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Harris Corp. has been awarded a five-year, up to $130 million contract to develop and deliver radios for the U.S. Air Force. The indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity contract is for Hand Held Video Data Link (HH-VDL) radios that will significantly increase ...

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The 42nd annual Fairport Canal Days Arts Festival poster has been revealed. The winning poster, by Chili artist Tom Moyer, features a duck followed by four ducklings and a rubber duck, on a blue-green background representative of the canal water. ...

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A new welcome center has opened on the shores of Seneca Lake in Geneva. It is one of 11 being built across the state. The Finger Lakes Welcome Center will be operated by New York Kitchen, formerly the New York ...

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  Lindsay McCutchen likes to do things a little differently. McCutchen, president of Career Start Workforce Management Group, has created a customer waiting list, unheard of in the staffing industry. “Every customer laughs and says you’re the only company with ...

A Seneca Falls group is tackling the gender wage gap in a unique way Thursday. Women March in Seneca Falls, a grassroots organization committed to protecting and enhancing women’s rights, is hosting an “Un-Happy Hour” at Parker’s Grill in the ...

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Hilda Rosario Escher will leave her post as president and CEO of the Ibero-American Action League Inc. at the end of this year. “I have been at Ibero for most of my adult life. When I first moved to Rochester ...

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Fifty miles south of Rochester, the mighty Genesee River now flows freely, unobscured by iron footings that for more than a century held Letchworth State Park’s Portageville Bridge high above the gorge and its surrounding parkland. The Portageville Bridge has ...

New car sales in Monroe County dropped nearly 19 percent in April compared to March and nearly 9 percent from April 2017 sales, Rochester Automobile Dealers’ Association Inc. reported. Area car dealers sold 3,723 new vehicles last month, down from ...

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The Greater Canandaigua Civic Center has launched its first major capital campaign, with a goal of $861,500 for expansion and improvements to the facility. “Today begins the next 26 years of our not-for-profit organization, which has been providing event space ...

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Transcat Inc. has reported record fourth quarter and full year revenue, beating Street estimates. For the fourth quarter ended March 31, Transcat reported revenue of $42.5 million, up from $38.5 million in the same quarter a year ago. Service segment ...

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The Arc of Monroe County has been awarded $215,000 in grants to support its guardianship and recreation programs. Awarded by NYSARC Inc. Trust Services, a $200,000 grant will provide guardianship services for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities who would ...

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Construction is underway in Farmington on a $22 million affordable housing development. Beaver Creek Apartments will consist of 13 residential buildings with a total of 104 affordable homes, the state Homes and Community Renewal (HCR) said Thursday. Residents will have ...

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A $500,000 investment by Rochester Housing Charities Inc. will bring four new affordable homes to  Rochester’s Beechwood neighborhood. The recently completed first home, at 16 Diamond Place, is a single story, two-bedroom home built on a 40-foot lot. The four ...

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The Society for the Protection and Care of Children has been awarded the Healthy Families New York contract to serve the County of Monroe. Funded by the state Office of Children and Family Services (OCFS) and the Maternal, Infant and ...

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Flower City Habitat for Humanity has launched an initiative aimed at eliminating Rochester’s growing zombie home issue. FCHH will team with the City of Rochester on its Vacant and Abandoned Homes pilot program, a partnership that has allowed the not-for-profit ...

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