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Shipt delivery service has expanded its service in the Rochester area to include Petco. Deliveries from the pet supply store, which has outlets in Brighton, Irondequoit, Greece and Henrietta, began on Thursday, April 18. The company entered the Rochester market ...

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  Lorne Farovitch, a graduate student at the University of Rochester, grew up deaf in a deaf family in Vancouver, British Columbia. His family situation meant that until the age of 24, Farovitch didn’t communicate with people in any other ...

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Seneca Foods Corp. has purchased a Florida-based producer of glace fruit products for nearly $9.4 million. Documents filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission this week by Paradise Inc. show that the two manufacturers entered into the agreement April 15. ...

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People are neither coming nor going in Monroe County, a new report on the region’s population change shows. New U.S. Census Bureau estimates for counties nationwide show that from 2017 to 2018, Monroe County went from 742,436 residents to 742,474, ...

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A local indoor cycling and yoga studio this weekend will team with the National Eating Disorder Association, or NEDA, for the studio’s semi-annual Rock Your Rack event, at which women are encouraged to work out in their sports bras. Compass ...

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The expiration of a lease and an overabundance of staff members at other call centers has prompted the closing of a Henrietta-based business, meaning 75 employees will be looking for jobs. CallVista, a call center working exclusively with Internet-based marketing ...

Rochester City Council member Willie J. Lightfoot has been named council vice president, replacing former vice president Adam McFadden. A 12-year Air Force veteran and retired city firefighter, Lightfoot was elected as council member at-large in 2017 and formerly served ...

At the monthly meeting of Rochester City Council on Tuesday, March 15, dozens of members of the Rochester Police Locust Club took the microphone to announce their disapproval of a proposed independent police accountability board,  or PAB. A month later ...

The New York Wine and Grape Foundation is moving from Canandaigua to Penn Yan. The foundation, a trade and marketing organization for grapes and wine, has been located in Canandaigua since the New York Wine and Culinary Center — now ...

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A $3 million capital campaign will pave the way for the return of a Children’s Pavilion at Highland Park, officials said Wednesday. Leadership from the Highland Park Conservancy and Monroe County said half of the campaign funds have been raised ...

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Despite a continuing shortage of homes on the market, buyer demand remained strong in the first quarter of 2019, according to the latest Marketwatch Report by the Greater Rochester Association of Realtors (GRAR). Available homes for sale in the region ...

The Upstate Niagara Cooperative has purchased the former Alpina Foods Inc. manufacturing facility in the Genesee Valley Agri-Business Park for $22.5 million. The Upstate Niagara Cooperative is a farmer-owned cooperative of 327 dairy farms throughout Western New York. Brands produced ...

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A new Siena College poll found the majority of New Yorkers support a permanent property tax cap, the elimination of cash bail and the legalization of recreational marijuana, among others. The poll was conducted via phone call, surveying a total ...

More than 50 judges and 200 volunteers gathered over wine last weekend in downtown Rochester for the Finger Lakes International Wine Competition. The 19-year-old competition, along with a related wine auction later this year, raises money for Camp Good Days, ...

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Provisions of the 2018 Farm Bill, which became law in December, allow farmers to gain larger loans through the federal Farm Service Agency, the agency has announced. Because of the seasonal nature of farm income, agricultural producers often need substantial ...

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