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The way we move around the city is shifting rapidly, and Rochester’s Regional Transit System plans to make the most of those advances to expand its service and enhance the customer experience. “Transportation options right now are changing as dramatically ...

It’s not every day you have the opportunity to see Little Orphan Annie rub elbows with Superman while men in hockey sweaters hoist a homemade Stanley Cup in the air, but on Sunday you may see just that. Special Olympics ...

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Genesee & Wyoming Inc. this week reported a rise in operating revenues and earnings, beating Street estimates. For the fourth quarter ended Dec. 31, G&W posted a nearly 11 percent increase in operating revenues to $571.6 million from $516.5 million ...

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Thomas Mancuso is making good on a promise his family made decades ago to help entrepreneurs cultivate their businesses by offering reduced or free rent at the nation’s first business incubator. The Harvester Center Batavia Industrial Center, or BIC—a sprawling, ...

CurAegis Technologies Inc. is on track to have its MyCadian watch ready for sales and delivery by spring of this year, a Securities and Exchange Commission filing shows. The watch, part of the company’s CURA division, measures degradation of alertness ...

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The George Eastman Museum has received more than 300 photos taken by David Levinthal, whose major works were first exhibited at the museum in 1978. The photos were donated by an anonymous patron and from Donald Rosenfeld Jr. The museum ...

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New York State officials, under pressure from the federal government, have agreed to remove hundreds of “I Love NY” signs along highways statewide ahead of a September deadline that would have cost the state $14 million had it not complied. ...

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The City of Rochester will again host the Twilight Criterium downtown in May. The MVP Health Care Rochester Twilight Criterium—a unique, city-center bicycle race—will be held downtown May 19, several months before its traditional date. MVP Health Care is the ...

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Rochester-area residents have a new resource for coping with a family member’s disability. The newly instituted Jewish Family Navigator program is a partnership between AutismUp and the Jewish Federation of Greater Rochester, with funding support from the Max and Marian ...

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Two abandoned properties that once housed worshippers will soon house the elderly. The development of Durand Senior Apartments in Irondequoit involves the demolition of two abandoned churches, the former St. Salome Church and former Durand United Church of Christ, and ...

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The state of New York stands to lose $14 million in federal funding as a result of a feud over the legality of the I Love New York signs that dot the state’s numerous highways. In a letter to the ...

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In an attempt to encourage more drivers to go cashless, the New York State Thruway Authority is launching an E-ZPass discount for new customers. “We’ve had tremendous success with motorists using E-ZPass, which is the easiest way to pay tolls, ...

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The Monroe County Airport Firefighters Association — IAFF Local 1636 has unanimously ratified a new collective bargaining agreement with Monroe County that sets wages and benefits for all AFA members. “I am grateful we were able to deliver a new ...

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The City of Batavia is proof that the old adage, “If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again,” has merit. And, in Batavia’s case, a value of $10 million. In 2016, Batavia was unsuccessful in its first proposal for ...

A teddy bear dressed in a tutu sits on a windowsill, waiting there to welcome a little girl who one day soon will occupy the room. The room is one of many at Sanctuary House, an emergency shelter for women ...