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The University of Rochester School of Nursing is cutting the cost of tuition so nurses can more easily comply with new state legislation requiring a bachelor’s degree in nursing within 10 years of getting a nursing license. The RN to ...

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The YMCA of Greater Rochester on Thursday unveiled upgrades at Camp Northpoint, which served 3,000 children this summer. The 45-acre camp on North Greece Road served children from the west side this summer. A $100,000 grant from the Dormitory Authority ...

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Foodlink Inc. and Wegmans Food Markets Inc.’s annual Fill the Bus campaign has begun, and sponsors are expecting to exceed 300,000 pounds of food for area children this year. Now in its sixth year, the Fill the Bus campaign is ...

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Monroe County Executive Cheryl Dinolfo announced today an official date for the grand opening of Seneca Park Zoo’s Animals of the Savanna expansion project. Animals of the Savanna opens on Sept. 13, and it’s the second major project in phase ...

Xerox Corp. on Thursday confirmed plans to cut a number of jobs at its Webster facility, as well as facilities in Canada and throughout the U.S. “Xerox continues restructuring activities as part of its initiative to optimize its operations globally,” ...

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Girl Scouts of Western New York is introducing a myriad of new programs for the fall. There are new badges for Girl Scouts to earn involving a range of topics such as cybersecurity, eco-camping, robotics, college preparation, space science and more. ...

A professor in Rochester Institute of Technology’s sustainability institute is leaving to become dean of Alfred University’s engineering school. Gabrielle Gaustad, an Alfred alumna who has taught at RIT for the last 10 years, will become dean of Alfred’s Inamori ...

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Southwest Airlines again plans to expand its offerings from the Greater Rochester International Airport. Southwest will offer seasonal, nonstop service on select Saturdays to Fort Myers, Florida. The nonstop flights are scheduled for Feb. 16 and 23, as well as ...

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A citizen’s group that has been fighting the High Acres Landfill in Perinton because of odors has filed suit in U.S. District Court against landfill operator Waste Management of New York. The suit seeks an injunction to: Hold off on ...

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New car sales across Monroe County in July continued to trail year-ago numbers, Rochester Automobile Dealers’ Association Inc. reported. Some 4,022 new cars and trucks were sold by Monroe County dealers last month, down 6 percent from 4,287 in June ...

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Manufacturing activity remained robust in New York State this month, according to the August Empire State Manufacturing Survey, released yesterday by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. The headline general business conditions index climbed three points to 25.6 in ...

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Some of the finest designs and amenities in luxury living will be showcased when Homearama 2018 kicks off a nine-day run on Saturday morning. Six recently completed homes in the WaterSong Trail development just off Five Mile Line Road in ...

A deed discovered by a team from Rochester Institute of Technology in December shows that Frederick Douglass made efforts to invest in Rochester, and not just live and work here. The famed abolitionist, who was born into slavery 200 years ...

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Nominations are being accepted for the 8th Annual 2018 Reshaping Rochester Awards. Presented by the Community Design Center Rochester, the Reshaping Rochester Awards recognize exemplary regional initiatives and projects that positively impact people, neighborhoods and the community. Three awards will ...

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The New York Power Authority has issued a request for information (RFI) to identify potential public and private partnerships to address key barriers to electric vehicle (EV) expansion statewide. The RFI also will help maximize the impact of NYPA’s recently ...

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