed to have an accompanying sign posted nearby, warning motorists of the presence of the cameras. But at a meeting last week, City Council members Adam McFadden and Elaine Spaull said they’ve noticed red-light intersections without signs. “We were told they all […]
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A crisis for youth in crisis
The Hillside Family of Agencies stopped providing emergency housing for homeless and runaway youth earlier this year. The shelter, which operated since the 1970’s, has seen a considerate drop in state funding over the last several years. Hillside received $107,437 in runaway and homeless youth program funding from the state in 2008, and $29,150 in […]
