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A fifth Florida man has pleaded guilty to charges involving a scheme to defraud Xerox Corp. of more than $20 million in toner supplies. Robert Fisher of Daytona, Fla., pleaded guilty before US District Court Judge Elizabeth Wolford Friday in ...

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The creator of “Rubes” cartoon will talk about the creative process is part of the Imagine RIT: Creativity and Innovation Festival April 27. Leigh Rubin has been named “cartoonist-in-residence” at the university and visited last fall to speak with students. ...

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SWBR has been named a winner of two Outstanding Project Awards from the Rochester chapter of the Construction Specifications Institute (CSI). The multidisciplinary design firm from Rochester was recognized for its contributions to DePaul’s Upper Falls Square Apartments and for ...

CountryMax has opened its new store in Batavia, one of 17 stores operated by the family business that began in Farmington. The 23,000-square-foot store has scheduled a grand opening celebration May 18 and 19, but doors opened Thursday for shoppers. ...

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Aaron Olden M.D. tragically lost his 34-year-old brother to an opioid overdose in 2017. Devastated, Olden found hope in his heartache and used it as a catalyst for his latest project. “My brother’s death made me rethink my professional goals ...

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 ROCyourRack event, at which women are encouraged to work out in their sports bras. Compass Cycle + Flow, ...

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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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