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Bausch & Lomb Inc., whose parent company last month changed its name to Bausch Health Cos. Inc., has named Joseph Gordon as its U.S. president. Gordon will oversee the fully integrated U.S. eye care business, inclusive of each of the ...

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An Eastman Kodak Co. spokesman has confirmed that several Rochester employees will be laid off as part of the company’s announced restructuring earlier this month. An Aug. 10 Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act (WARN) filed with the state Department ...

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Homes in New York State continued to sell faster than ever in July, with the average time on the market just 63 days. In June, homes typically sold in 67 days, and in July of 2017 they were on the ...

New one- and two-family homes built in Rochester that receive funding from city-sponsored programs must be constructed in a manner that allows people with disabilities to visit with minimal assistance. The Visitable Home Design Guidelines were created by the city ...

  The Strong National Museum of Play is one of those places where parents can be found climbing through obstacles and playing games on the floor with their kids. Where children learn about toys and explore games old and new. ...

Boasting over a decade of research and 60 issued or pending patents, Rochester’s Clerio Vision Inc. is eyeing the release of a potentially revolutionary step for contact lenses by the dawn of the next decade. Founded in 2014, Clerio Vision ...

For 15 of the 20 years that Chuck Hinkel worked for the Rochester Red Wings, he managed the team’s public relations and media relations efforts. You’re unlikely to end up with lakefront property on Canandaigua Lake while working in that ...

Social anxiety can be debilitating. It held back Linda Heeler for much of her life, until she discovered life coaching. Heeler was a dental hygienist for over 25 years, but she knew in her gut that there was something else ...

Paul J. Burgett, a music scholar, vice president and dean at the University of Rochester, as well as a warm and welcoming presence at the university for more than 50 years, has died. A UR statement issued late Thursday afternoon ...

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Rapidly growing Rochester tech company Heartland  School Solutions has officially set up shop in Henrietta. A division of Atlanta-based fintech company Global Payments, Heartland School Solutions is a software company which develops tracking and reporting services for K-12 school lunchrooms. ...

As local colleges threw open their doors to new and returning students this week, Nazareth College was doing the same, while planning for something else special: the grand opening of the Jane and Laurence Glazer Music Performance Center Sept. 22. ...

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KeyBank has awarded the Isabella Graham Hart School of Practical Nursing $450,000 over the course of three years, the largest donation the bank has made so far in Rochester. The School of Practical Nursing is part of the Rochester Regional ...

Rochester Contemporary Art Center next month will host a new exhibition of works by Dave Calver. The exhibition will open with a reception Sept. 6 and will feature an artist talk and book signing Sept. 8. Calver, a Rochesterian who ...

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Monroe County Executive Cheryl Dinolfo was joined by representatives from Hearing Loop Systems (HLS) and the Hearing Loss Association of America (HLAA) this week to show off the enhanced communications, part of the airport’s ongoing $79 million renovation project. The ...

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Sears, the last original anchor store at Eastview Mall, will be closing. A spokesman for Sears Holding Co. said the closing date will be in November. The number of employees affected by the closing wasn’t immediately available. The local store ...

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