A mentally disabled man could get a $3.75 million settlement from the city of Rochester for a wrongful murder conviction. Douglas Warney, who has an IQ of 68, spent more than a decade behind bars after confessing to the stabbing ...

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The city of Rochester is offering a firefighter entrance examination on Saturday, Jan. 21, the first in more than four years. It is open to city residents only. No past experience is required in order to take the exam. “This ...

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The annual “At Your Service” guide, produced by the city Department of Environmental Services, will be mailed to residents and businesses beginning Tuesday. The guide is a handy source of information, guidelines and important dates to help residents ...

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The city of Rochester is opposing the sale of PAETEC Holding Corp. to Arkansas-based Windstream Corp. Mayor Thomas S. Richards announced today that he has instructed Corporation Counsel Robert J. Bergin to submit a formal comment to the Federal Communications Commission ...

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Rochester added two additional red-light cameras Sunday, bringing to 12 the total of intersections that are part of the Red Light Photographic Enforcement Program. The two new cameras are at the intersections of State and Allen streets and Goodman Street and I-490.

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Robert J. Bergin of Fairport will join the city Monday as its corporation counsel. Bergin was nominated for the position Tuesday by Mayor Thomas S. Richards, subject to approval by City Council. Bergin has 37 years of experience representing public and private clients ...

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The 2011-2012 city property tax bills have been mailed out to all property owners who do not have escrow arrangements with their mortgagee. Residential property owners who have not received their tax bill are urged to notify the city’s Tax Information Office ...

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The city’s new deputy mayor is a successful businessman with no government experience. “He doesn’t know a lot about government and that’s a good thing,” Mayor Thomas S. Richards said Wednesday after appointing Leonard E. Redon, 59, of Perinton, to the post.

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City Clerk Daniel Karin has announced that his office will be open from 1 to 5 p.m. on Sunday, July 24, to issue marriage licenses in anticipation of increased demand resulting from the legalization of same-sex marriage in New York state.

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Rochester is named No. 1 in MSN Real Estate’s 2011 “Most Livable Bargain Markets” rankings. Mayor Thomas S. Richards announced Wednesday that MSN Real Estate and Bert Sperling of Sperling’s Best Places evaluated the most affordable markets within the nation’s 100 largest metropolitan areas ...

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Investigators with the Rochester Office of Public Integrity and the Rochester Police Department have arrested the owner of a business performing work for the city. Christine Clendenning, 42, of 320 Lakeshore Blvd. Extension ...

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Ozomatli will headline the second show of the 2011 Party in the Park concert series tonight. The weekly series takes place at the Riverside Festival Site, corner of Court Street and Exchange Boulevard. Gates open at 5 p.m. with concerts running until 10 p.m.

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