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“The Living History Fair gives people a chance to actually ‘live’ history,” says reenactor Terry Norton, “not try to figure out what some author put in a history book.”
On Monday, the Rochester City Council will decide whether Rochester should add its name to the growing list of cities buzzing with scooters.
Rochester Mayor Kim Norton is among 40 mayors from across the globe who have been invited to participate in an education program through the Bloomberg Harvard City Leadership Initiative.
The Rochester Public Library is turning the page on a period of road construction that disrupted some of its services.
The leader of Prairie Island Indian Community said this week that their goal is to work in partnership — not compete — with the City of Rochester as it moves forward with plans to develop the nearby Elk Run site.
According to the announcement, the new venue will take on more of dance club vibe — with DJs coming in from across the country, along with themed evenings such as salsa dancing and electronic dance music.
The City of Rochester and its police department are reminding members of the community that city employees, including law enforcement officers, will not be coordinating with federal authorities on deportation raids.
Sam Barsness is only 23, yet he has already established himself as an up-and-coming entrepreneur in Rochester’s booming commercial real estate market, all after having dropped out of college three years ago.
After months of anticipation, Rochester’s newest brewery is nearly ready to open its doors for the first time. Thesis Beer Project, the brainchild of brewmaster Adam Fredericksen and his wife Allyson Palmer, is set to open later this month.
It’s been a wild ride for Hauri since releasing his first single. His debut studio album Sensational debuted at No. 52 on the Billboard 200 in mid-June. Over four million people listened to his music on Spotify in the last month, and his top song “Mr. Clean” reached gold status earlier this year.
Edward “Ed” Pompeian, the longtime real estate developer and founder of the Gift of Life Transplant House, died unexpectedly Saturday morning at St. Marys Hospital. He was 67 years old.
The move is part of the city’s Transparency Act. To start, city staff will be using a portable Mevo device to record the meetings. The plan is to then upload the videos to the city’s meeting portal page after the events are over.
Over 90 minutes, the freshman congressman fielded questions on issues ranging from healthcare to tariffs. On just about every topic, Hagedorn defended the actions and policies of President Trump.
A local sports cornerstone is back swinging for the fences after some shakeups to the front office, mirroring the success fellow Rochester sports teams have found in recent years.
Kathleen Harrington, who at the time was Mayo Clinic’s director of government relations in Washington, confirmed to us Thursday she attended the 2016 meeting at Trump Tower on behalf of Mayo.
Flapdoodles is putting a cherry on top of its already strong start to summer. The Rochester business — with two locations in town — was recently listed in national publications as the best ice cream shop in Minnesota.
In soliciting proposals, the city had asked developers to come forward with projects that designated at least half the units as affordable to households at 60 percent of the area median income.
Among the ordinance considerations brought forward on Monday, the idea to lock the skyways overnight was met with the broadest support from the council.
On Monday, the city council voted unanimously to sign on to an amicus brief related to cases being brought before the U.S. Supreme Court. By doing so, the city is now on the record supporting the view that Title VII of the Civil Rights Acts applies to members of the LGBTQ community.
American Waterworks recently purchased the former Pepsi building, 1307 Valleyhigh Drive Northwest, for $2.5 million. The company plans to invest another $1-1.2 million to outfit the facility for its operations.
