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The National Women’s Hall of Fame has selected nine inductees for 2021. This year’s inductees include author Octavia Butler, artist and author Judy Chicago, former First Lady Michelle Obama, business executive Indra Nooyi, musician and playwright Joy Harjo, activist and ...

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Former Eastman Kodak Co. leader Colby Chandler died March 4. He was 95. Mr. Chandler joined Kodak in the 1950s and served as chairman and CEO from 1983 to 1990. He presided over the company when Kodak employed more than ...

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Monroe 2-Orleans BOCES Center for Workforce Development (CWD) and Monroe County have joined forces to reduce costs for the Class B commercial driver’s license program. Usually offered with a price tag of $1,800, the course will cost participants only the ...

COVID-19 has impacted litigation across the board, with economic uncertainties and delays getting trial dates prompting some clients to settle or mediate cases rather than having their day in court. David Cook, a partner with Phillips Lytle LLP, says he ...

The Genesee County Economic Development Center has accepted an initial application for incentives from Plug Power Inc. for its proposed $232.7 million green energy technology facility at the Western New York Science & Technology Advanced Manufacturing Park (STAMP). The project ...

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Construction has begun on L2P Westside, an affordable housing development that will consist of 41 single-family homes in Rochester’s southwest quadrant. Using a lease-to-purchase template, the houses are being built on vacant city-owned lots and will transition from rental homes ...

The government was embarrassed once already in an attempt to convict Robert Morgan and three others on fraud charges, so it’s safe to assume federal prosecutors believe very strongly that they can prove the allegations contained in a new 104-count ...

Construction to update seven historic single-lane bridges that cross the Erie Canal has been completed. The $10.7 million project rehabilitated bridges in the towns of Murray, Albion, Gaines and Ridgeway and in the village of Medina. The state Department of ...

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Gigi’s Playhouse Rochester will hold its annual fundraising gala virtually this year. The theme is “I Have a Voice Reimagined.” The nonprofit Down syndrome achievement center will hold the event on Saturday, March 20. GiGi’s hopes to raise $75,000 at ...

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Some 75 businesses, schools and community-based organizations statewide have been awarded nearly $9.5 million as part of the state’s Workforce Development Initiative, including five in the Rochester and Finger Lakes Region. “The economic impact of COVID-19 has completely upended the ...

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A new federal administration could mean potential changes to individual and business tax policies although local experts believe such changes, if they occur, will not happen before year-end or even into 2022. In the meantime, they are recommending steps to ...

VisualDx has worked for two decades to address the treatment and outcomes for medical patients with skin of color and now has partnered on a new global initiative to reduce disparities in medicine and highlight ways to bridge gaps of ...

DoorDash is providing $5,000 subsidies to 32 Monroe County restaurants as part of the company’s COVID-19 Restaurant Relief Grant Program. The grants can be used for operating costs such as rent, payroll, purchasing personal protective equipment and expanding outdoor dining ...

Iconic IT has joined forces with London-based Globe Law and Business, Ltd., to produce a roadmap in book form on outsourcing for law firms. “Outsourcing of Core Legal Service Functions: How to Capitalize on Opportunities for Law Firms” is currently ...

As the agency charged with luring donors and dollars to the Monroe Community College Foundation annual gala every year since 2014, Dixon Schwabl always faces a creative challenge — and delivers. The gala is one of MCC’s major fund-raising campaigns, meant ...