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Brighton Grassroots is trying to raise support for a referendum that could impact the Whole Foods Grocery store project proposed by the Daniele Family Companies. The group, represented by long-time public relations executive Howie Jacobson, has taken out a full-page ...

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Woods Oviatt Gilman LLP has been granted a sales tax exemption on equipment, furniture and fixtures by Imagine Monroe, a step in the firm’s planned move to Legacy Tower (formerly Bausch & Lomb Tower). The county says Woods Oviatt Gilman ...

CountryMax, the Ontario-county based chain of pet, farm and garden stores, is planning to return to Batavia in Spring 2019. The family owned company had operated a store in Batavia for 17 years, but closed in February, citing the inability ...

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As the craft beverage business goes, so goes Waterloo Container Co. With the boom in wineries, breweries and distilleries in New York and around the Northeast, the company that supplies bottles and packaging to the beverage industry is booming too. ...

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Monroe Community College’s embattled president, Anne M. Kress, Tuesday characterized a faculty vote of no confidence in her as a union bargaining ploy, but said she will reach out to faculty representatives to try to seek a resolution. Kress held ...

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Pamela Fennell Baker has been named president of Our Lady of Mercy School for Young Women. The appointment by the school’s board of trustees was announced on Tuesday and she will officially assume the role on Jan. 2. She succeeds ...

Given the choice between a mundane workload or an exacting assignment, Douglas B. Eldred chose the latter every time. A mid-project quandary always spiced up the workday for the senior project engineer at Fairport-based BME Associates. “Solving problems is what ...

The new pavilion made of Douglas fir timber at Rochester Childfirst Network is much more than just an outdoor shelter. With a living roof and the incorporation of a learning garden, the donated structure will also serve as a classroom ...

Canada’s largest airline quietly made its last departure from Rochester Oct. 31, the same day Greater Rochester International Airport celebrated the long-awaited completion of its $79 million renovation project. Air Canada officials told Greater Rochester International Airport interim airport director ...

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Harris Corp.’s Rochester-based Space and Intelligence Systems has shipped its largest mirror ever for a ground-based observatory that will produce the deepest, widest views of the universe. As part of the National Science Foundation team assembling the Large Synoptic Survey ...

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Stores seem to have scaled back on how early they’ll open on Black Friday or, more accurately, on Thanksgiving. But they’ve redoubled efforts to grab consumer dollars. Ads for the big box stores’ Black Friday deals went out early in ...

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The University of Rochester’s Warner School has named a new dean. Anand R. Marri, who teaches at Columbia University’s Teachers College and works in education at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, will begin a five-year term as dean ...

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The median price on October home sales in Monroe County rose $10,000 year-over-year to $150,000, but that’s still $4,000 to $9,900 lower than the median price during the peak summer selling period. While new listings rose slightly (1.5 percent to ...

After a decade of matching consumers of local foods with farmers, the Good Food Collective is branching out to offer a new product: choice. A subscription service that provides a range of fresh produce depending on what’s in season, the ...

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MacGregor’s Grill and Tap Room opened a fifth location on Monday, following months of construction work to renovate the former Zebb’s restaurant in Brighton. Owner Rick Carvotta said the restaurant now features an open floor plan, and a bar about ...

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