Happiness was a warm gun The arms race is not a modern phenomenon. Long before the Cold War, cave dwellers stockpiled rocks to use as weapons. And for one brief moment between the rocks and the missiles, Rochester made a contribution to the history of weaponry. In 1861, a dentist named Josephus Requa invented […]
Monroe Country Library System
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Library in limbo: How low can it go?
Administrators of the Monroe County Library System are “sitting on pins and needles” these days, says MCLS director Richard Panz, but not in anticipation of the long-delayed fifth Harry Potter book. In this case, it’s the figures for the county’s share of the library system’s 2003 budget that are late — over three months […]






