If you feel like the City of Rochester has been a more violent place this year, you’re right. Though still down from historical highs, homicides and especially shootings have taken an aggressive upswing in 2012. Rochester Police Chief James Sheppard held a press conference this morning to review third -quarter crime statistics. The news isn’t […]
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No appeal for Marriage Equality Law
The New York State Court of Appeals, the highest court in the state, issued a statement today essentially denying New Yorkers for Constitutional Freedoms the ability to appeal the Marriage Equality Act. The law permits same-sex couples in New York to marry. “With the court’s decision, same-sex couples no longer have to worry that their […]
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Best of Rochester 2012
It really has been quite a race. Once again we broke our previous voting records in both the primary and final ballots for the Readers Poll, and some of the contests came down to the slimmest of margins. Check out the results of the readers’ poll, our critics’ picks, and some of the funny answers we received.
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Daily Choices: What to do on Tuesday, October 23
MUSIC: Dallas-born pop star Ryan Cabrera will be hitting up the Montage Music Hall (50 Chestnut St., themontagemusichall.com) tonight, bringing along Rookie of the Year as support. Doors open up at 6 p.m. so get there early; tickets run $10, unless you want to scrape out for the $25 VIP package. Not sure what it […]
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Fad or fix: longer school days
Alysha Rodriguez has one of those smart, sassy smiles that brighten fireplace mantels and living room walls. The 17-year-old senior at Northeast Preparatory High School greets visitors with a firm, sincere handshake that would impress any executive. She plans to go to college to become a zoologist. But Rodriguez says the student she is today […]
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GM shutting down Honeoye Falls fuel cell facility
General Motors announced today that it will shut down its Honeoye Falls fuel cell research and development facility. The technical work will be transferred to the automaker’s Pontiac, Michigan, powertrain facility. “The primary driver is really to consolidate the technical expertise in our global powertrain headquarters,” says GM spokesperson Kim Carpenter. COPYRIGHT GENERAL MOTORS This […]
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ImageOut 2012
Over the course of 10 days, October 5-14, ImageOut: The Rochester LGBT Film & Video Festival will celebrate two decades of bringing to this city the world’s finest films about the ever-evolving lesbian-gay-bisexual-transgender experience.
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Art Walk Extension opens
It’s been a long, arduous journey, but Art Walk Extension in Rochester’s Neighborhood of the Arts opened Friday. And if it’s true that art is in the eye of the beholder, it’s probably also true that the success of a major urban development project is equally subjective. The end result of Art Walk Extension frustrates some people and delights others.
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Rochester teacher evaluations approved
The Rochester school district’s teacher evaluation plan has been approved by the State Education Department. The SED requires all teachers and principals to receive an annual evaluation, which will result in a score of highly effective, effective, developing, or ineffective. The new plans mark the first year that evaluations are directly linked to student performance […]
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Bad memories haunt Sibley deal
The extended limbo in which the City of Rochester has found itself over the Sibley building — unable to collect on a huge outstanding debt, unwilling to foreclose on a massive, underused building — has made City Council members gun-shy. They say they want to make sure the city doesn’t fall into the same trap […]
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Industrial power play
The former Kodak Park, now known as Eastman Business Park, is seen by local and state leaders as an economic development lynchpin for the Rochester region. The 1,200-acre site is evolving from Kodak’s film and chemical manufacturing hub to a cluster of renewable energy and advanced manufacturing companies. And that, say local business and government leaders, is what will keep the former Kodak Park a productive center of industry.
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Pack Your Lunch
Just in time for back to school, James Leach looks at some grown-up alternatives to the boxed lunch, including Japanese bento boxes.
