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When she finished learning all the essential tricks of the hair-dressing trade more than five decades ago, Jackie Conway admits she wasn’t exactly Miss Talkative. And while being a great conversationalist isn’t a requirement for styling hair, it sure helps. ...

He was fresh out of college and ready to make his mark, heading to Manhattan armed with a bachelor’s degree in architecture and an ambitious desire to create. Ken Glazer had the perfect launching pad for his career, too. His ...

The newest senior living apartment community has opened in Irondequoit. Durand Senior Apartments, a Providence Housing Development Corp. project, provide 65 one- and two-bedroom affordable housing units for seniors age 55 and over. The new senior community is at 4225 ...

Success of the innovative Sentry Print Services is leading to expansion of facilities for Pharos Systems International, Inc., and that will mean the creation of additional jobs, according to Imagine Monroe. Pharos Systems requested, and was granted, a sales tax ...

The Rochester Women’s Community Chorus winter concert, Journeys in Song, will take place on Jan. 12 at the Asbury First Methodist Church, 1050 East Ave. Tickets for the 7:30 p.m. concert are $15 for adults, $12 for students and seniors, ...

If you build it, not only will they come, but they will buy. At least that’s what Jamie Seibold, a real estate salesperson with Howard Hanna, believes about downtown living spaces. The problem: there just aren’t many new apartments, lofts ...

Where young minds once learned, older minds will soon reside. The abandoned Holley High School building will undergo a $17 million rehabilitation, converting the former educational facility into homes for seniors and office space for the Village of Holley. Holley ...

OBG, an engineering firm specializing in manufacturing, energy, environmental and water solutions, has been acquired by Copenhagen-based Ramboll. The acquisition was announced this morning. OBG’s downtown Rochester office is one of the firm’s nine locations in New York state, and ...

Constance “Connie” Mitchell, who at the time of her election to the Monroe County Board of Supervisors in 1961 held the highest-ranking position of any African-American in the United States, has died. She was 90. Mrs. Mitchell crusaded for civil ...

Congressman-elect Joe Morelle has introduced legislation to dedicate a post office in Fairport to the late Louise and Bob Slaughter. The facility slated to be renamed is at 770 Ayrault Road. Currently a carrier annex, the facility will be undergoing ...

Bergmann design principal Jim Durfee, whose creative fingerprints are on a multitude of buildings in Rochester, will retire on Dec. 31 after 18 years at the firm and 35 in professional practice. Throughout his career, Durfee has shown a passion ...

New York State’s land banks will share in nearly $26 million of funding, state Attorney General Barbara D. Underwood announced today. The land banks work to protect homeowners and neighborhoods by acquiring blighted homes, then transforming those properties into community assets. ...

Growing up in Rochester, Brian Zerges saw firsthand the benefits of owning lakefront property. His parents bought two cottages on Keuka Lake near Branchport. The family vacationed in one and rented out the other to pay for them, he said. ...

To buy a home or not to buy; it’s a question many young professionals contemplate. There are definitely pros and cons, but if buying turns out to be the wrong decision, you may be stuck, or at the very least ...

The 45-year-old Cedarwood Towers will be getting a $28.5 million facelift, thanks to the combined efforts of Rochester’s Cornerstone Group and California-based Community Preservation Partners. Community Preservation Partners purchased the 206-unit, age-restricted affordable housing community in July. The renovation is ...