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Assemblyman Harry Bronson announced this week the securing of $250,000 for the Out Alliance’s new LGBTQ community center. Formerly the Gay Alliance of the Genesee Valley, the Out Alliance is an activist group dedicated to providing resources, community organizing and ...

Rochester Regional Health’s new Riedman Health Center saw its official ribbon cutting on Wednesday, July 18, with the facility slated to begin taking patients on Monday, July 30. Located at the site of a former Tops Friendly Market at the ...

If there is anything readily apparent about Ed Shill it’s that he’s not here to play games. The QCI Asset Management President and CEO is as passionate as he is blunt, as insightful as he is straightforward and, as a ...

The long-awaited study on marijuana legalization in New York was released on Friday, with a finding that the positives outweigh the negatives. The state Health Department report, entitled “Assessment of the Potential Impact of Regulated Marijuana in New York State,” ...

The Public Service Commission has accepted a sprawling joint proposal from Verizon to install high speed broadband service at 32,000 new premises. The proposal is a collaboration between Verizon, PSC staff, Communications Workers of America District 1 and the Public Utility Law ...

The Golisano Children’s hospital is set to expand its offerings to special needs children in Steuben, Schuyler and Chemung counties through a new partnership with Corning Inc. Part of the University of Rochester Medical Center, Golisano Children’s Hospital will be increasing ...

Greenlight Networks has officially entered the west-side market, as the fiber-optic company opens 26 new districts in the Town of Gates. It’s a move that comes following the acquisition of the company by Tom Golisano via a holding company, Grand ...

Victor’s Cognivue Inc., owned by Tom Golisano, has found both a new president and vice president, as the company moves to expansion of its cognitive measurement system. Tom O’Neill will now lead the company, with Rafael Rivero serving as vice ...

Rush’s Iuvo Bioscience has acquired Tampa, Florida’s Oculos Clinical Research, in a move that marks another major step in the growth of the modest research and development company. Housed in a sprawling facility off West Henrietta Road, Iuvo specializes in ...

A new survey from Key Private Bank has found that less than a quarter of high net worth clients have any sort of long-term care plan in place. The survey, which polled client-facing financial advisors at Key last quarter, shows 58 ...

Since 1978, HCR Home Care has worked to provide integrated care for everyone from the elderly to the disabled in need of assistance in day-to-day home life. Celebrating 40 years in the business, HCR has spread its wings quite a ...

When Roc Brewing celebrated its seventh anniversary in June, the brewery teamed up with seven other local breweries — Wagner Valley and Resurgence, Three Heads, Stoneyard, Lost Borough, Swiftwater, Noble Shepherd and Genesee — to brew a pack of collaboration ...

Candice Lucas has been tapped to serve as executive director of St. Joseph’s Neighborhood Center as Christine Wagner, a 23-year veteran of the facility,  moves on to serve in a special advisory role. As director of community health services at the ...

Paychex Inc.’s Paychex Insurance Agency has been ranked number 20 in Business Insurance magazine’s 2018 list of the top 100 U.S. brokers for business. It’s not the first time Paychex has made the list, having been recognized a total of eight ...

Life has few experiences more daunting than watching a loved one slip into the throes of dementia or become immobile after an accident. Caregivers must be there to oversee the minutiae of that person’s daily life. It’s a thankless and ...