The Landmark Society has awarded a $1,500 grant to the Susan B. Anthony Neighborhood Association to cover the cost of an independent structural analysis of a former West Main Street church. Owner Marvin Maye wants to tear down the church and replace it with a Dollar General. He says the church building is beyond saving. […]
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Rochester train station closer to construction
Construction of a new Rochester train station will start sometime in 2013, says State Department of Transportation Commissioner Joan McDonald. The project, which the state is managing, has received $26.5 million in funding commitments from the federal, state, and city governments. And during a press conference this morning, an Amtrak official announced that the rail […]
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ARTS: Rochester Contemporary Art Center buys its building
Exciting news concerning the future of Rochester Contemporary Art Center was announced tonight amid the 300 works that make up the 22nd Annual Members Exhibition. Art Center Executive Director Bleu Cease thanked the people who have supported the institution throughout its nearly 36 years before he released the news that RoCo, which throughout its history […]
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Vargas’s grand plan for the RCSD
Rochester school district Superintendent Bolgen Vargas rarely talks about increasing the district’s graduation rate or raising test scores, the standard promises of most new superintendents. From his first days in office as interim superintendent, Vargas has instead approached the district’s many problems from the outside in: unabashedly declaring that nothing will get fixed if the […]
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Let Remmereit go
I’ve been really, really pleased with the Rochester Philharmonic’s concerts since Arild Remmereit became music director. The orchestra has performed beautifully, and I’ve enjoyed and appreciated the new-to-Rochester music that Remmereit has introduced. I’ve been impressed with his injection of poetry readings into the concerts. From what I hear, he has done wonderful community outreach. […]
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Richards withdraws objections to MCC borrowing
Mayor Tom Richards says the County Legislature should pass its annual borrowing package which, this year, will include funding for Monroe Community College’s downtown campus.
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Vargas banks on longer school days
The Rochester school district is one of the first in the country selected to be part of a three-year pilot program to test whether lengthening the school day for some city students improves achievement. The program, TIME Collaborative, will allow Superintendent Bolgen Vargas to extend the lengthened school day programs already serving about 4,000 city […]
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ARTS: RPO Board releases statement clarifying Remmereit decision
UPDATED 12/3/12 with a statement of support from the Wilson Foundation. The Board of Directors of the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra has released a statement detailing the process that led to its termination of music director Arild Remmereit. The full statement appears below. In the statement, the board says the decision to end the RPO’s association […]
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Dance Review: Garth Fagan Dance’s “Lighthouse/Lightning Rod”
Garth Fagan creates in good company. His new work, “Lighthouse/Lightning Rod,” wows with the combined powers of his uniquely stylized and gorgeously executed choreography, the bang-up score by jazz great Wynton Marsalis, and bewitching stage sets from Alison Saar, Guggenheim and two times National Endowment of the Arts Fellow. Saar’s sculptures are a stand-out, bestowing […]
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ARTS: RPO terminates Remmereit contract
UPDATED 11/30/12 with statement from RPO Principal Pops Conductor Jeff Tyzik. The board of the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra on Wednesday voted to terminate the four-year contract of Music Director Arild Remmereit two years early; his tenure is now set to expire at the end of the current 2012/2013 season. A statement by RPO Board Chair […]
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Design changes made to ‘plain’ College Town B&N
Upper Mount Hope neighbors have succeeded in getting changes to the design of the Barnes & Noble store that will be part of the massive College Town project. College Town, which was initiated by the University of Rochester, will be built on 16 acres on the west side of Mount Hope between Elmwood Avenue and […]
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Medley housing has potential investor
A housing component for Medley Centre may soon have a prominent investor. Representatives from the AFL-CIO’s Housing Investment Trust have had several meetings with developer Scott Congel about investing in a 40-story apartment complex on the Medley Centre site, says Eugene Caccamise, president of Bricklayers and Allied Craftworkers Local No. 3. Caccamise mentioned the discussions […]
