It was an odd question, and I took a long moment to react. There I was at the corner of Main and Gibbs, right under the Eastman Theatre marquee. A young woman came up and pointed to the Central YMCA across the street. How do you get into that building? she asked. Where’s the […]
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News briefs 4.30.03
Expressions of guilt Sarah Brownell — one of the “Rochester 13” who dared pray for peace on Federal Building property and were arrested for criminal trespass — pleaded guilty on numerous counts before City Court Judge Ann Pfeiffer on April 22. Actually, Brownell, 28, agreed to pay $160 in fines and court costs on […]
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Follow the money
I’ve been hoping for years that Swillburg, to mention only one city neighborhood on my list, would get substantial “targeted investment” from higher levels of government. And lo and behold, as the season of good tidings peaked, the government took out its checkbook, wrote a big one ($25 million), and presented it in Swillburg. […]
