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Seneca Park Zoo
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Down the road
As city residents, we tend to constantly be on the hunt for the hot new shops, restaurants, and entertainment. It’s great to be on the cutting edge when it comes to what’s new and hip in Rochester, but in our pursuit of the next new thing, we sometimes overlook what’s right under our noses. Every […]
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Week Ahead: Education events, foreclosure report; village elections, new United Way chief, Zoo master plan
This post has been corrected. The City of Rochester, the Rochester City School District, and the United Negro College Fund will hold three events on Friday, March 20. The first is the “Historically Black Colleges and Universities College Fair” for area students in 11th and 12th grades. The students must register with their high school’s […]
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Restoring the balance
Invasive species have mucked up Lake Ontario’s food webs; many scientists, environmentalists, conservationists, and anglers have observed the disruptions themselves. Take the alewife — a species of herring — which entered the lake in the late 1800’s via the Welland Canal and never left. In time, the more aggressive fish pushed out the native lake […]
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Staub stays put
Larry Staub, director of the Monroe County Parks Department, won’t join the County Legislature after all. Earlier this month, Legislature President Jeff Adair appointed Staub to fill a vacant Perinton-based seat in the Legislature. But last week, Staub sent a letter to Adair declining the job and Adair appointed Perinton Republican Dorothy Styk instead. “After […]
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Staub staying put in Parks Department
Monroe County Parks Department director Larry Staub won’t join the County Legislature after all. Earlier this month, Legislature President Jeff Adair appointed Staub to fill a vacant Perinton-based seat in the Legislature. Staub’s appointment was supposed to be effective today. But yesterday, Staub sent a letter to Adair declining the job and Adair withdrew the […]
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A life reforged
Rochester firefighter and family man John Grieco has found a hobby in art forged from iron. Weremember his past life as drummer for Rochester’s pre-Grunge rock group Down With People. Grieco’s studio is operated out of a Quonset hut at 153 Railroad Street at Rochester’s Public Market. On a frosted, clear-blue Saturday morning he’s got […]
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Meaningful matchmaking
A SUNY Geneseo student by day and a mentor by weekend, Adam Devitt watches movies, eats burgers, goes swimming, and plays arcade games with a second-grader named Skyler (both pictured). Last year, they spent one Saturday hiking through Stony Brook Park, and another at a Halloween party where Skyler picked up a prize for best […]
