Last in a series on Rochester neighborhoods and the fall city elections. Sam Spoto has lived in the Maplewood neighborhood since the 1940’s, and remains one of its most ardent cheerleaders. “I remember when we had two movie theaters, grocery stores, lots of restaurants, and some major employers within walking distance,” says Spoto, who heads […]
Rochester City Council elections
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Dems designate their candidates
The Monroe County Democratic Committee’s annual designating convention was more celebration than spat. The whole thing led off with the installment of Lovely Warren as the party’s mayoral candidate; Warren is, of course, the sitting mayor. She pulled in about 55.6 percent of the weighted vote from the party’s city legislative district committees, far more […]






