City officials had to close a $64.4 million gap due in large part by expected losses in state aid and sales tax revenue.
Rochester fire department
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City budget cuts Mounted Patrol, 311 hours
But more would be invested in youth and recreation and the library system.
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Second chance for controversial fire program
Lieutenant Lawrence “Shawn” Brumfield was part of the second class of students to graduate from a firefighter trainee program formerly at East High School. The purpose of the program as it existed then was to introduce interested East students to a potential career in the fire service.
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Fire chief announcement expected soon
The City of Rochester should have a new fire chief soon, says Mayor Tom Richards. In an interview this afternoon, Richards said he expects to announce a replacement for former Chief John Caufield shortly. Caufield left the department in the spring to become mid-Atlantic regional director of the National Fire Protection Association. He had been […]
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Metro ink – 7.5.06
LOVIN FOREIGN FLICKS The Little Theatre’s inaugural Foreign Film Festival wrapped up last week, and acting executive director Jennifer Caleshu says it was “an enormous success” — so much so that early on, the showings were moved from one of the Little’s smaller venues to the main theater, which holds 300 people. Attendance was double […]
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Firefighter shortfall: diversity versus civil service
There are 515 firefighters in Rochester. Thirty are black, 31 are Latino, and 7 are women. That means 447 of Rochester’s firefighters— about 90 percent — are white men. And that, says Ernest Flagler, needs to change. “Most of the time when we come off that truck, we see people that look like us,” says […]
