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Just press ‘play’

Jennifer Weiss

For 10 years, Dorian Hall has spun hip-hop records on a radio show called “The Hot Spot” on WRUR (88.5 FM), the University of Rochester’s student-run radio station. And call-ins by students and community members have been the lifeblood of the show, which is broadcast live Thursday evenings from 6 to 8 o’clock.             While […]

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Land lover

Ron Netsky

Is there anything we take for granted more than the shape of the land around us? Sure, we’re conscious of the streets and sidewalks, and we know how to find the malls and the parks. But how many of us ever stop to consider how the contours of the land came to be over millions […]

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This side of the Genesee

Erica Curtis

It’s just a little way for the 19th Ward to say, “Hey, we’re not so scary.”             Fourteen 19th Ward families invited University of Rochester students to cross the Genesee River Footbridge and have dinner with them in their homes. These springtime Bridge Dinners are meant to “show students that the 19th Ward is a… […]

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Cabinet of curiosities

Ron Netsky

The note is no more than three inches high and six inches wide. The handwriting has faded, but the object’s significance is palpable.             My Dear Mrs. Post:             Please shelter this sister from the house of bondage till five o’clock — this afternoon — she will then be sent on to the land of […]

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News Briefs 3.5.03

CITY STAFF

Trusting town and country Housing tracts may define the town of Greece, but the Lake Ontario shoreline and its ponds, wetlands, and woods make the town extraordinary. And environmentalists and outdoorspeople are starting to crow about enlarging one of the most significant nature preserves near the shore.             The preserve is Island Cottage Woods, close […]

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