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In honor of National Mentoring month, Wegmans Food Markets Inc. announced a three-year $150,000 total commitment to Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Rochester. The donation — $50,000 each year — will help the non-profit in its mission to support ...

Like many others, I am a working caregiver. But I’m also director of the New York State Caregiving & Respite Coalition managed by Lifespan of Greater Rochester. So, if you are a business owner, a manager of people or if ...

Purchasing and renovating a building during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic was no small feat for Damaris Rivera, but not only did the owner of R Realty Rochester LLC do just that, she is on track to complete the project ahead of ...

Finger Lakes Performing Provider System Inc. has received a $250,000 grant from the Mother Cabrini Health Foundation for a program aimed at reducing health disparities.   The program, entitled “Reducing Health Disparities through Community Navigation Support,” includes a collaboration with St. Joseph’s Neighborhood ...

Members of Monroe County’s Civil Service Employees Association are now making at least $15 per hour under the new collective bargaining agreement signed by County Executive Adam Bello on Wednesday. The contract was agreed to last spring and went in ...

Local senior living professionals are using creative solutions to meet the challenges that still exist and have a positive outlook on the year ahead.

The price of renting an apartment in the Rochester metro area climbed 11.1 percent in 2021, a spike similar to the national average. The overall median rent rose to $1,333 in Rochester, according to the annual report by Realtor.com. The ...

The  state Route 104 bridge replacement project over Oak Orchard Creek in Orleans County was named Project of the Year by the Genesee Valley Chapter of the American Public Works Association. The project won in the “Structures less than $5 ...

Bringing greater economic parity to Rochester will take a collaborative effort between city and county leaders.

Five Star Bank announced a new partnership with the bitcoin company NYDIG, making it one of the first financial institutions in the U.S. to enable its banking clients to securely buy, sell and hold bitcoin.  The bank will enable customers to transact bitcoin securely through its ...

SPIE, the international society for optics and photonics, has announced the creation of the SPIE Graduate Fellowship in Optical Sciences and Engineering at the University of Rochester. The $500,000 gift from the SPIE Endowment Matching Program will be matched 100 percent by ...

Robert Morgan and his co-defendants will again have a chance to convince Chief U.S. District Court Judge Elizabeth Wolford that wire and bank fraud charges should be dismissed, this time with prejudice, meaning the government’s case would be over against ...

Industrial space remains at a premium, retail is holding steady and office and flex space were in less demand, according to CBRE|Rochester’s annual Real Estate Market Outlook. The year-end vacancy rate in the industrial and logistics space sector was just ...

Economic growth picked up in the fourth quarter of 2021 after a disappointing third quarter. Real GDP (adjusted for inflation) for the third quarter came in at 2.3% after spending the first half of the year over 6%, as consumer ...

Iconic IT has merged with Integris, creating one of the largest managed service providers dedicated to the small- and medium-sized business sector. The merger brings together Iconic IT’s 170 employees and the Integris workforce of 270. Integris now has 10 ...