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Rochester Contemporary Art Center will continue its call for entries in its annual 6×6 “small art phenomenon” exhibition throughout the month of March, following Mayor Lovely Warren’s proclamation of March 2 as citywide “Make Art Day.” “Thanks to international and ...

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Real Housewives of Atlanta star Cynthia Bailey’s custom flavor of Seagram’s Escapes has rolled off the factory line at Rochester’s Genesee Brewery. Seagram’s Escapes is a flavored malt beverage line owned by FIFCO USA and produced at Genesee that feature ...

Total foreclosure activity in the Rochester metropolitan area plummeted in January compared to the previous year, according to recent statistics compiled by Attom Data Solutions. The January report by Attom, curator of a comprehensive national property database, showed total foreclosure ...

Garlock Sealing Technologies LLC parent EnPro Industries Inc. this week reported a fourth-quarter increase in sales and earnings, beating Street estimates. For the quarter ended Dec. 31, EnPro posted revenue of $381.4 million, up from $362.5 million in the year-ago ...

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Foodlink Inc. will add a number of additional food distributions to address food insecurity as a result of the government shutdown. Fourteen additional food distributions will be available the week of Feb. 18 through Feb. 23 for individuals who received ...

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The bad news in space this week is the little rover that could has officially pooped out on Mars. The good news is NASA announced it has set aside $242 million for a new project that could explain the mysteries ...

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The second and final phase of the $14 million Route 531 project in Ogden and Sweden has wrapped up, easing the flow of traffic along the redesigned highway. The project began in 2017 and was intended to create a more ...

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The Harris Beach law firm has created a new company, separate from the law practice, offering a cloud-based subscription software tool to help companies with regulatory compliance. CyMetric, the first product being offered by the new company, called Caetra.io, streamlines ...

When Matt Hurlbutt was named president and CEO of Greater Rochester Enterprise Inc. a little more than a year ago, it likely surprised no one who had worked with him in the past. Touting a region is easy, after all, ...

Two Brighton lodging landmarks will be undergoing major makeovers in the next three months. The Comfort Inn at 2729 Monroe Ave. will become a Clarion Pointe, the new brand being unveiled this year by the Choice Hotels chain. The Brighton ...

When it came time to look at colleges, Amy Kovach never pictured herself attending Roberts Wesleyan College. Her brother, Scott, went there and she was tired of being known as “Scott’s sister.” But, she applied anyway and received an offer ...

The Daily Record has selected 14 members of the legal community for its 2019 class of Corporate Counsel Awards honorees. The Corporate Counsel Awards are presented by The Daily Record, in partnership with Rochester Business Journal. The awards honor the ...

The Rochester Commissary, a planned incubator for food businesses, Thursday got word of a $982,800 federal grant that will help make the project possible. The grant from the U.S. Department of Commerce is to be used to renovate part of ...

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The realignment of Dewey Avenue and Driving Park Avenue has been named Project of the Year by the Genesee Valley branch of the American Public Works Association. The project, designed by Bergmann, won in the category of transportation projects less ...

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Literacy Volunteers of Rochester Inc. Executive Director Robert Mahar will retire this summer following 17 years at the helm of the nonprofit agency. Mahar was the organization’s third director in its 55-year history. “LVR and the people associated with the ...

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