Letters
The governments of Rochester and Monroe County are at war with their own citizens, and it's about time that we started fighting back. It was bad enough when the county closed down the DIY music shows in the parks, and when the city closed down A/V space. Then the DIY
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It wasn't until Terri Schiavo's end-of-life experience made national headlines that many Americans even heard of health-care proxies. Schiavo collapsed in her home from an apparent heart attack in 1990. She lived in a persistent vegetative state for the next 15 years, kept alive by artificial means. Her husband, Michael,
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Lake Ontario water levels are not naturally determined. They are carefully planned out, artificially controlled, and are linked to the levels of the St. Lawrence Seaway and Ottawa River. If the levels are off, wetlands could suffer, lakeside property owners could have erosion problems, or Montreal could flood. The plan
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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.) The wild ‘60'sThe International Socialist Review will host "1968, a Year in Revolt," a discussion marking the 40th anniversary of the 1968 Democratic National Convention protests, on Thursday,
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The numbers keep going down for the Democrat and Chronicle. | Compared to last year, the D and C's circulation is down 5.6 percent for its weekday editions. That's based on numbers submitted to the Audit Bureau of Circulation (ABC), which tracks circulation for some 550 daily newspapers across the
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Curious about how County Executive Maggie Brooks will plug a possible $29 million gap? A new budget survey on the county's website offers some insight. The survey asks residents to choose from six cost-cutting possibilities to close the gap: $12.8 million could be saved by eliminating operation of the county's
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When it comes to cars and bikes, those kindergarten lessons about sharing sometimes fall a little short.Conflicts between drivers and cyclists are nothing new. But the weather's getting nicer and gas prices suck, so more people are breaking out their bikes.Cars and bikes can coexist, even if the roads aren't
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This is, of course, assuming your stimulus check doesn't go straight into your gas tank or to the cheery checkout guy or gal at Wegmans. The first 100 people who agree to donate at least half of their checks to charity will receive a gift from the Greater Rochester Community
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The Court of Appeals, the state's highest court, will not review a lower court's decision involving a lesbian marriage. In the case of Martinez v. Monroe, a lower court ruled in February that out-of-state marriages are recognized in New York. Monroe County appealed the decision. Patricia Martinez, a Monroe Community
Letters
I know that many of my Republican friends did not intend to inflict irreparable harm on our country when they flipped the lever for George W. Bush in 2000 or 2004. After all, who could have predicted the nearly total collapse of our reputation abroad, our capacity to lead, and
Letters
I have many fond memories of events at the Eastman Theatre, which would be partially tainted by the commercialization of its name. I have a question about these so called "gifts." Am I wrong to assume that this would better qualify as an advertisement? What other reason for the name
Letters
(Regarding "Not Your Neighbor's Drunken House Party," April 30): As somebody who has been part of the Rochester music underground for the past 5 years, I have been disheartened by the fact that the city has been trying to shut it all down just because of one violent house party.
Letters
"Everyone is entitled to their own opinion but not their own facts." That was the late Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan's retort whenever someone buttressed their arguments about an issue with facts that weren't really facts, but untruths.I am reminded of Moynihan's words every time I hear Carol Crossed, the Democrats
Letters
Thanks to City for running the article about RHAPP, the Reproductive Health and Privacy Protection Bill ("Look Ma, No Abortions, April 23). Writer Jeremy Moule explains better than the bill's opponents just how extreme the bill is by coming to the conclusion that "only physicians, physician assistants, and nurse practitioners
Letters
Your Earth Day reprimand of those of us who do not wish to surrender our freedoms for the environment made me suspect that you would actually prefer a more fascist environment, full of cleanliness, poverty, and a lack of individual rights (Urban Journal's "Sacrifice? Who, us?" April 23). Can it be
Opinion
Last week in Albany, yet another commission released yet another report on government reform. I had looked forward to this one, hoping it would contain some bold ideas - and some spark. Some kind of urgent call to action.With a few exceptions, it doesn't.New York taxes are some of the
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TOTALS - 4067 U.S. soldiers, 309 Coalition soldiers, and approximately 83,336 to 90,897 Iraqi civilians have been killed in Iraq from the beginning of the war and occupation to May 5.American servicemen and -women killed April 27-May 2: -- Pfc. William T. Dix, 32, Culver City, Calif.-- Pfc. Adam L.
Restaurant Articles
According to legend - and there are many variations of the story - the original chocolate chip cookie recipe was invented in 1933 by Ruth Graves Wakefield of the Toll House Inn in Massachusetts. It featured bits of a Nestle chocolate bar added to a cookie recipe.Today chocolate chip cookies
Nightlife Articles
New names keep cropping up in the bar scene lately. Here are a few more, in case you're in need of a change of scenery: Club Network opened a couple months ago at 420 Central Avenue. It's surrounded by tall fences like a playground, and would be nondescript but for
Art
When artists create visual examinations of universal experiences in human life, they are still operating from an individual perspective. The precarious task of communicating something that is common, but experienced differently from person to person - and culture to culture - leaves the artist in a vulnerable place. Will the
