Letters
During the course of the last five months, we have had a chance to see random acts of violence committed by various people within our community. The focus is not on the who, but the what. On November 26 of last year, my wife was a victim of a senseless
Letters
"Porn and politics" indeed! I lost all respect for Maggie Brooks when she threatened to shut down the entire library system of a major city, an action that only showed her own crass lack of values. She has turned out to be just another cheap politician: proposing to cause massive
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There is plenty of idealism-bred confusion in the Central Library's internet-access controversy. A good place to start is the opening statement made by the local ACLU representative, something like, "What is the difference between viewing adult sites and (viewing and) reading ‘The Catcher in the Rye"'? An answer to this
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Re "Reading the news": One of the most annoying features of our modern, range-of-the-moment, media-driven culture is the inflation of words. Like currency, which loses value when too much of it is printed, overused words become meaningless. I quickly became tired of the Virginia Tech coverage when the words "hero"
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This week's calls to citizenship include the following events and activities. (All are free and open to the public, unless otherwise noted.) Sandra Parker of the Rochester Business Alliance and James Bertolone of the Labor Council will talk about health care and business in New York at a League of
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Patrons of the Public Market will notice an added convenience beginning Thursday, May 5. The "Veggie-Valet" service, based on a service at the Ferry Building Marketplace in San Francisco, will let customers leave their purchases at a designated booth and then pull their vehicle up to load them. "We've been
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In our review of Geva's recent production of the Iraq drama "Nine Parts of Desire," we noted that the play proved why Geva needs its Nextstage. "The intimate play is too small, too new to play on the main stage," we wrote, "and yet its confronting themes and passionate performances
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County Executive Maggie Brooks' internet-filter move and the subsequent community reaction have attracted attention far beyond the reaches of Rochester. The American Library Association has been posting updates on its website. Writing to the Philippine newspaper Sun Star, student Fernelle C. Rodriguez summarized the county's debate and wondered how the
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The Brooks administration wants the internet filtered at all times on library computers, but things seem a little less certain with Brooks' proposal to create free wi-fi zones in parts of Rochester, Greece, and Pittsford. The county plans to let Frontier Communications develop a subscriber-based wireless network by attaching equipment
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When University of Rochester junior Graham Saathoff left class and returned to his car one day about six months ago, he found a parking ticket on his windshield. Saathoff had parked in a metered space on Wilson Boulevard. The fine for overtime: $25 if it's paid within 30 days. But
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In some localities, the development pressure along state Route 250 would easily turn the road into a multi-lane highway flanked by extensive commercial growth.But Stephen Aldrich, a project manager for the Henrietta-based engineering firm FRA, says the diligence of communities along the corridor has kept that from happening. And, he
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City officials view it as a way to enforce the building code and protect residents. Some landlords view it as a way to harass them and as a threat to tenants' privacy.The city's use of "administrative search warrants" to inspect rental properties has created a several-year conflict between City Hall
Art
Year after year thousands of photographers attempt to capture the scenic grandeur of our national parks. But the most exceptional photographs of the American landscape are the work of one man: Ansel Adams.Before digital photography, before memory cards capable of holding thousands of pictures, there was Adams and his 8x10
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The totals: 3340 U.S. soldiers, 271 Coalition soldiers, and approximately 62,570 to 68,593 Iraqi civilians have been killed in Iraq from the beginning of the war and occupation to April 30.5247 Iraqi police and guardsmen have been killed since January 2005, according to an estimate compiled from news reports.American servicemen
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After several weeks of wrangling over budgets and graduation rates, the mood between City Hall and the school district has shifted from suspicion to optimism. That was the message from Deputy Mayor Patty Malgieri yesterday at a talk she gave at Monroe Community College describing how the city and the
Pop Culture
Think Kurt Vonnegut's death was a surprise? Not to four of the teams competing in an online betting pool called Cash4Cadavers.com; they all knew his number was up this year. How about Anna Nicole? Three teams earned points for her passing. While the idea of a death pool may seem
Stage
In 1965, when he was 20, an unknown actor named Richard Monette uttered his first line on the Stratford Festival's main stage: "What, I, my lord?" Not an especially auspicious beginning. Forty-two years later, at the start of the Festival's 55th year, Monette begins the last of his 14 seasons
Family
Most of my friends were fathers long before I was. I remember how they would tell me with great enthusiasm their little milestone stories - their kids' early attempts at language, the awkward dancing, all the funny and surprising stuff a child does. But the magic of their moments was
Family
Need to blow the stink off your kid? Go big with a simulated trip to Mars at the Rochester Museum and Science Center's Strasenburgh Planetarium on Saturday, May 5, 1:30-3:30 p.m."During the Challenger Mission, kids work together to achieve two goals: building and launching a probe to the surface of
Nightlife Articles
"Are they still open?" It's a fairly common question, as a lot of bars get lost in the mix due to renovations, a change in ownership, a lack of traffic in the off-season, or other reasons. One causing a stir on City's website lately is The Blue Room at 293
