President Barack Obama has been meeting with Congressional leaders today to try to win their backing for a strike against Syria. An article on the Washington Post’s website says that, after closed-door meetings with the president, Republican House Speaker John Boehner, Republican House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, and Democratic House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi all […]
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Arrest video provokes outrage; chief responds
Rochester Police Chief James Sheppard says he’ll wait for the internal investigation to play out before weighing in on a provocative incident that took place on Seyle Terrace around 5 p.m. yesterday (see video from Sheppard’s press conference below). The incident, which was recorded by an unnamed bystander and posted to YouTube, shows Rochester police […]
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Enviro group says cap and trade program is paying off
This week, New York officials are holding public hearings on new rules that would lower the state’s cap on power plant carbon emissions. (One of those hearings is at 2 p.m. this afternoon at Department of Environmental Conservation Region 8 Headquarters, 6274 East Avon-Lima Road, Avon.) Simultaneously, Environmental Advocates of New York has released a report citing […]
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VIDEO BLOG: Mayor Richards on Rural/Metro bankruptcy
Rochester Mayor Tom Richards answered reporters’ questions this morning about Rural/Metro’s bankruptcy (see video below). The city’s ambulance provider recently filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. Richards’ comments came after an unrelated press conference in which Richards was endorsed for re-election by the Rochester Teachers Association. Rural/Metro has released its own statement. You can read […]
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WEEK AHEAD: 75 Monroe hearing
The Pittsford village board will hold a public hearing at 7p.m. on Tuesday, at the LGI room in Pittsford Sutherland High School, regarding the 75 Monroe Avenue project. The village board will take comments on proposed changes to the project’s regulating plan, which the village board adopted in December. The 75 Monroe Avenue project, formally known […]
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JAZZ FEST 2013, Day 7: Eric reviews Scottish National Jazz Orchestra and Mingo Fishtrap
Maybe I’m too invested in broad cultural stereotypes, or maybe I’m just a sucker for a great pair of legs. Either way I totally expected the Scottish National Jazz Orchestra to come out wearing kilts when they played the Xerox Auditorium Thursday night. I even wondered if they’d have bagpipes. But no; this is no […]
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JAZZ FEST 2013, Day 2: Ron reviews Matt Herskowitz, Terell Stafford, Bruce Barth and Steve Nelson
There are always a few acts at the XRIJF that I’ve never heard of before the festival, but I can’t stop talking about after I’ve seen them. Pianist Matt Herskowitz is now on that list. Before describing him I want to say that I do hope the Steinway in Hatch Hall recovers from the (positive) […]
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“Before Midnight”
It’s been 19 years since movie audiences were first introduced to Jesse and Céline, the chatty, opinionated couple played by Ethan Hawke and Julie Delpy, who have been the focus of the now three movies in Richard Linklater’s “Before” series of films. In 1994’s “Before Sunrise,” we watched as the pair met by chance aboard […]
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Sheppard, Warren events stress dire need
Corrected version. I’ve spent some time in the West Main Street-Chili Avenue area over the last few days, first to listen to Rochester Police Chief James Sheppard talk to residents gathered at Junior’s Barber Shop & Unisex Salon on West Main, and then to observe a Lovely Warren campaign event at the Iglesia Educational Center […]
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Train your brain
Various groups and organizations are beginning to pool their communal knowledge and offer it to one another at little or no cost, and in turn, individuals and groups are beginning to shape the future of this city in a very do-it-yourself manner.
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Man made
If the term “craft fair” brings up imagery of all things sweet, delicate, and pretty, with hair clips, jewelry, knittery, and journals, think again. While it may be true that the local-focusing craft markets have been mini-femme fests, lately there has been an increase in male artists mixed in with the gals. The following article […]
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Video Game Preview: Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate (Wii U/3DS)
Capcom’s “Monster Hunter” series is quite the behemoth. A hit series in Japan, but still somewhat under the radar in the West, “Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate” is an updated version of the 2010 Wii game “Monster Hunter Tri.”
