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In 2034, Rochester will celebrate its bicentennial anniversary, a landmark mayor Lovely Warren hopes to build toward through a 15-year comprehensive plan, open for public comment until Friday, Aug. 16. Dubbed Rochester 2034, the plan tackles issues ranging from preservation ...

Inside Genesee’s Pilot Brewery, machinery from Iron Heart Canning whirs away, sealing and slapping on a hot pink label to the buzzing single-file line of pint cans. It’s not an unfamiliar site at the brewhouse in the days leading up ...

With three and a half years under his belt at Black Button Distilling, head distiller Jeff Fairbrother has covered quite some ground. In 2017, Fairbrother was tapped by the Gin Guild as a warden nominated rectifier, one of only four ...

As Rochester market president at KeyBank, Jim Barger has overseen the most substantial period of growth for the institute in the region. But as of Monday, July 22, Barger will be moving on to bigger leagues, to serve as market ...

The Monroe County Medical Examiner’s Office has released 2018 data on overdoses, and the number of deaths for the year was 195. That’s a drop from 220 in 2017, the first decrease since 2015, but still the second deadliest year ...

A year and a half long labor dispute has finally netted a new contract for workers at Anthony L. Jordan Health Center. The contract negotiation had been going on since Jan. 1, 2018, leaving about 65 workers without a contract. ...

St. Pius X Federal Credit Union president and CEO Ann Hynes has been voted in as chairwoman of the New York Credit Union Association (NYCUA) board. On the board since 2011, Hynes has previously served as treasurer, secretary and vice ...

A Thursday afternoon press conference from IAFF Local 1071, Rochester’s firefighters’ union, had a surprise visitor as Mayor Lovely Warren dropped in to offer a, rejected, end to dynamic staffing. The controversy currently revolves around a new policy under the ...

Reliant Community Credit Union has donated a total of $10,000 worth of sneakers to local school districts, as part of their Feet Forward program. A collaboration with Fleet Feet, the 2018-19 Feet Forward was the second run of the program, ...

In its modest home-style digs at 120 East Ave., Bryx Inc. looks no different from any other local startup. A crew of 11 engineers and staffers populate half of a small office area fit with the requisite array of Apple ...

The Monroe County legislature has voted in favor of commencing litigation against the state of New York against the Driver’s License Access and Privacy Act, otherwise known as the Green Light Bill. The Green Light Bill, which was officially signed ...

The National Science Foundation has awarded a five year, $5.5 million grant to Rochester Institute of Technology to support the CyberCorps Scholarship for Service program. In total, the funding will support 24 new scholars. The CyberCorps Program is a scholarship ...

Launch NY has expanded the deadline of its online investor network beta test from Monday, July 15 to Friday, July 26. The beta test is seeking 100 qualified investors to sign up at no charge, who will then receive access ...

Craft brewing is, at its heart and soul, a movement forged around small business. In the world of beer, a DIY ethos of jumping from home brewer to owning a five-barrel brew house to one day shipping beers across the ...

It’s Monday, June 24, canning day at Brockport’s Stoneyard Brewing Co., where an army of hundreds of bare aluminum vessels march single file down the line, each picking up a shiny new red label as they reach the finish line ...