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The State Senate has passed a multi-state, international compact that restricts the transfer of water from the Great Lakes Basin. The Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Water Resources Compact has been in the works for years. Earlier this year, it was approved by the Great Lakes states as well as the Canadian
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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.) Electronics recyclingThe Seneca Park Zoo will hold its "Go Green-Recycle Rally" for home electronics on Sunday, August 10, in the zoo's parking lot, from 10 a.m. to 2
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Shipping Dock Theatre is no more, at least in title. In April, board members announced the suspension of the remainder of the theater's 2007-08 season. Last week, director and founder Barbara Biddy gave the word that the groundbreaking theater group has officially shut down, citing too much work being done
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Add another endorsement to the pile for Democratic State Senate candidate Rick Dollinger. He's now got the backing of influential, and controversial, Assembly member David Gantt. Expect that to both help and hurt him.It all depends on which Gantt - the advocate or the obstructionist - voters associate with Dollinger.Gantt's
Opinion
At picnics, at parties, at concerts over this summer, I've gotten an earful about Ren Square.Much of the talk has been the usual stuff: speculation about whether it will be built. Speculation about why the Brooks administration wants it so badly. Complaints about the plan, the funding, the theater. But
Letters
Thank you for the front-page article highlighting the importance of same-sex marriage ("The Big Gay Issue," July 16). Throughout my life, there has never been any question in my mind that marriage should not be defined as a union between a man and a woman, but as a union between
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I just have to wonder how City can object to any law that tries to address a group of people that are being discriminated against for their beliefs ("George Bush Wants to Get You Pregnant," July 23).As to the issue of life and when it begins, it is pretty straightforward.
Letters
Christine Carrie Fien is correct that "historically some people have assumed that life begins quite a bit after conception," but scientific and technological advances, predominately ultrasound, have put the argument to rest ("George Bush Wants to Get You Pregnant," July 23). While there are some who find this inconvenient and
Letters
Christine Carrie Fien's statement that "no one knows when life begins" flies in the face of reality ("George Bush Wants to Get You Pregnant," July 23). She states further that "philosophers, scientists, philosophers, and religious thinkers have always struggled with the question of when life begins, at conception or at
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Is there anyone Chris Carrie Fien dislikes more than George Bush ("George Bush Wants to Get You Pregnant," July 23)? Perhaps Dr. Bernard Nathanson, who switched from being one of the nation's leading advocates for and providers of abortion to a pro-life advocacy after studying the video "The Silent Scream"?Inaccuracies
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Add the cost of home heating to the growing list of possible economic crises in New York. State Assembly Energy Committee chair Kevin Cahill, an Ulster County Democrat, has been touring the state to warn of the impending hardships that will be faced by working families and senior citizens because
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TOTALS - 4126 U.S. soldiers, 314 Coalition soldiers, and approximately 86,455 to 94,327 Iraqi civilians have been killed in Iraq from the beginning of the war and occupation to August 4. American servicemen and -women killed July 30-August 2: -- Sgt. James A. McHale,
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It all started four years ago as the Rochester Twilight Criterium, a pro cycling race through downtown Rochester at dusk. Cyclists from across the country descended on the city to essentially sprint at break-neck speeds around a one-mile-long, closed-loop course for two straight hours. The course,
Restaurant Articles
A menu says a lot about the way a chef thinks - the way he channels his personality into the food that he cooks. A well done menu is like a program at a play. It sets the stage, helps to build anticipation, tells you a
Music Articles
As forerunners of the slow, primal guitar style that eventually spread through heavy music like wildfire, legendary trio the Melvins managed to outlast many of the bands it influenced. The band's continued relevance can be attributed to its insistence on experimenting with its sound, often resulting
Nightlife Articles
It's August, and I seem to have developed my list of this summer's most-frequented spots: Marge's Lakeside (for the jukebox, of course, and the sand I fondly find in my mary janes days later), Abilene (for cans of Porkslap, live music, and the laid-back vibe), The
Art
Cities are complicated beasts. Like a macrocosm of an individual person, they are simultaneously full of hope, fear, violence, beauty, decay - you name it. Rochester Contemporary is currently showing a group exhibition of artists whose thoughtful work examines our strange relationship with the urban landscape:
Choice Concerts
Once upon a time, before hip hop became a culture, it was nothing more than a beat. The same could be said for the blues; however, I don't think you'll ever hear Wycliffe sing something like "My Baby Gives Me The Hip Hops Bad" or "Hip Hop In
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I last saw the Press Tones in 1983 at Friends And Players, the now-defunct rock 'n' roll dive where virtually every Rochester bar band cut its teeth, lost some teeth, rocked, rolled, lived, and died. It was the release party for the band's single "Let's Wake
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With the price of gas, it's a commitment to zip southwest to Chautauqua. But this week, it'd be worth the two-hour drive. Stefan Sanderling leads the Chautauqua Symphony Orchestra through two diverse 20th-century landmarks, Rachmaninoff's "Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor" (with prize-winning pianist Alexander
