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The Sands Family Foundation has issued a $1 million challenge to close the Harley School’s $12 million “Lives of Great Purpose” fundraising campaign. The school and members of the Sands family – two cousins representing the second generation to attend ...

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Rochester-area homeowners are staying in the same house more than three years longer than they did in 2010. The median home tenure is 10.8 years, up 3.2 years, according to new data provided by technology-based real estate brokerage Redfin. That’s ...

Local healthcare education programs make inroads on diversity. When it comes to diversity in higher education programs for healthcare, two local institutions have made the grade nationally. Insight into Diversity magazine gives awards each year to the higher education institutions across ...

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The Friendly Home, a skilled nursing, rehabilitation, memory care and hospice facility, is paving the way for neurologic music therapy in Rochester, thanks to Sam Snyder. Snyder, 37, joined The Friendly Home team in 2012 as a recreation assistant/music therapist. ...

A greenhouse operation planning to raise hydroponic greens year-round is due to start construction at Eastman Business Park. Clearwater Organic Farms’ plans for a 10-acre greenhouse had been stalled for financing issues for the last two years. But Friday morning, ...

The Rochester Riverside Convention Center will host the Federation of Social Workers’ 15th annual Human Service Worker of the Year luncheon on Nov.1. The luncheon honors contributions in social service citywide. Ten awards will be bestowed on 13 recipients, including: ...

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Delphi Technologies PLC officials on Thursday announced plans to shutter the company’s Henrietta research and development facility, eliminating 235 jobs, as part of a larger plan to cut costs. Delphi CEO Richard Dauch, Vice President of Investor Relations Sherief Bakr ...

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Former Rochester Fire Chief John Caufield, has been named the new CEO of Holy Sepulchre and Ascension Garden Cemeteries. Caufield served as a community firefighter in Rochester for almost 27 years, and was fire chief from 2007 to 2012, until ...

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Jennifer Takatch, principal at Architectura P.C. since 1991, received the American Institute of Architects Rochester Medal of Distinction. The award is the organization’s highest honor and recognizes a lifetime of achievement in architecture, including service to the profession. Takatch was ...

 Girls who might be interested in engineering are invited to an open house on Saturday offered by Rochester Institute of Technology’s Women in Engineering program. The event will be from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. on the Henrietta campus and ...

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More than three-quarters of the brain develops in early childhood, before kids even get to preschool or kindergarten. That means that giving children every opportunity to learn, grow and develop from age zero is fundamental. And that’s why the Children’s ...

The Genesee Valley Chapter of the Association of Fundraising Professionals (AFP) will honor nine people who give back to the community in celebration of National Philanthropy Day. Since 1986, National Philanthropy Day has honored those who devote their time, money, ...

  Incumbent Monroe County District Attorney Sandra Doorley and challenger Shani Curry Mitchell agree that the winner of the race will be spending a lot of energy on new criminal justice reforms set to take effect in January. Starting next ...

Five years ago, Stephanie Steimer discovered she was pregnant with twins. But her joy soon was overshadowed by the news that one of the babies had developed several dangerous conditions, including a heart ailment, swollen ventricles in his brain and ...

For the first time in two decades, Monroe County’s tax rate will be reduced for a second consecutive year. The proposed 2020 county budget, revealed Thursday afternoon by County Executive Cheryl Dinolfo, includes an additional 10-cent cut in the tax ...