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Just in time for National Ice Cream Month in July, the Finger Lakes Regional Tourism Council is releasing a list of ice cream shops in the Finger lakes region that will help people celebrate. The list of 20 shops reveals ...

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The National Federation of Independent Business has tapped a business advocacy veteran to serve as its state director in New York. Gregory Biryla previously served as executive director of Unshackle Upstate Inc., Upstate New York’s largest employer advocacy organization, comprised ...

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New Xerox Corp. head John Visentin broke his silence Monday about the failed Fujifilm Holdings Corp. merger and subsequent $1 billion lawsuit brought against the document company. “We cannot stand by and let them further harm our iconic brand,” Visentin ...

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Josh Sidebottom has been named chief operations officers for The Outdoor Group, the Henrietta-based manufacturer of archery and hunting related products. Sidebottom had been vice president of product development for the firm, which is the parent company of nine brands: ...

Expansion at The Glen at Perinton Hills will begin soon now that the developer has received all regulatory land use approvals for the nearly six-acre site. The current office park will be torn down and five new buildings will be ...

Rochester Institute of Technology will dedicate a new laboratory for testing advanced materials and fire protection today, recognizing the $2 million gift that made the lab possible. The gift came from RIT alumnus and former trustee Sudhakar “Bal” Dixit, founder ...

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The continuing lack of houses on the market in Monroe County contributed to a 15.8 percent jump in home prices compared to last year. The May housing market report from the New York State Association of Realtors (NYSAR) shows the ...

Nearly 90 jobs will be retained and another 55 full-time equivalent jobs will be created with the approval of four economic development projects by Imagine Monroe. The projects: » DVL 3 LLC intends to construct a 14,642-square-foot medical complex in ...

If you don’t have a trumpet, clarinet or other instrument, it’s a little difficult to make music. Thus, M&T Bank and the Rochester Education Foundation, or REF, will launch the 11th annual Jazz Fest Musical Instrument Drive in hopes of providing ...

Rochester Institute of Technology has won two $25,000 grants that will buttress study abroad in two South American countries. The grants come from the 100,000 Strong in the Americas Innovation Fund and will pair RIT with universities in Lima, Peru, ...

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Xerox Corp. on Thursday announced the appointment of Steve Bandrowczak as president and chief operations officer. Bandrowczak also will serve as a member of the company’s executive committee. Bandrowczak joins the document company from Alight Solutions, where he was the chief ...

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Catholic Family Center at its annual meeting Wednesday awarded college scholarships to two unaccompanied refugee minors who will graduate from the Rochester City School District this week. Destalem Lemlem came to the U.S. as a refugee from Eritrea in 2014. ...

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New York State ranked 48th for its increase in personal income from the fourth quarter of 2017 to the first quarter of 2018, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Economic Analysis reported Thursday. Personal income statewide rose a meager ...

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The figures describing the University of Rochester can seem staggering. $1.2 billion in annual payroll for 30,800 employees. $3.2 billion total pumped into the economy in the form of that payroll plus the wages of people whose jobs depend on ...

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The Rochester-area economy improved significantly in May with a steep drop in the unemployment rate and the third largest increase statewide in the number of private sector jobs, the state Department of Labor reported this week. Rochester’s jobless rate last ...

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