Beer enthusiasts to use Fairport Brewing, the site of recent controversy, to draw attention to a lack of diversity in the craft beer industry.
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BLM art project vandalized in Fairport
Two men were caught destroying a BLM art installation in Fairport village, resulting in a firing and community support for the cause.
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Study assesses child care subsidies in Monroe County
The need for child day care subsidies is growing locally and the availability of the subsidies is dwindling. Yet Monroe County is serving a higher percentage and number of eligible children than other urban counties in New York, outside of New York city. Child care subsidies are the subject of a Center for Governmental Research […]
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Making connections in Pittsford
The stretch of East Avenue between the Brighton town line and the Village of Pittsford is thick with houses. St. John Fisher and Nazareth colleges are within the corridor, too, which is located in the Town of Pittsford. And it’s common to see people walking or jogging in that area of East. But since no […]
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Brockport task force to tackle housing
The Village of Brockport has a long, complicated history with its rental properties. The issue heats up during the periodic clashes between village officials and landlords over property maintenance and occupancy issues. Brockport officials have taken steps to rein in some of the village’s most problematic properties and landlords over the last few years, however. […]
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Rethinking Irondequoit
Irondequoit is the town with the Medley Centre problem. And for the past few years, the community has grown deeply frustrated with the owner, who’s made no visible progress on redeveloping the idle mall. But the Depot Plaza, located a few long blocks to the west on East Ridge Road, sits in stark contrast. The […]
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GateHouse reportedly lays off Monroe County reporters
In tweets, Messenger Post reporter James Battaglia says that GateHouse Media has laid off its Monroe County reporters.
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Perinton’s crowd-sourced wrecking crew
For the past decade – probably longer – a former gas station at the intersection of Jefferson Avenue and Fairport Road in Perinton has sat idle and vacant. It’s an eyesore on a busy corridor in the town, one that leads straight into the village of Fairport. On Saturday, the building is coming down. And […]
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ANNUAL MANUAL ’07: Rochester Suburbs
Rochester owes much of its development and prosperity to the GeneseeRiver, which cuts a path right down the center of the city. In the early days, many of the neighborhoods in the city, as well as suburban villages, began as small settlements that depended on the river to receive and sell goods. Certain types of […]
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Boxing outside the think
One line in county executive hopeful Maggie Brooks’ platform will probably not be quoted much. It’s too abstract and unforthcoming at first blush. But it does get the mind moving. “Do we really want to turn our community into a laboratory, a place to experiment and tinker with our future?” asks Brooks. Well, do […]
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Uniters, not dividers: the towns evolve
Is “bi-lithic” a word? The play on “monolithic” may not be in the dictionary, but it should be available for this year’s elections. The word would neatly describe the city-versus-suburb dynamic that undergirds various contests — county executive, district attorney, and even some town supervisors — making this locality appear like two stone fortresses […]
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‘Don’t rely on suburbs’
Mary Anna Towler is furious about tactics Republican leaders are using in Maggie Brooks’ campaign against Bill Johnson for county executive (“Campaigning on Fear,” August 6). Republicans are perpetuating the idea that Johnson plans to consolidate Monroe County’s towns and villages into a single metropolitan government, and merge the city and suburban school districts into […]
