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Ontario County’s Leonard’s Express has adopted a new green technology for its diesel trucks. The SPI Exhaust Reaction System, or SPIER, was developed by Rochester native and retired General Motors Corp. engineering executive Jack Schickler. Schickler partnered with Leonard’s express and ...

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Passage of the $475 million Rochester School Modernization Program will provide thousands of critical infrastructure construction jobs, but more importantly, the students in the city school district will have more of the necessary tools to thrive. “This is about educational ...

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Work has begun on two major roadway projects in the Rochester and Finger Lakes regions that total nearly $42 million. Construction began on a 10.5-mile stretch of I-390 between Avon and Henrietta in mid-May, with paving along the northbound lanes ...

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The Monroe County Water Authority has received the J.D. Power Award for ranking highest in customer satisfaction. The award is for providing the top service among midsize water utilities in the northeast. The MCWA has won in back-to-back years, and ...

The Rochester community often is praised for its generosity, its willingness and ability to give back and its readiness to step up when needed. During the last 15 months that has been witnessed at every turn, but perhaps none more ...

While gas prices in the Rochester area topped out at $3 per gallon this week — the highest Memorial Day week average locally since 2018 — experts are predicting a spike in travel for the holiday. GasBuddy this week said ...

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As CPL looks to the future, CEO Todd Liebert has mapped out an ambitious five-year plan for growth that includes moving into new geographic regions and reducing the firm’s reliance on work within New York. The architecture, engineering and planning ...

Xerox Holdings Corp. continues to reinvent itself. Xerox has partnered with the Australian state of Victoria government to launch Eloque, a joint venture to commercialize new technology that will remotely monitor the structural health of bridges. Eloque uses tiny fiber ...

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The city of Rochester Fire Department has acquired a new fire and rescue boat, Marine 1, to be deployed by Engine 19, the Lake Avenue Fire Station. Marine 1 will provide substantially improved fire, rescue and medical water-based response capabilities ...

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The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has extended the face mask mandate for domestic travel by air, bus or rail on domestic public transportation systems through Sept. 13. The face mask requirement, which went into effect Feb. 1, was to expire ...

REV LNG LLC is growing its renewable energy business locally, while building out its portfolio across the country. The company specializes in renewable energy project development and mobile energy services. Since 2012, it has provided liquid natural gas and compressed natural gas solutions to a ...

American Airlines will extend its seasonal once-a-week nonstop flight from Rochester to Miami through the summer and then again over the winter months. The Saturday flights — aboard a 76-seat Embraer 175 — will be available from June 5-Aug. 14 and then ...

Students living in Rochester’s Cornerstone Group and Charles Settlement’s Stadium Estates properties now have access to free wireless internet connections through the Community Classrooms program. Community Classrooms aims to repurpose underutilized spaces within affordable housing developments to ensure students have ...

A task force of local government partners and community leaders will assess internet services in low-income and rural areas of Monroe County in hopes of finding solutions to close service gaps and eliminate access barriers. The Monroe County Advisory Task ...

Greenlight Networks will acquire Plexicomm, LLC, a Binghamton-based internet solution provider, allowing for expansion of the high-speed fiber network into Broome and Tioga counties. Greenlight has already signed a purchase agreement for Plexicomm and will absorb the firm’s 12 employees ...