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The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has awarded more than $2.3 million statewide to support local cultural nonprofits and educational programming, including more than $200,000 in awards to two area organizations. “Nonprofits and cultural organizations are critical parts of ...

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The city of Rochester Public Market has received a $50,000 grant from the Rochester Economic Development Organization. The grant is aimed at assisting vendors who have been adversely affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. Throughout the pandemic, the Public Market has ...

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Longtime state Assemblyman and civil rights advocate David Gantt died Wednesday. He was 78. Mr. Gantt was born in 1941, in Opp, Ala. He was the oldest of five brothers, growing up in a single-parent household with humble beginnings. His ...

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Three Rochester-area airports will share nearly $700,000 in federal funding earmarked for safety and quality improvement projects. “Air travel in and out of the greater Rochester region is vital to the connectivity and success of the regional economy, which is ...

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U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer has introduced bipartisan legislation that promises to bolster U.S. leadership in the microelectronics sector that could have implications for Rochester’s photonics and semiconductor industry. Citing concerns that China is catching up to the U.S. in microelectronics ...

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A pop-up drive-in theater is coming to Henrietta. Birnbaum Properties is usually focused on creating office, mixed-use or flex space within the commercial real estate marketplace. But president and CEO Bernard Birnbaum, together with Dr. Joshua Weitz, has ventured into ...

Howard Hanna Real Estate Services ranked No. 1 in homes sold and sales volume for 2019, according to the REAL Trends Market Leaders report. Howard Hanna Real Estate Services sold nearly twice as many homes as the second-ranked firm, Keller ...

LiDestri Foods Inc. plans to donate $1 million in medical-grade hand sanitizer this summer to camps and school districts to keep staff and campers safe. Company officials on Monday said LiDestri has donated 6,000 gallons of hand sanitizer so far, ...

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The city of Rochester will reinstate parking fees at meters and downtown garages beginning Wednesday, ending a three-month hiatus that was prompted by the coronavirus pandemic. Fees were waived starting April 1 to lessen hardships during the COVID-19 outbreak. The regular ...

YWCA of Rochester & Monroe County CEO Angela Panzarella plans to retire from the organization at the end of October. Panzarella joined the nonprofit organization two years ago as interim CEO and was named full-time CEO shortly thereafter. She has ...

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Arline Santiago, senior vice president at ESL Federal Credit Union, has been named the third co-chair of the Commission on Racial and Structural Equality (RASE), a collaborative project launched earlier this month by Rochester Mayor Lovely Warren and Monroe County ...

ID Signsystems is putting the finishing touches on the fabrication and installation of interpretive landmarks at parks along the Empire State Trail. The creations are a collaborative effort of ID Signsystems, landscape designer Starr Whitehouse and C&G Partners and have ...

New York has recouped more than $57,000 in state and taxpayer funds that were pocketed or misallocated by former Quad A for Kids Executive Director Adam McFadden. New York State Attorney General Letitia James on Monday said her office accepted ...

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As New York state continues its reopening plans, McDonald’s restaurants are expecting to hire approximately 260,000 restaurant employees this summer, including in the Rochester area. The fast-food restaurant has put extra precautions in place as it begins to open its ...

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Several hospitals statewide are slated to share nearly $300 million in emergency federal funding, including four in the Rochester metro area. U.S. Sens. Charles Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand on Friday announced the “safety net” funding, which will provide health care ...

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