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Protective netting will shield fans sitting behind the Frontier Field dugouts from the dangers of line-drive foul balls and airborne broken bats when the Rochester Red Wings return home on the weekend. To comply with the strong recommendations by Major League ...

McDougall Communications received top honors by winning gold in the Special Event and Small Business/Organization Campaign for the re-imagined Centre for Ocular Research & Education (CORE) brand. The campaign was centered on CORE’s debut at the American Academy of Optometry ...

When Bob Dylan performed at CMAC in July of 2016, he opened his show with the song “Things Have Changed.” Not only can he write music, he apparently can see the future. It would be quite appropriate if that Dylan ...

There may not be such a thing as a free lunch, but there are free energy—as well as reduced-cost—audits for office tenants, property managers and commercial property owners in New York. Through a New York State Energy Research and Development ...

Rochester real estate developer Thomas Masaschi and his North Carolina-based partner are named in a $38 million foreclosure lawsuit that was filed Tuesday in state Supreme Court in Erie County. Buffalo State Ventures LLC, the company formed by Masaschi and ...

  The founder of a Toronto-based management consulting firm said the Rochester area has a wealth of talented professionals, which is why BizXL is opening its U.S. headquarters here. Chander Sharma, founder of BizXL, and managing partner Subhas Mukhopadkyay officially ...

In striking down a federal ban on sports gambling, the U.S. Supreme Court may very well have cleared the way for New York’s four privately owned casinos — as well as Western Regional Off-Track Betting branches — to accept bets ...

Officers from the FBI and perhaps other law enforcement agencies were following through on a court order allowing them to search the Pittsford headquarters of Morgan Management Monday morning. Armed officers were seen entering the offices at 1080 Pittsford Victor Road ...

The Corn Hill neighborhood of Rochester had treated Dion Doucet and his wife, Kathleen Corrigan Doucet, quite well, but three years ago they decided it was time to move. Having experienced city living his entire life — first when growing up ...

The Strong National Museum of Play has grand plans that, when they reach fruition, will dramatically alter the look of one corner of Rochester’s downtown. Other less grandiose yet august ideas undertaken just a few blocks away from The Strong will ...

New York State will provide $24.3 million in new funding for six affordable housing developments in the Finger Lakes region, including two in Rochester and another in the Ontario County town of Farmington. The investment in 270 affordable homes is ...

Dana Miller still remembers riding the bus to Jefferson High School in the 1970s, right up Saxton Street. “This neighborhood was made up of very nice houses,” said Miller, now director of development services in the City of Rochester’s Neighborhood ...

The Rochester Red Wings are once again changing their name for one night, this time to pay tribute to the city’s baseball tradition. On May 26 the Wings will play as the Hop Bitters in honor of one of the ...

The client list for Eric Mower + Associates is always growing, as is the firm. The name, however, is getting smaller. As of this morning, the marketing and public relations agency will go simply by Mower. The re-brand is part of ...

Ferrara Jerum International has joined the Hanna Commercial Real Estate family. Ferrara Jerum’s 11-person team now has the backing of Hanna Commercial’s brand and marketing, enabling the expansion of services throughout the state. Founded in 1989 by Thomas Ferrara, Ferrara ...