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Jordan Harris has been hired as winemaker by Heron Hill Winery. Named to Wine Enthusiast’s Top 40 under 40 winemakers in 2013, Harris comes to Heron Hill from Tarara Winery in Leesburg, Va., where he was winemaker and general manager. ...

The Wegmans School of Nursing at St. John Fisher College is partnering with 2U, Inc., to offer an online master of science in nursing degree. Fisher Nursing Online will allow nursing students to choose from a variety of specializations as ...

The city of Rochester has reopened several departments for in-person services, including the city clerk, Traffic Violations Agency and Bureau of Parking. The city clerk’s licensing office (Room 100A in City Hall) will be open from 10 a.m. to 3 ...

With many businesses and offices now open, and with more reopening soon, some owners are asking their lawyers a common question regarding liability: How can someone prove they contracted the coronavirus from my business? Detailing a breach of responsibility by ...

Nearly 40 percent of renters say they anticipate the need for rent relief in the next 90 days as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. In a survey conducted by Assurant, 38 percent of renters said they would need some sort ...

eHealth Technologies’ employee program, Caring Together, won a merit award in the 37th annual Healthcare Advertising Awards program. A collaboration of eHealth Technologies and Pittsford-based Red Purse Marketing, the program launched in October with a goal of increasing employee retention ...

With a combined 77 years of service at Passero Associates, the three members of the executive committee — two newcomers, one holdover — are poised to maintain a 48-year tradition of excellence at the firm. But new CEO Andrew Holesko, new ...

Considering many restaurants have been shut down since mid-March, Rochester Mayor Lovely Warren said the last thing she wants to see is bureaucratic red tape block a reopening. “We don’t want government barriers placed in anyone’s way who wants to ...

Rochester-based architecture, engineering and planning firm Bergmann has launched an in-demand practice to assist highly specialized industries. The Science, Technology & Industry practice (STI) combines Bergmann’s experience in engineering design services for manufacturing and research clients with recently added planning ...

To assist the growing number of organizations allowed to reopen work facilities, Bergmann has formed a multidisciplinary design team that can create safe and flexible spaces. The design experts will work with clients to reconfigure business space not only to ...

As travelers gradually begin to book seats on airlines with more frequency, the Greater Rochester International Airport is implementing the #ReadySetROC initiative to promote health and safety. Among the measures being taken: » Social distancing markers have been placed at ...

Five Star Bank’s 18-month re-creation of its online and mobile platform — Five Star Digital Banking — is complete. The new platform provides a single dashboard to make payments, deposits, transfer and send money, create budgets, set financial goals, and easily ...

To ensure restaurants have the proper face coverings to facilitate reopening when Gov. Andrew Cuomo gives the green light, Monroe County will provide 500 free face masks for every permitted business. The one-time distribution to restaurants and other food service ...

SWBR has been recognized for its work in helping create DePaul Upper Falls Square Apartments, an affordable housing community that spans two city blocks in Rochester. The 143,000-square-foot project received the 2020 Excelsior Awards Honor Award from the New York ...

Five Star Bank has donated $20,000 to PathStone Enterprise Center, which strives to promote economic growth and enhance community wealth-building of under-served populations by supporting the creation and expansion of small businesses and home ownership. The bank’s donation will assist in ...