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A philanthropic drive to provide internet connectivity for Rochester City School District students required just three weeks to reach its $855,000 goal. The fundraising effort will pay the $85,500 per-month cost and assures students will have internet access through the ...

Many years ago, David Werner was driving home from work on a sunny Friday afternoon when he nearly collided with a motorcyclist at a traffic light. He couldn’t see the driver because of glare from the van in front of ...

Nine Western New York organizations, including some in Rochester, have been recognized by the American Heart Association for taking significant steps to build a culture of health and invest in the health of their workforce. The American Heart Association Workplace ...

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Rochester Museum & Science Center will feature more than 200 diverse Rochester and Haudenosaunee women in a new exhibition set to open on Nov. 20. “The Changemakers: Rochester Women Who Changed the World” is a community-curated exhibition that aims to ...

The National Women’s Hall of Fame in December will host a new program to showcase new inductees virtually. Beginning Dec. 10, NWHF will present the “Virtual Induction Series,” honoring women posthumously who were deceased prior to the establishment of the Hall ...

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For the first time in 130 years, the Salvation Army started its annual holiday fundraising campaign in October in an effort to #RescueChristmas, the nonprofit said this week. “We are expecting more than 2,000 families in Monroe County to come ...

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Lucia Acosta-Castillejo has been appointed executive director of the Monroe County Medical Society. Acosta-Castillejo joins the MCMS from the Alliance for Senior Care Communities, where she served as executive director and CEO. She also has served as executive director of ...

The Landmark Society of Western New York Inc. has chosen five properties for revitalization. The annual Five to Revive identifies opportunities for targeted, strategic revitalization. The list of properties draws attention to key priorities for revitalization in Western New York. ...

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YWCA of Rochester and Monroe County has selected a longtime organizational and diversity, equity and inclusion leader as its next president and CEO. Myra Henry will take the helm of the agency on Dec. 1, replacing Angela Panzarella, who will ...

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Bob Russell has been named president and CEO of the Rochester Hearing and Speech Center, which is celebrating its 100th anniversary. He began his work with RHSC on Oct. 12 and will continue to work alongside Mary Balme through the ...

St. John’s has opened its newly renovated rehabilitation/transitional care center, which features the latest advances in rehabilitative medicine to support transitional care needs from orthopedic surgery to cardiac and stroke rehabilitation. The renovation project, which totaled some $500,000, includes a ...

When Eric Vaughn Johnson founded OFC Creations Theatre Center he was a middle-schooler with a passion for theater that wasn’t being addressed in the traditional school setting. So it might come as little surprise that 15 years later, as OFC ...

Baby Nancy, sidewalk chalk and Jenga have been inducted into the National Toy Hall of Fame at the Strong National Museum of Play. The honorees were unveiled during a special ceremony at the Strong and were chosen from a field ...

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Main Street Arts, a Clifton Springs not-for-profit art gallery, will hold its 7th annual “Small Works” and 5th annual “The Cup, The Mug” virtually this year. Both events are national juried exhibitions. Main Street Arts will use Facebook live on ...

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Goodwill of the Finger Lakes is set to receive a $62,500 influx of funding from KeyBank Foundation, one of four annual installments in a $250,000 gift to the nonprofit organization. Goodwill funds, manages and owns 211/Life Line, an accredited program ...

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