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Getting to know Uncle Trent; Our Local King Of Comedy

You first met Che in Rochester works for actor Che Holloway, an impromptu interview and amble through the Neighborhood of the Arts. An aspiring and successful actor, Che is deeply immersed in the

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Human Interest

Norma Holland; A Prominent Journalist Beaming With Positivity

You first met Che in Rochester works for actor Che Holloway, an impromptu interview and amble through the Neighborhood of the Arts. An aspiring and successful actor, Che is deeply immersed in the

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Charlotte Lahr (1970 – 2017)

As we wrote about in Remembering Char and her murals and covered extensively throughout the media, last week Charlotte Lahr, owner of Char’s South Avenue Wines and Liquors, was murdered

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Human Interest

Remembering Char and her murals

As reported in today’s Democrat and Chronicle, Charlotte Lahr, the owner of Char’s Liquor on South Avenue across from Highland Park, was apparently brutally murdered by a suspect

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Presidential Volunteer Service Award recipient thanks Obama, Servant-in-Chief

A graduate of the Colgate Rochester Crozer Divinity School, George Payne teaches philosophy at Finger Lakes Community College and is the founder of Gandhi Earth Keepers International. Thank you,

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Human Interest Sports

Having defeated Trump in 1961, Rochestarian Peter Roby welcomes a rematch

If you browse for “Donald Trump” in the Democrat and Chronicle‘s digital archives, one of the earliest references will be in 1979. But the very first one will be August 9,

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In defense of Facebook’s Your Year in Review

A few days ago, I — and millions of other facebook users — received a short personalized, video: We made a video for you to look back at some moments from 2016. From all of us at

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Human Interest

On the electoral road with Melissa Barrett

Melissa Barrett did not win the election for Monroe County Court Judge. But throughout the summer and fall, all across the county, Melissa presented herself as a model judicial

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Human Interest Sports

Grading Kramer & Kramer’s 2016 baseball predictions

In Street & Smith’s now defunct. Here is Kramer & Kramer’s Official 2016 Yearbook you read the fearless predictions of Eugene and David Kramer. Before getting to the final

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Cultural Life Human Interest

Score one for love at Meliora Weekend

This morning, University of Rochester Spokesperson Sara Miller kindly offered me a Meliora Weekend Media pass. At my first stop in the big tent on the Quadrangle, I chanced across UR’s

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Human Interest

Getting to know Uncle Trent; Our Local King Of Comedy

Norma Holland; A Prominent Journalist Beaming With Positivity

Charlotte Lahr (1970 – 2017)

Remembering Char and her murals

Presidential Volunteer Service Award recipient thanks Obama, Servant-in-Chief

Having defeated Trump in 1961, Rochestarian Peter Roby welcomes a rematch

In defense of Facebook’s Your Year in Review

On the electoral road with Melissa Barrett

Grading Kramer & Kramer’s 2016 baseball predictions

Score one for love at Meliora Weekend

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