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Total foreclosure activity in the Rochester metropolitan area plummeted in January compared to the previous year, according to recent statistics compiled by Attom Data Solutions. The January report by Attom, curator of a comprehensive national property database, showed total foreclosure ...

Garlock Sealing Technologies LLC parent EnPro Industries Inc. this week reported a fourth-quarter increase in sales and earnings, beating Street estimates. For the quarter ended Dec. 31, EnPro posted revenue of $381.4 million, up from $362.5 million in the year-ago ...

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Foodlink Inc. will add a number of additional food distributions to address food insecurity as a result of the government shutdown. Fourteen additional food distributions will be available the week of Feb. 18 through Feb. 23 for individuals who received ...

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The bad news in space this week is the little rover that could has officially pooped out on Mars. The good news is NASA announced it has set aside $242 million for a new project that could explain the mysteries ...

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The second and final phase of the $14 million Route 531 project in Ogden and Sweden has wrapped up, easing the flow of traffic along the redesigned highway. The project began in 2017 and was intended to create a more ...

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Two Brighton lodging landmarks will be undergoing major makeovers in the next three months. The Comfort Inn at 2729 Monroe Ave. will become a Clarion Pointe, the new brand being unveiled this year by the Choice Hotels chain. The Brighton ...

The Rochester Commissary, a planned incubator for food businesses, Thursday got word of a $982,800 federal grant that will help make the project possible. The grant from the U.S. Department of Commerce is to be used to renovate part of ...

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The realignment of Dewey Avenue and Driving Park Avenue has been named Project of the Year by the Genesee Valley branch of the American Public Works Association. The project, designed by Bergmann, won in the category of transportation projects less ...

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Literacy Volunteers of Rochester Inc. Executive Director Robert Mahar will retire this summer following 17 years at the helm of the nonprofit agency. Mahar was the organization’s third director in its 55-year history. “LVR and the people associated with the ...

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The Kitchen restaurant in the village of Pittsford has earned AAA’s Four Diamonds designation for the second year in a row. The new list for the AAA Western and Central New York was released Thursday, Feb. 14. The Kitchen was ...

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It may be time for ERA Real Estate to call its top sales associate honor the Larry Magguilli Award. Magguilli, who works out of Hunt Real Estate ERA’s Brighton/Pittsford office, was named the No. 1 sales associate for unit sold ...

  A few years ago, Tanvi Asher went from designing medical product packaging for a local manufacturer to designing and selling clothing in a tiny, out-of-the-way studio and shop. Today, the creator of Shop Peppermint has a premier spot and all the ...

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As renovation continues at Sibley Square, innovation, education and incubation are driving the occupancy rate for office and retail space in the storied downtown structure. WinnCompanies, a family-owned real estate development and management firm based in Boston, is immersed in ...

Birnbaum Companies has purchased the four-story building at 125 State St. in downtown Rochester and plans to create moderately priced housing in what has been office space. While the creation of upscale apartments has been the rage in recent heart-of-the-city ...

Two Erie County residents who claim they were struck by an object that fell from the arena ceiling in November 2017 are suing the Buffalo Sabres, Pegula Sports and Entertainment and KeyBank Center. Kimberly A. Korzeniewski of West Seneca and ...