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Gates manufacturer Corrosion Products & Equipment Inc. has been purchased by a Rhode Island group of specialty distributorships. INSCO Group has acquired CPE for an undisclosed sum. The acquisition includes CPE’s headquarters in Gates, which employs 18 people, as well ...

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Representatives from several local transportation groups will travel to the state Capitol Tuesday to lobby for increased funding to improve public transportation in the Rochester region and in Upstate New York. Our Streets Transit Coalition will meet with state legislators ...

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Operating conditions across the manufacturing sector nationwide improved in January, a monthly report from IHS Markit shows. The January IHS Markit U.S. Manufacturing Purchasing Managers Index reports that domestic demand drove new business growth, as new export orders rose only ...

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First American Manufacturing Finance, part of City National Bank, is dangling the proverbial carrot for college students looking to bring new thinking and innovation to the manufacturing industry. Now in its second year, the equipment finance company is accepting applications ...

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Nearly $2 million has been set aside by the state Homes and Community Renewal to expand homeownership in the Finger Lakes. Some 56 Finger Lakes households will benefit from the $1.7 million that is being awarded to area agencies. The ...

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Perinton’s Route 31F bridge replacement project has been awarded Project of the Year by the American Public Works Association Genesee Valley Chapter. In the category of structures projects costing less than $5 million, the Macedon Center Road bridge that carries ...

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Hobart and William Smith Colleges have named a woman as president for the first time in the joint colleges’ history. Joyce P. Jacobsen, provost and vice president for academic affairs at Wesleyan University in Middletown, Conn., was welcomed in an ...

 A town hall event to rally support for farmworkers’ rights in New York State is scheduled for Sunday afternoon in downtown Rochester. The gathering, sponsored by the Justice for Farmworkers Legislative Campaign and Rural Migrant Ministries Inc., is urging passage ...

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The Genesee County Economic Development Center has approved incentives for two projects expected to create or retain nearly 300 jobs in Batavia. Graham Corp. will invest $1.1 million for capital improvements to expand various properties at its Florence Avenue campus. ...

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The number of firearms found at the Greater Rochester International Airport fell in 2018, new data from the Transportation Security Administration shows. Two guns were found during TSA checks at Rochester’s airport last year, down from four in 2017. TSA ...

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Sonnenberg Gardens & Mansion State Historic Park has been recognized as a leading wedding venue in the 2019 WeddingWire Couples’ Choice Awards. The scenic Canandaigua gardens earned a nod in the venue category of the international contest and was one ...

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Sometimes it is the darkest time in one’s life that brings the most clarity. Christine Porter was going through a harrowing divorce when she challenged herself to 30 days of meditation. She was tired, anxious, stressed and felt ready to ...

Five projects have been chosen to receive funding from a pot of $200,000 made available by the Rochester-Monroe Anti-Poverty Initiative. More than 2,600 community members voted on nearly 300 projects to determine which would receive RMAPI’s first participatory budget. Five ...

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Ultralife Corp. shares fell Thursday morning in heavier-than-usual trading, following the Newark manufacturer’s fourth quarter earnings report. Ultralife shares (Nasdaq: ULBI) closed Wednesday at $8.05 and had fallen $1 before rebounding to $8.04 in afternoon trading Thursday. For the quarter ...

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A group of state legislators has introduced bills again to prevent construction of trash incinerators anywhere in the Finger Lakes Watershed, in an attempt to halt Circular energG’s proposed incinerator at the former Seneca Army Deport in Romulus. The legislators ...

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