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Voter registration deadlines for the upcoming primary election are approaching. New registrants must apply by June 3, voters with a change of address must register by June 8, the absentee application postmark deadline is June 13 and the apply in ...

A new restaurant that owners says will be focused on family, flavor and flair is coming to the former site of The Distillery on West Ridge Road in Greece.

Double Up Food Bucks NY has received bipartisan support for a $2 million allocation in the state budget that will allow the program to expand its services, including in Rochester.   Double Up Food Bucks is a national nutrition incentive program ...

The Strong National Museum of Play has been awarded a $7.5 million grant through the Economic Development Administration’s American Rescue Plan Competitive Tourism program for an expansion project that includes creating a Neighborhood of Play, a new home for the World Video ...

The city of Rochester will invest $6.8 million for revitalization of Genesee Gateway Park and the Riverway Trail.

A series of free informational workshops aimed at providing a roadmap to recovery and growth in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic is being offered to Ontario County small businesses and nonprofits. Ostrander’s Consulting, hired by Ontario County’s planning department, ...

A new grant program established through the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) will provide economic aid to Hickey Freeman and other domestic textile manufacturers. The Cotton and Wool Apparel Program (CAWA) will compensate American manufacturers, along with cotton and wool ...

Creating a vibrant and equitable Monroe County as a great place to live, work and raise a family can be achieved through focus on pillars of stability: economic and workforce development, public safety, public health and wellness and infrastructure. That ...

  The proposed city of Rochester budget includes a 9.6 percent increase in spending — with public safety, neighborhoods and economic empowerment among the priorities — but no change in the tax levy. Mayor Malik Evans unveiled on Friday morning ...

When Amy Casciani looked at the shuttered remnants of retail vitality on the former Irondequoit Mall complex a few years back, she didn’t see urban/suburban blight, she saw a solution to a problem. Monroe County, like just about every other ...

Rochester Mayor Malik Evans, along with Office of Management and Budget Director Michael Burns, will unveil the city’s 2022-23 Fiscal Year Budget proposal at 11 a.m. Friday at City Council chambers. The budget unveiling will be streamed on the city ...

PathStone Corp. and NeighborWorks Community Partners will share $732,000 in funding from the Consolidated Appropriations Act to strengthen affordable housing initiatives in the Rochester area. PathStone has been awarded $477,000 and NeighborWorks will receive $255,000. The government funding is earmarked ...

As Monroe County sought ways to curtail ongoing staffing issues at Monroe Community Hospital last year, County Executive Adam Bello wanted to hear directly from employees. The input from one woman hit home. “She said, ‘I can work across the ...

Steven Olschewski, owner of the Clubhouse Fun Center in Henrietta and Greece, was named U.S. Small Business Administration New York State Small Business Person of the Year. The SBA’s signature award recognizes individuals that demonstrate success in business while also ...

A series of new special events in the heart of downtown — from music and movies to art and food — has been launched to lure people to the streets of Rochester and reconnect them with what the city has ...