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The winner of next month’s 2019 KitchenAid Senior PGA Championship will walk away from Oak Hill Country Club with $585,000. The Rochester community will make out rather handsomely as well. The six-day event leading up to Memorial Day is expected ...

Construction employment in the Rochester area increased by 10.2 percent year over year, the largest percentage increase posted in the state’s 15 metropolitan statistical areas. There were 20,600 construction jobs in Rochester in March, up 1,900 from March of 2018, ...

SWBR has been named a winner of two Outstanding Project Awards from the Rochester chapter of the Construction Specifications Institute (CSI). The multidisciplinary design firm from Rochester was recognized for its contributions to DePaul’s Upper Falls Square Apartments and for ...

The expiration of a lease and an overabundance of staff members at other call centers has prompted the closing of a Henrietta-based business, meaning 75 employees will be looking for jobs. CallVista, a call center working exclusively with Internet-based marketing ...

Despite a continuing shortage of homes on the market, buyer demand remained strong in the first quarter of 2019, according to the latest Marketwatch Report by the Greater Rochester Association of Realtors (GRAR). Available homes for sale in the region ...

A Hilton resident and her lawyer are challenging legal precedent regarding the awarding of damages for when a spectator is injured at a professional sporting event in New York. Veronica James attended an Oct. 27 Rochester Americans hockey game when she ...

If timing is indeed everything, then Club Champion couldn’t have picked a better time to open a store in the Rochester area. Tiger Woods once again captivated the sports world with his stirring victory at The Masters on Sunday, and ...

A Brighton commercial real estate broker is suing the owners of Tech Park in Gates, claiming more than $1.3 million in commission fees haven’t been paid. Moore Corporate Real Estate, Inc., filed suit on Friday in state Supreme Court in ...

Foreclosure activity during the first quarter of 2019 dropped significantly in Monroe County, mirroring the nationwide trend. Total properties in the county with foreclosure filings during the first three months fell to 485, down 27.07 percent from the first quarter ...

The Celebrate City Living Housing Expo on Saturday, presented by Five Star Bank, will provide an all-encompassing look at moving to, and residing in, the city of Rochester. The expo runs from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Sibley Square, ...

From an abandoned and dilapidated eyesore to a revitalized and thriving structure, the rebirth of Eastman Gardens is an example of historic preservation at its finest. Vacant since Eastman Dental Dispensary left in 1978, the building was turned into an ...

Deeds of sale and mortgage documents were filed with the Monroe County Clerk on Friday, the final procedural steps in the transfer of ownership and operation of two area senior living facilities. Post Acute Partners of New York City acquired ...

Former Geneva city manager Matt Horn again has an office in the heart of the community, only this time the sign on the door says MRB Group. Horn, municipal services director for the Rochester-based engineering, architecture and surveying firm, will ...

As first-time homebuyers, Anna and Thomas Babcock underwent a two-month, learn-as-you-go crash course on the state of real estate in Monroe County last fall. It wasn’t necessarily a pleasure cruise. They toured nearly two dozen homes, twice had their buying ...

Eastman Kodak Co. is suing a Chicago printing firm and its owner, claiming the company owes nearly $120,000 due to a breach of the service-agreement contract and also refuses to allow repossession of a high-tech printing device. Kestler Digital and ...