THE IMPERIAL MARCH While you ring in the New Year, Darren Blum will be prepping for his first Imperial March. Blum, a Rochester native, will be marching in the 118th Rose Bowl Parade in Pasadena, as one of 200 Imperial Stormtroopers, the infamous white-helmeted baddies from the “Star Wars” movies. Led by “Star Wars”creator and […]
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Metro ink – 12.28.05
Zen machining Mitch Cohen has an RIT textbook that is three decades old, which makes it several years younger than everything else in his studio. “Most of this stuff is functional dinosaurs,” Cohen says, as he hand-cranks a piece of paper through a large metal contraption. This, he says almost lovingly, is a “platen press.” […]
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Coulda, shoulda …
Well, that got the blood boiling, didn’t it? We thought we’d gotten rid of the guys who teased us with the ferry and then shut it down. But no. Here they are again, running the ferry terminal building and making money off of it. I swear, every person I’ve run into since the D&C story […]
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Board yet? Ferry gets its company
The city’s decision to get into the ferry business has ratcheted up public scrutiny on the project way beyond 11. And you can bet that each ferry decision the city makes — up to the bid for The Breeze on February 28 and well beyond — will be accompanied by loud second guessing. The latest […]
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Bold steps? Here?
Maybe it’s too early to start celebrating, but City Council’s endorsement of the mayor’s ferry plan was mighty good news. I’m grateful for the scrutiny and skepticism of Councilmember Brian Curran, who cast the sole vote against the rescue plan. Curran’s worried about the risk to city taxpayers, and there is indeed a risk. But […]
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Here comes the bus
Poor People United’s Charles Kellum calls Rochester’s winter cold “a natural disaster.” Last year, prompted by PPU, Monroe County came up with the idea for emergency shelter nights: when the weather is particularly cold, the homeless are allowed into shelters without admission restrictions and without curfews. But according to Kellum, those emergency nights aren’t effective […]
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Reader feedback 12.15.04
Choosing a mayor, saving the ferry, questioning the war|Iraq war
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Save that ferry!
I was going to wait a week or so to make up my mind about the ferry rescue — get more information, interview more people. But for pete’s sake: The answer’s as clear as day. We need to save the ferry and get it back in operation. The ferry’s good for Rochester. It’s […]
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Dominick Delucia: CATS wants to stay in
“We have been at this thing for five very long, grueling years. We haven’t quit on this project or this community, and we’re not about to quit now.” CATS founder Dominick Delucia is determined to find a recovery plan for the ferry that CATS and the city can approve. In his mind, ferry service should […]
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Bill Johnson: CATS’ plan is ‘too risky’
In Mayor Bill Johnson’s ferry plan, city council would approve establishing a public authority to take ownership of the ferry in December, and the state legislature would approve it in early February. The authority might handle the operation itself, or it might hire a company to do it. The authority would be appointed immediately so […]
