Community
Push for sanctuary city ordinance continues
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City Council is facing criticism for tabling action on the ordinance pending the outcome of the Trump administration’s lawsuit against the city.
Community
Night market debuts in Plymouth-Exchange neighborhood
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The Rochester Night Market at the Exchange, in the Refinery on Flint Street, features vendors from Rochester and Upstate New York every other Tuesday evening.
Education
RCSD drafts policy to restrict digital device use
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The policy, required by a new amendment to New York’s Education Law, prohibits students’ use of “internet-enabled devices” during the school day. Other area districts also are updating their policies.
Community
Joint effort to reduce intimate partner violence funded
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Monroe County will be implementing a $3 million state grant focused on collaboration between local law enforcement agencies and domestic violence service providers.
Letters
How taxes affect us, the American people
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“We the People.” That’s the big kickoff, right? The Constitution starts out sounding all grand and democratic, but honestly, for a lot of working people, especially anyone just starting out in the real world, those words ring kinda empty. Especially when tax season rolls around. Look, most of us aren’t out here raging against taxes. We get it: schools, roads, hospitals, the whole deal.
Letters
The annual animal apocalypse: fireworks and the Fourth of July
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I understand the appeal of fireworks, but I can’t help but wonder how it is for birds to suddenly see the sky set on fire, to hear a boom so loud it’s unnatural. Read the letter. Don’t get me wrong, I’m not trying to play PETA. I’m not vegan, or even vegetarian, I’m not a member of any dietary dioceses.
And I understand the appeal of fireworks. Of things that go boom, pretty things, at that.
Letters
How is cutting health care patriotic?
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With the the One Big Beautiful Bill, Republican lawmakers are abandoning their responsibilities to serve their constituents.
Education
Higher ed under the ax
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For Rochester-area colleges and universities, expenditures of federal awards have totaled nearly $1 billion annually—but that number would be cut sharply if the Trump administration has its way.
Culture
New sports bar brings a Puerto Rican twist to Charlotte
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Porto Roc Soxial Lounge, which recently opened on Lake Avenue, fuses Puerto Rican and American cuisine.
Culture
RBTL receives $1 million in state funding
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The funding, secured by state Sen. Jeremy Cooney, is expected to help with the renovation of the Joseph A. Floreano Entertainment and Education Center.