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Without legendary heavy rockers Blue Cheer, rock ‘n' roll would be a world with no color. Without Blue Cheer there might not be any Deep Purple, Black Sabbath, or metal or grunge of any hue. This San Francisco power trio took the blues much in the same way Motor City
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With Election Day fast approaching, Republicans are on the attack. The county committee has inundated voters with harsh direct-mail pieces leveling various accusations against Democratic Legislature candidates. Negative campaigning isn't unusual. But the recent Republican mailings have crossed a line, Democrats say. One mailer features a New York drivers license
Opinion
What kind of county are we living in? Maybe today's election results will provide some insight. Tomorrow we'll know whether the Republicans have kept control of the Monroe County Legislature. If they have, one reason may be an inflammatory direct-mail piece sent to voters last week on behalf of Republican
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There are several pivotal races across Monroe County, including contests that could shift the balance of power in the County Legislature, but morning voter turnout was low. This year, there were fewer early voters than in 2003, says WROC Channel 8, which based its report on 10 a.m. figures from
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This week's calls to action include the following events and activities. (All are free and open to the public, unless otherwise noted.) Anti-violence forumMCC students will host a two-hour anti-violence forum, "Commitment to Community: Creating a Legacy of Change," at 5 p.m. on Thursday, November 8, at the Sibley Building,
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The Rochester School Board's forums featuring its superintendent candidates ended last Thursday on an up note. There had been many arguments for and against holding the forums, and Board Vice President Malik Evans - who is chairing the search committee - initially opposed public meetings. He later reversed his position.
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The original bus that Rosa Parks rode, when she refused to give her seat to a white passenger, was sitting in a field outside Montgomery, Alabama until it was salvaged. The 1948 GM bus is now on display in The Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn, Michigan. A similar bus was
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Midtown Plaza will stay open at least until the end of the year while the city makes plans to buy four parcels on East Main Street and South Clinton Avenue - the first steps in the Midtown Plaza revitalization project. The city will attempt to negotiate a purchase price for
Letters
In response to Laurie Kash's letter, 'Fluorescents' Problems': If you're truly worried about mercury in the environment, use, rather than forsake, compact fluorescent bulbs.Yes, they do contain some mercury. However, the amount of mercury released into the environment by their use and disposal is miniscule compared to the amount released
Letters
Demanding more of elected and hired school officials is all well and good. But the Democrat and Chronicle's recent School Board endorsements implied that board members bear primary responsibility for the declining state of Rochester public schools. This is a gross simplification. It's like saying fire fighters are responsible for
Letters
It is unfortunate that the writer chose to start the article on Charles Curran with sweeping generalizations that were the equivalent of an urban legend. To speak of "the Inquisition" as a uniform entity with a uniform response shows a lack of understanding of Church history. It is understandable, given
Letters
The decision by Monroe County Clerk Cheryl Dinolfo and the County Legislature to challenge the governor's drivers-license policy in the manner they did is unfortunate. The idea that local clerks believe they can pick and choose which laws they want to follow is disconcerting. If fear has led them to
Letters
There are approximately 12 million illegal immigrants in the United States. What are they all doing here? Mostly they are doing the same thing you and I are doing; they are going to work every day and trying to earn a living. They are taking their kids to school. They
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In a letter to supporters, founding director Ned Corman has announced that 2008 will be the final year for The Commission Project. Although programming will continue until June 30, there will be no 2008 edition of the Swing N' Jazz Festival.Founded in 1994, TCP sends top professional musicians and composers
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The County Legislature will stay under Republican control, but Democrats did thin the ranks of the GOP majority. Democrats picked up two new seats Tuesday night - Dick Beebe in the 6th District and Carmen Gumina in the 8th District - but failed to pick up the third seat they
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TOTALS - 3847 U.S. soldiers, 304 Coalition soldiers, and approximately 76,213 to 83,029 Iraqi civilians have been killed in Iraq from the beginning of the war and occupation to October November 5.6320 Iraqi policemen and guardsmen have been killed since January 2005, according to an estimate compiled from news reports.American
Restaurant Articles
After teasing diners with promises of "guilty pleasures/innocent food," Tasteology opened the doors to its health-focused restaurant-cum-multimedia lifestyle network on October 22. At the rear of the softly lit, soothing green dining room is a window onto a live studio kitchen. The Tasteology Network, with its eventual live feed to
Nightlife Articles
If it's true that four out of five bars close within the first year, then Dicky's, the now-defunct Southwedge-neighborhood dive bar on the corner of Meigs and Caroline that lasted nearly 80 years, certainly beat those odds - and so has its successor. The Black Pearl Café celebrated its one-year
Music Articles
Slick licks slide out from Derek Trucks' guitar with ease and a deadly purpose. Anchored stage right, this young cat plays it loose. Yet the notes he plays - whether lead or rhythm, or merely accent - quiver in the bullseye. His warm, honeyed tone (think Duane Allman with a
Art
I spent November's First Friday looking at sculpture. Rochester Contemporary Art Center opened an interactive light/image show by Buffalo artist Michael Bosworth. Ted Lossowski's multimedia work is on display at Renaissance Art Gallery, and metal works by Jeong Ju Lee fill part of the Dyer Art Center at the National
