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For the past eight years, Cynthia Silver has called Madison Street in Rochester’s historic Susan B. Anthony Neighborhood home. It’s a quiet, shaded family neighborhood just west of Nick Tahou’s, which, despite its charm, is not immune to the toll ...

Last summer, Community Bank N.A. (CBNA) announced the opening of a new commercial banking and wealth management office in Victor, a move based on the perception of Rochester as a promising economic market for growth. It was a strategic move ...

The official groundbreaking of Roc the Riverway took place today as Gov. Andrew Cuomo, Mayor Lovely Warren, Greater Rochester Chamber of Commerce President Bob Duffy and other dignitaries dug their shovels into a mound of dirt behind the Joseph A. ...

Software development company Envative is planning on moving from its space at 50 University Ave. to a new 13,000-square-foot headquarters on Main Street, Empire State Development announced today. In business for 20 years, Envative is a firm specializing in developing ...

Mayor Lovely Warren announced today that Rochester is set to receive a $100,000 grant and technical support from the Living Cities City Accelerator program. The funding will place an emphasis on growing city jobs, particularly among minority-owned businesses. Rochester was ...

Look up to the skies Monday afternoon in the Rochester area and you may spot a balloon hovering overhead. Or maybe two, three, a dozen, or 50. Over 500 balloons were released by long-term care patients today from Monroe Community ...

The New York Public Service Commission (PSC) rescinded today their 2016 approval of the merger between Charter Communications and Time Warner Cable. According to the PSC, the company, operating as Spectrum, has failed to meet the public benefits agreed upon ...

Highland Hospital, a part of the University of Rochester Medical Center, has announced an in-depth modernization plan that will provide private rooms for nearly all patients. The plan will add four levels to the current three-level southeast wing, bringing it up to ...

The Rochester City Council passed a narrow vote Tuesday evening that paves the way for Rochester Management to move forward in the renovation of Cobbs Hill Village. The vote, passed by a margin of 5-4, extends the deed Rochester Management ...

Village Gate-based Catertrax has been making some major moves following the acquisition of the company by the Volaris Group in November. Catertrax, originally founded as Hospitality 101 in 2000, develops software specifically for catering services designed to streamline and consolidate ...

Heralded Brooklyn-based brewery Other Half has acquired the site of the former Nedloh Brewing at 6621 Route 5 and 20 in East Bloomfield. Nedloh closed its doors in October following a three year run when owners Josie and Nate Holden ...

The City of Rochester’s Department of Recreation and Youth Services has officially opened the request for proposals (RFP) process for the Rochester Urban Skate Park. The RFP has designated a plot of land on the east side of the Frederick ...

Eight months following the passage of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA), it remains unclear what sort of impact the tax reform has had in improving job growth, wages and business growth throughout the country. The TCJA remains a ...

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 ...