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F.F. Thompson Hospital, located in Canandaigua, has moved its intensive care unit to a new, state-of-the-art 12-bed facility. Previously, the hospital’s ICU was in a seven-bed unit. The new Sands-Constellation Intensive Care Unit opened ahead of schedule. UR Medicine Thompson ...

Gov. Andrew Cuomo ordered all workers for “non-essential” businesses to stay home and threatened civil fines or mandatory closure to those employers who don’t comply. The edict goes in effect at 8 p.m. Sunday. He also said all public gatherings ...

Building-related permits and business permits can still be obtained, but the city of Rochester’s Neighborhood and Business Development Department has implemented new customer service procedures to comply with social distancing mandates. Most forms must be submitted by mail or in the ...

The hotel industry, already slammed hard by the coronavirus pandemic, will be forced to endure an even steeper nosedive of occupancy rates and revenue in the coming weeks. But even when the health crisis subsides in the United States, hoteliers ...

Where there once was pizza, there now will be apartments. Volunteers of America Upstate New York will transform the vacant first-floor space of Cooper Union at 119 State St. into seven supportive housing units for homeless individuals. The upper floors ...

Being uprooted from the apartment she had called home for the previous five years was not an enjoyable experience for Shelly Nalty. After all, who likes packing up everything and moving? Especially when the move would only be temporary. But ...

On Feb. 12, a four-bedroom Colonial on Stonegate Drive in Webster appeared for the first time on the multitude of real estate listing sites with an asking price of $179,900. Showings would be available for a total of just five ...

  Since entering the workforce, Mike Long has always been doing something in the construction trades. He did framing. He did electrical work. He did siding. He did roofing. He also always did those tasks while working for someone else. ...

As the co-owner’s son, Cody Hewitt did not volunteer but rather was volunteered — by said co-owner — to spend summers during his high school years working at Hewitt Young Electric LLC. To be clear, this was not a job taken ...

Citizens Bank has issued an $8.7 million loan to help create 41 new units of affordable housing in the city of Rochester. The project, Jefferson Wollensack LLC and sponsored by the Urban League of Rochester, will convert the former Wollensack ...

Rochester Regional Health made a groundbreaking announcement today: The Kitchen Counter by Wolfgang Puck will be opening in the Sands-Constellation Center for Critical Care. This is New York state’s premiere Wolfgang Puck Kitchen Counter location. The ribbon cutting for the ...

Ned Tursunovic remembers his job interview a decade ago with Jeff Morrell, the CEO of Morrell Builders. At the time, Morrell Builders and Pride Mark Homes Inc. were entering a joint venture to create a design studio, and they needed ...

The Rochester metropolitan area experienced greater job growth in construction than all but two cities in the country in 2019, yet the industry still can’t entice enough young people to choose the field as a career. Total employment grew by ...

A still-strong economy, positive employment numbers and continuing low mortgage rates give M&T Bank regional economist Gary Keith reasons to be optimistic about the housing industry in 2020. But the likelihood of even more state-mandated regulations has home builders concerned. ...

A Gates paving and sealcoating contractor will serve six months in prison after failing to claim just over $1.7 million in income on his tax returns. Jason Bassett, 43, was sentenced to the prison term, plus an additional six months home ...