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Rochester Accessible Adventures (RAA) is joining forces with Greater Buffalo Adaptive Sports (GBAS) to form the Western New York Adaptive and Inclusive Sports Collaborative. The aim of the partnership is to ensure recreational and competitive opportunities are developed and sustained ...

Concerns about the coronavirus (COVID-19) have prompted the Eastman School of Music and Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra to postpone all concerts at Kodak Hall at Eastman Theatre through April 15. The University of Rochester plans to restrict campus events, including the ...

The Bonadio Group has been hired by Monroe County as a consultant to monitor the performance of the Child Protective Services division. The addition of an outside consultant comes in response to a 2018 recommendation by the state Office of ...

The troubled former Ramada Plaza by Wyndham airport hotel on Brooks Avenue has been sold at foreclosure auction to the lender — and for far less than the former owner owed on the mortgage. Atlanta-based Access Point Financial LLC submitted the ...

When you visit a doctor’s office or dentist’s office, you do so knowing the person rendering treatment has been properly trained and is competent. The New York State Athletic Trainers Association believes athletes should have the same peace of mind ...

Two-thirds of U.S. business owners are confident their business is prepared to carry on should the coronavirus (COVID-19) become a widespread health issue, according to research from Paychex. Of the 300 randomly selected owners, 59 percent said they have a ...

Federal authorities say the former chairman of the Rochester Housing Authority used funds meant for a neighborhood nonprofit organization to take a cruise, buy guns and purchase tickets to a New York Knicks game at Madison Square Garden. The allegations ...

Being uprooted from the apartment she had called home for the previous five years was not an enjoyable experience for Shelly Nalty. After all, who likes packing up everything and moving? Especially when the move would only be temporary. But ...

Richard Pospula has been named president of the Architectural Foundation of Greater Rochester (AFGR). Pospula recently retired from Bergmann. He is also treasurer of the AFGR-associated organization, American Institute of Architects Rochester chapter. Other appointments to the AFGR board include ...

Monroe County Executive Adam Bello made five appointments to his administrative team this week, a continuation of the transition from former County Executive Cheryl Dinolfo’s leadership group. » Thalia Wright will be commissioner of human services. She had been regional director ...

If the early returns are any indication, then Tom Golisano’s latest venture — becoming an author — has been a success. Built Not Born — A Self-Made Billionaire’s No Nonsense Guide For Entrepreneurs is No. 5 on the list of nonfiction ...

On Feb. 12, a four-bedroom Colonial on Stonegate Drive in Webster appeared for the first time on the multitude of real estate listing sites with an asking price of $179,900. Showings would be available for a total of just five ...

A Brighton commercial real estate broker has again filed suit against Rochester Tech Park, claiming the owners of the expansive property in Gates have failed to pay nearly $800,000 in commissions. Moore Corporate Real Estate, Inc., says Tech Park Owner, ...

Integrated media agency Hoffmann Murtaugh has expanded to Rochester, the third location for the Pittsburgh-based firm. Founded in 2004, Hoffmann Murtaugh specializes in media planning, buying, digital, social media and public relations. Jill McNair will manage operations in Rochester. The ...

Monroe County is taking necessary steps to prepare for the coronavirus, but the county’s top health official said there is no reason for dramatic lifestyle changes. There have been no confirmed cases of the coronavirus (COVID-19) in New York State ...