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The funding was included in the 2023 county budget and applications will be accepted until noon on March 3. Approved grants will be announced in April.

Monroe County is stepping up efforts to fill caseworker positions in child protective services.

The town planning board voted 5-0 (two members were absent) earlier this month to approve the project, which will create the second new Byrne Dairy location in Greece in the past two years.

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With the century-old Main Street lift bridge in downtown Brockport scheduled to close this spring, the New York State Department of Transportation has an informational meeting on Feb. 9 for residents and business owners.

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Saying Rochester has been short-changed for far too long, the area's state legislative contingent says it plans to push New York leaders to allot more to the city.

The University of Rochester is preparing to take over ownership of College Town, the mixed-use development that helped revitalize the Upper Mt. Hope neighborhood.

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Rochester is using the courts — and the threat of possible jail time for contempt — to hold landlords accountable for residential rental property code violations.

While Amazon last year paused the launch of many of its newly built facilities across the country due to changing economic conditions and apparent supply chain issues, the company said it is definitely moving forward with the suburban Rochester location.

A $3 million New York grant will allow Rochester to move forward with phases two and three of the ROC City Skate Park.

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Monroe County will eliminate its 4 percent sales tax on clothing purchases up to $110 and allow more residents to apply for property tax exemptions.

New York will make targeted investments to spur economic opportunity and innovation, tie minimum wage increases to inflation and create 800,000 new homes over the next decade under proposals introduced by Gov. Kathy Hochul during her State of the State address on Tuesday afternoon.

When the Digital Fair Repair Act was signed into law by Gov. Kathy Hochul last week, New York became the first state in the nation to require manufacturers of electronic equipment to make diagnostic and repair information available to independent ...

Moody’s Investors Service has downgraded the town of Irondequoit’s issuer and general obligation limited tax (GOLT) ratings one notch, from Aa3 to A1, while issuing the top grade on bond debt. The town was assigned a Municipal Investment Grade (MIG) ...

The Rochester-Finger Lakes region will receive a windfall of federal funding through the bipartisan omnibus-spending package for Fiscal Year 2023, including the final $62.5 million needed to complete the modernization of the Canandaigua VA campus.    The VA funding will complete ...

The city of Rochester will use a $500,000 grant to clean and transform blighted brownfield sites while also training workers for careers in the environmental construction industry. The grant was provided by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Brownfield Jobs Training ...