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Certified ethical hacker Michael Montagliano, the chief technology officer at iV4, will host a free webinar for local and regional technology experts on how to clearly communicate the cybersecurity message to corporate executives. The 30-minute webinar, “Presenting Cybersecurity to the ...

First there was Pop Roc, where breakfast cereal, comics and caffeine were pureed in a commercial real estate blender to create an eclectic snacking and nerd-out coffee lounge on East Avenue. Now comes Super City Rochester, a multi-venue pop culture ...

Nexstar Media Group, Inc. will be stung if the blackout of its 171 televisions stations by DirecTV lingers too long, according to the latest Moody’s Credit Outlook report. All Nexstar stations were removed from DirecTV on July 4, including WROC ...

For the folks at CJS Architects, the neighborhood surrounding their workplace is more than just the spot from where they design cool buildings and interiors. It’s their home. When they look out their office window on South Union Street, they ...

Roberts Wesleyan College has launched The Community Institutes program, a strategic initiative offering custom educational solutions and resources to Rochester-area businesses and organizations. The Community Institutes will provide certificate and training programs — separate from the degree-based education already offered by ...

NextCorps’ Growth Services, which serves as the New York Manufacturing Extension Partnership (NY MEP) network center in the Finger Lakes, generated $77.2 million in financial impacts and helped create or retain 602 jobs in 2018. The numbers were released last week ...

British retailer EG Group has completed the purchase of all 54 Fastrac convenience stores and gas stations in New York, including seven in the Rochester area. EG America LLC will now oversee operations of the stores, part of the company’s ...

While fun and games are very much a part of the American Council of the Blind’s annual convention that’s taking place in Rochester this week — from a ride down the Erie Canal on the Colonial Belle to a tour of ...

Employment in Rochester’s construction sector grew by 7 percent in May compared to May 2018, the largest jump in the state. The various segments of the Rochester construction industry added 1,600 jobs, pushing total employment to 23,100 in May, according ...

Thirty years after building the first property in the Microtel chain, Spoleta Construction is back in the hotel development business. Spoleta is finalizing plans to build, and then operate, the first dual-brand hotel in the Rochester area on property the ...

The vast openness and emptiness of the acres of grassland at Home Team Sports Park in Chili will be transformed into golf party central when World Long Drive brings the ROC City Rumble to town later this month. Then it ...

Residents of Highland Parkway say they will fight to derail the most recent development plans for the now-vacant Colgate Rochester Crozer Divinity School, even though developer Angelo Ingrassia has again scaled back his project. Ingrassia has proposed construction of two ...

As upscale apartments became the rage on Rochester’s downtown rental landscape — with inventory going from anomaly to normalcy around 2016 — there was a common refrain. “Wow, these are nice.” Followed by, “Where do I sign?” From the immaculately ...

The founder and former president of a city charter school is suing Mayor Lovely Warren and the city of Rochester, claiming he faced ridicule and hatred after they capitalized on the “ugliness of race-baiting” when providing an avenue for a ...

Lance Young has been promoted to executive vice president and general manager at del Lago Resort & Casino in the Seneca County town of Tyre, becoming the third GM since the facility opened in February 2017. He takes over from ...