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Rochester Mayor Tom Richards announced today that the sale
of the Sibley building to a Winn Development company is practically imminent.
The Rochester school district has been flagged as one of 70 “Focus School Districts” by the New York State Education Department. Twenty-two of Rochester’s schools have been identified as “Focus Schools” by the SED, and 30 described as “Priority Schools.” The full SED report was released today. The designation means that a team of education […]
ART: See the exhibit “Eve’s Garden: The Lost Creation” by Keith Howard at Axom Gallery (176 Anderson Ave. 2nd floor.). The gallery is open 10 a.m.-5 p.m. today, and admission is free. For information, call 232-6030 x23, or visit axomgallery.com. ART: The closing reception and artist talk for Bruno Chalifour’s“Tropical Photographs of El Yunque National […]
State Assembly member David Gantt got a big boost this morning when a group of influential black ministers and community leaders endorsed his re-election. The endorsement was announced during a press conference in the FIGHT Village Community Center Elaine Cook-Greene, the executive director of the Coalition of North East Associations, listed organizations and programs that […]
MUSIC: Sometimes it just takes two. In the case of Jumbo Shrimp, it is exactly that: Just two guys, an acoustic guitar, and drums, churning out your rock and roll favorites all around town. The shrimp come to shore at Marge’s Lake Side Inn (4909 Culver Road) tonight, at 6 p.m., for a free show. […]
David Gantt, Jose Cruz, and John Lightfoot will face off in the 137th Assembly District primary.
New Jersey pop-rockers The Front Bottoms came to the Bug Jar on Thursday, August 23, for a sweaty set of its acoustic laden and heart-stirring rock.
The Rochester school district has paid thousands of dollars in extra income to teachers through programs designed to test incentive pay. The state and federal governments are investing in the programs — one in its third year and another set to launch in the fall — to test a key component of education reform: Does […]
America’s characteristic sound is restless and just off the beat, especially in the loose, driving textures of ragtime, jazz, and the blues, shrewdly borrowed by the musical chameleons of Tin Pan Alley. The U.S.A. in the 20th century came to be syncopation’s natural habitat. This summer, though, the Shaw Festival, just over the border in […]
Patricia Malgieri is no friend of public education, says Rochester Teachers Association President Adam Urbanski. Malgieri has been hired as chief of staff to Rochester schools Superintendent Bolgen Vargas. Urbanski says his experiences with the former deputy mayor Malgieri have not always been pleasant. Malgieri has been a strong proponent of charter schools, privatization, and […]
A committee investigating the police oversight system in Rochester is preparing to present its recommendations, says City Council member Adam McFadden. The 15-member committee has been meeting since last year to help reform a system that critics say lacks objectivity and transparency and takes too long to get results. The committee is co-chaired by McFadden […]
