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Work has begun to rehabilitate seven century-old bridges that span the Erie Canal in Orleans County, a $10.7 million project that will run through 2020. The seven single-lane truss bridges, built between 1909 and 1914, will have weight limits increased ...

Construction employment in the Rochester region grew by 7 percent in October compared to the previous year, the fourth-largest percentage gain among 15 metro areas in the state, the most recent federal data shows. Rochester gained 1,600 jobs in the ...

The median price for an apartment in the Rochester metro area has climbed 2.1 percent over the past year, a full percentage point ahead of the state average and even ahead of the national average. The price for a one-bedroom ...

The federal government has created a means though which investors can avoid paying capital gains taxes to … the federal government. By investing capital gains in projects within newly created Opportunity Zones, the tax liability on those funds can be reduced ...

Mason Marketing LLC, a top-10 marketing communications agency in Penfield, has reached across town boundaries and acquired Pittsford-based Persuasive Communications, with an eye on enhancing services for small businesses. When the merger officially takes place on Dec. 3, Mason Marketing ...

If there was ever someone who wasn’t supposed to make it big in the world, if ever someone was supposed to get swallowed up by poverty and despair, it was J.T. McCormick. And if ever there was someone to tell ...

Pegula Sports and Entertainment and the City of Rochester have reached agreement on a 15-year arena management contract, substantially reducing taxpayers liability at Blue Cross Arena at the War Memorial. PSE, the management branch of the Kim and Terry Pegula ...

The home that helped launch the suffragist activities of Laura Cuppy Smith nearly two centuries ago has undergone an extensive structural rehabilitation, the first step toward the developers dream of creating a trendy tavern in downtown Rochester’s Cascade District. Twin ...

Woods Oviatt Gilman LLP has been granted a sales tax exemption on equipment, furniture and fixtures by Imagine Monroe, a step in the firm’s planned move to Legacy Tower (formerly Bausch & Lomb Tower). The county says Woods Oviatt Gilman ...

Pamela Fennell Baker has been named president of Our Lady of Mercy School for Young Women. The appointment by the school’s board of trustees was announced on Tuesday and she will officially assume the role on Jan. 2. She succeeds ...

Given the choice between a mundane workload or an exacting assignment, Douglas B. Eldred chose the latter every time. A mid-project quandary always spiced up the workday for the senior project engineer at Fairport-based BME Associates. “Solving problems is what ...

The new pavilion made of Douglas fir timber at Rochester Childfirst Network is much more than just an outdoor shelter. With a living roof and the incorporation of a learning garden, the donated structure will also serve as a classroom ...

The median price on October home sales in Monroe County rose $10,000 year-over-year to $150,000, but that’s still $4,000 to $9,900 lower than the median price during the peak summer selling period. While new listings rose slightly (1.5 percent to ...

The mortgage holder for the $18 million Chateau at Heritage Square senior living community in the Town of Sweden has filed suit to foreclose on the loan. S&T Bank of Indiana, Pa., filed papers in state Supreme Court in Monroe ...

Success is often a product of hard work. So, too, is the ability to observe and the willingness to adapt. Four recent Forty Under 40 honorees share thoughts on the most important lessons they have learned on the job. On ...