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Wayne County’s Seneca Foods Corp. this week reported an improved bottom line in the first quarter as the company continues its restructuring. Net sales for the quarter ending June 27 increased nearly 9 percent to $288.2 million from $265 million ...

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Rochester-Genesee Regional Transportation Authority is slated to receive $9.2 million in federal funding to help ensure the organization can continue offering essential public transportation during the COVID-19 outbreak. “Our dedicated regional transit workers have played an integral role in making ...

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The New York State Energy Research and Development Authority will team with the state’s investor-owned utilities on a new framework to increase access to energy efficiency and clean energy solutions for low- to moderate-income households and affordable multifamily buildings. Gov. ...

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Now is the time of year when United Way of Greater Rochester Inc. typically would celebrate with the community the results of its annual workplace campaign that helps fund some 75 local nonprofits. But this year is a little different, ...

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It’s a Kodak Moment the company probably wasn’t planning on. When Eastman Kodak Co. announced last week that it would receive a $765 million loan from the government to begin manufacturing generic drugs here and at a plant in Minnesota, ...

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Monro Inc. President and CEO Brett Ponton has resigned from the company and its board of directors effective Aug. 19. Ponton will join ServiceMaster Global Holdings Inc. as CEO on or before Oct. 1. Monro Chairman Robert Mellor has been ...

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Bausch Health Cos. Inc. plans to spin off Rochester-based Bausch & Lomb Inc. into an independent publicly traded entity as Bausch & Lomb – NewCo. Shares of company stock (NYSE: BHC) soared 28 percent before the opening bell Thursday and ...

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The LightHeart Institute, a Rochester organization that provides programs in leadership excellence, emotional health, physical vitality and spiritual growth, will host the Global Leadership Summit this week at the DoubleTree by Hilton in Henrietta. Simulcast from Chicago, the annual event ...

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Beginning in April 2021, the Children’s Institute will host ROC the Future’s backbone staff. The Children’s Institute was chosen following a request for proposal process on anchoring ROC the Future’s staff as it moves toward the next stage in its evolution. Since ...

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PathStone Enterprise Center will team with Arkatecht beginning next week to host a three-part series to help childcare centers in the region reopen. The Zoom-based series, which begins Aug. 8, will help childcare providers learn how using technology to become ...

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U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer visited Genesee County on Friday to tout the Western New York Science and Technology Advanced Manufacturing Park (STAMP) and his three-pronged push to jolt the U.S. semiconductor industry and the Upstate New York economy into high ...

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Willow Domestic Violence Center and Deaf IGNITE have come together in a formal partnership that will enhance services for deaf survivors of domestic abuse. The two nonprofits have had an informal partnership for nearly a decade, but the new collaboration ...

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Bausch Health Cos. Inc., the Canadian parent company of Rochester’s Bausch & Lomb, has been fined $45 million by the Securities and Exchange Commission for improper accounting. Three top executives also have been fined. The company, formerly known as Valeant ...

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The YMCA of Greater Rochester Inc. plans to shutter two branches as a result of stagnant membership growth and effects of COVID-19 on the economy, although one of those branches will be transferred to the Center for Youth. The Monroe ...

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Rochester has been nominated for the National Civic League’s All-America City Award. The city is one of 20 nominees. The award shines a light on the work taking place in communities nationwide. Nominated communities have demonstrated a commitment to leveraging ...

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