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Kevin Momot is proof that you can go “home.” Six years after leaving The Daily Record, Momot has returned. Only this time, instead of overseeing operations for just one publication, he’ll be publisher and sales director of both the Rochester ...

The Veterans Outreach Center has added a director of risk management to step up its suicide prevention measures. Christopher Durkin joined the nonprofit firm’s leadership team Sept. 1 to focus on crisis mitigation for staff and clients with a heavy ...

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Graham Corp. has secured orders totaling $19 million for three international projects in its crude oil refining market. Two projects are in Asia and one is in Latin America. The Genesee County manufacture said one of the Asian projects is ...

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A west side packaging and label company will close in December, according to a Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notice filed last week with the state Department of Labor. WS Packaging Group Inc., formerly Label World Inc., which produces high-quality label ...

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In the 1980s, Gidget Hopf was responsible for bringing jobs to hundreds of blind and disabled people in Rochester when she spearheaded a relationship between the Association for the Blind and Visually Impaired and 3M Corp. to produce and distribute ...

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Neighbors of the now-vacant Colgate Rochester Crozer Divinity School are suing the City of Rochester, the city’s manager of zoning, a developer and the school itself, claiming environmental concerns were ignored and policy violated when rezoning of the site cleared ...

Schools, banks, health systems, car dealerships and a beverage giant are all accepting donations for hurricane relief being coordinated by InterVol, the non-profit humanitarian agency based in Rochester. InterVol is working with the Rochester Regional Health, the Sands Family and ...

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At least 17 eateries in the Honeoye Falls-Lima district are working to help raise money for educational experiences by participating in the first HFL Restaurant Week Sept. 30 to Oct. 6. Each restaurant, bar or other establishment that serves food ...

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Lifespan of Greater Rochester Inc. has joined three dozen health, consumer and aging organizations in a bid to include a middle-class tax credit for family caregivers in the next state budget proposal. Some 36 groups cosigned a letter to Gov. ...

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Stein Mart is back in the business of carrying children’s clothing. The discount designer retailer announced Monday that it has launched a kids department, including apparel, shoes, toys and décor. “This is an exciting opportunity for us to better serve ...

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The Rochester area has the lowest risk in the nation of a housing-market downturn when the next recession hits, according to analysis by Redfin. The technology-powered real estate brokerage says the next recession most likely will not have a great ...

Apple producers in Wayne County are readying their farm stands, cideries and other apple-oriented businesses for the annual Wayne County Apple Tasting Tour in October. The tour lasts the entire month of October, hosted by 12 Wayne County businesses. Special ...

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The Genesee County Economic Development Center has approved incentives for two projects, including one at Batavia manufacturer Graham Corp. Graham plans to invest more than $2 million across multiple projects at its Batavia campus, which will include an expansion of ...

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Amid speculation of an impending economic recession comes conjecture that the manufacturing sector already is in recession, based on certain metrics. Factory activity in August reached its lowest Purchasing Managers Index (PMI) in nearly a decade, according to a monthly ...

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Bausch Health Cos. Inc., the Canadian parent of Bausch & Lomb Inc., this week announced a plan to reduce its debt by $200 million. Bausch Health said it will reduce the debt through the prepayment of senior secured term loans ...

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