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The U.S. Marine Corps Coordinating Council of Greater Rochester Inc. will continue its annual tradition this weekend with its 2018 USMC Rochester Ball. It is the second such event since the organization sidelined the ball for four years. Saturday’s event ...

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Gov. Andrew Cuomo was in town Wednesday to officially declare the $79.4 million renovations to the Greater Rochester International Airport complete. Amid much fanfare under the new canopy that covers the upper and lower airport roadways, Cuomo drew attention to ...

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Rochester’s 10-year-old IT and software developer Avani Technology Solutions Inc. has taken the No. 1 spot on this year’s Greater Rochester Chamber of Commerce Top 100. The chamber on Tuesday revealed the region’s 100 fastest-growing privately owned businesses, which will ...

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The Jewish Federation of Greater Rochester has received a $1 million gift from the William and Mildred Levine Foundation to combat bias and intolerance. Foundation President Todd Levine led the charge to establish the Levine Center to End Hate at ...

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Entrepreneurs nationwide are more optimistic about business conditions since July, a new report from Paychex Inc. shows. The latest Paychex Business Sentiment Report for Fall 2018 shows a broad improvement in business owners’ outlook since they were last polled in ...

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Sales of new vehicles in Monroe County in September fell to its lowest point since April, Rochester Automobile Dealers’ Association Inc. reported recently. Area car dealers sold 3,974 new vehicles last month, down nearly 9 percent from 4,350 in August ...

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Genesee & Wyoming Inc.’s bottom line continued to improve in the third quarter, with a 45 percent increase in earnings, and operating revenue that topped $600 million, the company reported Tuesday. For the third quarter ended Sept. 30, G&W reported ...

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More than 350 businesses are expected to participate in the Small Business Council of Rochester’s “SBC Cares 3000” Thanksgiving Food Drive. Some 3,000 boxes of food will be delivered to families in need this year. “While conditions have been improving ...

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Recreational boating traffic on New York’s canal system increased more than 3 percent this year, as officials celebrated 100 years of canals in the Empire State. Marking the waterway’s centennial, state officials waived tolls on the canal system for the ...

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Ten projects and individuals have been chosen as finalists for the 2018 Reshaping Rochester Awards. Sponsored by the Community Design Center Rochester, the annual Reshaping Rochester Awards recognized exemplary projects and initiatives in the nine-county Finger Lakes region that make ...

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The popular Hill Cumorah Pageant is slated to end its run after the 2020 season, pageant officials announced last weekend. Produced by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, the Hill Cumorah Pageant was staged annually in Manchester, Ontario ...

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Ultralife Corp. has received a $9.5 million communication systems contract, its third multimillion-dollar contract this month. The fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract is from an undisclosed major defense prime contractor for vehicle communications kits for use by the U.S. Department of Defense, ...

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A newly formed nonprofit will present its inaugural Expo of Awesomeness on Sunday to match volunteers with several local organizations who need their help. Founded by Wes Juliano, Volunteer Roc will use an online database and events like Sunday’s expo ...

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Transcat Inc. in its second quarter nearly doubled its net income, the company’s quarterly earnings, posted Tuesday, show. For the second quarter ended Sept. 29, Transcat reported sales of $38.88 million, up more than 8 percent from $35.93 million in ...

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When Rochester’s popular ¡Soy Unica! ¡Soy Latina! Rally’s grant funding ran out 15 years ago, a then-relatively unknown organization devoted to building relationships among the region’s Latina community stepped in to keep the celebration intact. Latinas Unidas, now in its ...