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Sidewalks are becoming sideeats in the city of Rochester. Arnett Café at 332 Arnett Blvd. has joined the list of businesses participating in Flower City Sidewalks, the city’s outdoor dining, shopping and business program created to spark economic recovery from ...

Nearly 2,300 businesses and organizations in the Rochester metropolitan area have received Paycheck Protection Program loans for $150,000 or more, helping to save more than 107,000 jobs, new data from the U.S. Small Business Administration shows. The data also shows ...

The city of Rochester has begun work to create an online database of police department disciplinary records, with launch expected by the end of the year at the latest. Implementation of the online resource comes after the New York legislature ...

Longtime state Assemblyman and civil rights advocate David Gantt died Wednesday. He was 78. Mr. Gantt was born in 1941, in Opp, Ala. He was the oldest of five brothers, growing up in a single-parent household with humble beginnings. His ...

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U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer has introduced bipartisan legislation that promises to bolster U.S. leadership in the microelectronics sector that could have implications for Rochester’s photonics and semiconductor industry. Citing concerns that China is catching up to the U.S. in microelectronics ...

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The city of Rochester will reinstate parking fees at meters and downtown garages beginning Wednesday, ending a three-month hiatus that was prompted by the coronavirus pandemic. Fees were waived starting April 1 to lessen hardships during the COVID-19 outbreak. The regular ...

Arline Santiago, senior vice president at ESL Federal Credit Union, has been named the third co-chair of the Commission on Racial and Structural Equality (RASE), a collaborative project launched earlier this month by Rochester Mayor Lovely Warren and Monroe County ...

The town of Irondequoit’s new RISE program will provide grants to locally owned small businesses to aid in their recovery from the coronavirus crisis. Revitalizing Irondequoit’s Small Business Economy program (RISE) will have $340,000 in funding available from the CARES ...

The city of Rochester has reopened several departments for in-person services, including the city clerk, Traffic Violations Agency and Bureau of Parking. The city clerk’s licensing office (Room 100A in City Hall) will be open from 10 a.m. to 3 ...

The Rochester area will receive nearly $4 million in U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development funding to help its homeless population during the COVID-19 pandemic. The Emergency Solutions Grants are part of a $4 billion funding allocation nationwide targeted ...

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Considering many restaurants have been shut down since mid-March, Rochester Mayor Lovely Warren said the last thing she wants to see is bureaucratic red tape block a reopening. “We don’t want government barriers placed in anyone’s way who wants to ...

As travelers gradually begin to book seats on airlines with more frequency, the Greater Rochester International Airport is implementing the #ReadySetROC initiative to promote health and safety. Among the measures being taken: » Social distancing markers have been placed at ...

To ensure restaurants have the proper face coverings to facilitate reopening when Gov. Andrew Cuomo gives the green light, Monroe County will provide 500 free face masks for every permitted business. The one-time distribution to restaurants and other food service ...

On May 8, when Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced a five-month extension to the look-back window for childhood sexual abuse victims, he did so to enable victims to seek the justice they deserve, despite court closures caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. ...

The city of Rochester has created a website, JumpStartingROC.com, to assist businesses in the recovery from the coronavirus pandemic. The site provides information on loans and grants, as well as access to applications for sidewalk cafe and zoning permits for ...