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Flexibility is key when it comes to one’s retirement income options, says Maureen Pilato, vice president and senior financial advisor at High Probability Advisors LLC, a subsidiary of The Bonadio Group.   “Don’t get too tied to one strategy,” Pilato says. “You could be setting yourself up for ...

GS Plastic Optics, a Rochester-based manufacturer of precision polymer optics, has been awarded a contract to produce optical components for a COVID-19 antibody testing platform developed by LightDeck Diagnostics, a Boulder, Colo.-based diagnostic-testing company. LightDeck was awarded a $35.1 million ...

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Legal Assistance of Western New York, Inc., has been awarded two grants totaling $500,000 from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). The awards are part of a $47.4 million national allotment through the Fair Housing Initiatives Program ...

Meyer’s RV Superstores has expanded its reach with the acquisition of Mentor RV in Madison, Ohio. Financial details of the transaction were not disclosed. Mentor is considered northern Ohio’s top RV dealership and offers recreational vehicles from Coachmen and Forest ...

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Technology company Red Argyle will become the first commercial tenant at Factory 243, a mixed use development at the site of the former Lisk Manufacturing facility in Canandaigua. Factory 243 is an urban-style residential and commercial project of Capstone Real ...

I knew I would go into a helping profession as early as middle school, having several friends experience serious mental illness and suicidality, and having my own bouts with depression. As a psychology major at Nazareth College, I was fortunate to ...

Luminate NY, the world’s largest accelerator for startups with optics, photonics and imaging (OPI) enabled applications, will host a “Women and Diversity in Entrepreneurship” panel discussion at next week’s 2021 Luminate Finals, sponsored by Optica, formerly known as OSA, The Optical Society.   The ...

If you ever want to disappoint the folks at Visit Rochester, just tell them they can’t work. The COVID-19 pandemic created a collective case of cabin fever for the 18 employees at Visit Rochester, the official tourism promotion agency of ...

The Council of Agency Executives has named three award recipients for its annual Community Partner Awards and Member of Distinction Award. Monroe County Commissioner of Public Health Michael Mendoza and Foodlink Inc. President and CEO Julia Tedesco each will receive ...

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L3Harris Technologies Inc. has been selected by the U.S. Army to manufacture 1,540 AN/PRC-163 two-channel handheld radios and AN/PRC-158 Manpack radios under a Firm Fixed Price (FFP) award as part of multi-vendor Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract. As one of ...

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Congressman Joe Morelle on Friday introduced legislation to protect investments in America’s manufacturing sector. The Permanently Preserving America’s Investment in Manufacturing Act makes a technical change to the U.S. Tax Code allowing businesses to continue deducting interest expense. “Across the ...

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Rosalie Remaris, Kevin Purcell and Mark Muoio will be honored as local “Housing Heroes” by The Housing Council during the Community Starts at Home event. Community Starts at Home is a virtual 50th anniversary celebration of The Housing Council at ...

As we prepare to host the Rochester Business Journal’s annual Women’s Leadership Summit, we asked several women who lead in our region for their perspective on some of the main topics to be discussed. The summit, to be held virtually ...

The Rochester Education Fellowship, led by a coalition of local child and family advocates, has named Shanai Lee as the recipient of its two-year fellowship to co-create and build a new community-centered vision for bold, transformational change for Rochester’s public ...

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Two dozen groups have come together to form the Go All Electric coalition to help organizations transition to clean energy. The Go All Electric AMPED campaign will use outreach, advertising and communication to connect organizations with information and resources to ...

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