A spokesman for County Executive Cheryl Dinolfo said she “respects and supports this legislation.”
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He won. What does Adam Bello do now?
Answer: He tries to do what no Democrat has done in over 30 years – form a county government in less than two months
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Kings of the mountain
Rochester rock trio King Buffalo plays the heavy and finds success abroad.
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A former paperboy’s story of sexual abuse
Rick Bates claims in a lawsuit against Gannett Co. that he was sexually abused as a paperboy in 1983
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DA’s race draws on big issues
Justice is a malleable term, but fundamentally and conceptually it is about fairness, both for people accused of crimes and people who are victims of them. The Monroe County district attorney’s race illustrates just how subjective justice is, as a concept and as a practice. The two candidates converge on some issues and diverge on […]
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‘A really deep sadness’: teenagers and suicide
Suicide rates among teenagers and young adults have been on the rise both nationally and locally in recent years.
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Donald Trump, racism, and a divided nation
Racism, xenophobia, nativism: These will be the foundation of the Republican Party’s campaign for the presidency, the House, and the Senate.
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Christopher Pate’s arrest: lessons from the video
The footage of the arrest, beating, and subsequent treatment of Christopher Pate is now available for all of us to see, and it is incredibly troubling, in multiple ways. In May 2018 two white Rochester police officers, thinking that Pate, a young black man, resembled a burglary suspect, stopped him as he was walking in […]
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Jazz Fest 2019, Day 6: Frank reviews Funknut, Jeff Goldblum & The Mildred Snitzer Orchestra, and Kandace Springs
Some ups, some downs, some smiles, some frowns, some heart palpitations. So here goes: Funk-tastic Rochester’s Funknut is funky beyond belief, and at its early set at the Fusion Stage, the band wielded its instruments in a brazen display of a groovy threat. These cats were funkier than a porta-potty at a chili cook-off as […]
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Dade says he’s not worried about his tenure with RCSD
Rochester city school district Superintendent Terry Dade says he’s aware that state education officials have floated plans to take control of the district and dissolve the school board, but he doesn’t want to speculate on what that would mean for him or the district.
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Weekend events feature RCSD superintendent finalists
The Rochester school board will hold public forums on Saturday and Sunday featuring the four finalists for the school district’s superintendent.
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Warren urges ‘outrage’ and action over school district
In her annual State of the City address last night, Mayor Lovely Warren ramped up her call for change in the Rochester City School District. And she urged the public to join her in pushing for reform.
