A skeptical Rochester City Council questioned Mayor Lovely Warren about the legality of her plan to move a Rochester homeless encampment from downtown to land the city owns near West Broad Street. Council committees and the mayor are wrestling with what to do about the half-dozen men and women living in tents in the […]
Mayor Lovely Warren and other officials joined members of the Frederick Douglass Bicentennial Commemorative Committee Thursday morning to unveil the first in a series of monuments around Rocester that pay tribute to the famous abolitionist and civil rights advocate. The life-sized statues of Frederick Douglass were sculpted by artist Olivia Kim. The first was […]
Rochester’s Planning Commission has given its go-ahead to the controversial expansion of Cobb’s Hill VIllage next to Cobb’s Hill Park. The $27.5 million expansion of the affordable housing complex was modified at the commission’s request, with changes to landscaping and pedestrian connectivity. Owner Rochester Management says it’s pleased with the commission’s decision. The nonprofit agency […]