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RBTL at Midtown? It's a possibility. In a phone interview this afternoon, Mayor Bob Duffy said that if it's not economically feasible to renovate the Auditorium Theater, he'd like RBTL to consider Midtown as a possible new home, specifically, the former McCurdy's site. RBTL was going to be the primary tenant of
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White, Cruz, and Elliott win School Board seats The fight for three seats on the Rochester School Board did, as expected, come down to three candidates: incumbents Van Henri White and Cynthia Elliott, and newcomer Jose Cruz. All three are winners tonight.While there were no upsets, getting
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Given the number and severity of scandals that have infected our community recently - Robutrad, Renaissance Square, the Greece Police mess - we thought it only fitting to present our 2009 election preview in a tabloid, "the City Newspaper Spoiler." (A drinking game might have worked, too. Take a shot
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CHILI Chili's politics are messy, personal, and repetitive - with the same old faces showing up in new and old places. Things got especially delicious in the Republican primary when John Ferlicca hired a private dick to dig through Supervisor David Dunning's figurative trash. It was a new low, shocking to
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We picture a Western: Monroe County Executive Maggie Brooks sits atop a runaway stagecoach, desperately clutching at reins that dangle just outside her grasp, while twin nags Renaissance and Robutrad pound frantically across an expanse of prairie, kicking up geysers of brown dirt. Once upon a time, Brooks had it all:
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On the whole, this year's local election campaign has been a quiet one. That's unfortunate, because many of the area's most important elected offices are on the ballot: Rochester mayor, School Board, City Council, Monroe County Legislature, several judges, the Monroe County sheriff, and numerous town officials. The election for County
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Monroe County Executive Maggie Brooks will release her 2010 budget proposal at 10 a.m. today at the Ebenezer Watts Conference Center downtown.
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Unofficial results are in, they have to be certified by the Board of Elections, and the 2009 Primary Elections yielded a few surprises. City Council The winners, in order of earned votes: Loretta Scott, Carolee Conklin, Matt Haag, Dana Miller, and Jackie Ortiz. Conklin and Miller are incumbents. Losing out are incumbents
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The editorial staff of City Newspaper needs to make it clear that we did not endorse Sherry Crumity for City Council. We have been made aware that Crumity is robocalling voters, claiming that she has City's endorsement. We have heard the message and the caller identifies herself as Sherry Crumity. For City
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Control of the County Legislature will be at stake in the November general election, and in three primaries on September 15, Democrats will select the Democratic candidates who will be on the ballot in November. This year's County Legislature election is an extremely important one. In 2007, Democrats hoped
