The issue of “local” status has become a major problem in Hub city. Many families who have lived here for years are still denied local certificates. Without these documents, our youth cannot apply for ...

ROCHESTER — Giving the federally recognized Pill Hill Historic District local landmark status could take five months or as long as one and a half years. “We need to know from the (Rochester) City ...

I have more or less poo-pooed the idea of “local” status but have come around to see the value in it. It’s a sterling title worthy of reverence. My gripes with localism started with folks using it ...