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With so few houses available on the market, more homeowners are choosing to give their current living space a new feel by remodeling or renovating. Sometimes, however, homeowners have an unrealistic expectation of the time it will take to complete ...

In the 1970s and early 1980s, New York City’s Bryant Park was a dangerous place to be. Whether people were walking through the park next to the New York Public Library, or along the streets nearby, they risked becoming victim ...

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Even the most optimistic medical or health care professional will tell you that there are some things about the United States’ system of treatment and billing that needs some work. We’ve got the best doctors in the world (some right ...

Finger Lakes Federal Credit Union and Fairport Federal Credit Union have announced an intent to merge, to be completed in the fourth quarter of 2019. The combined credit union will continue to operate as one cohesive credit union. Finger Lakes, ...

Orolia Defense and Security, a global position, navigation and timing company based on Jefferson Road, has finalized the purchase of Global Navigation Simulation System (GNSS) company Talen-X. Headquarterd in Beavercreek, Ohio, Talen-X’s technology is primarily focused on aerospace and defense ...

Nominees for the annual Athena awards in Canandaigua have been announced and include women from the legal, business, nonprofit and education arenas. In addition to the six women nominated for Athena Leadership Award, another five were nominated for the Athena ...

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The Greater Rochester International Airport has received $2.7 million in federal funding toward aircraft rescue firefighting vehicles and equipment. The funding will go toward the Monroe Community College Public Safety Training Facility on Scottsville Road. The facility serves as a ...

Greater Rochester Chamber of Commerce President and CEO Bob Duffy has been named to the U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s Committee of 100 (CCC100). Duffy was one of 14 executives named to the CCC100 to advise the U.S. Chamber’s board of directors, ...

For decades, it was perhaps the most underutilized thoroughfare in Rochester, an urban-renewal-era roadway meant to move drivers into and out of downtown in rapid fashion. In reality, the Inner Loop was very much a moat, sans water. The sunken, ...

To help track the impact of downtown’s ongoing evolution, the RBJ asked three stakeholders for comments. Monday: Sharon Napier, founder and partner at Partners + Napier. Tuesday: Sergio Esteban, CEO of LaBella Associates. Today: Christopher Mannelli, executive director of Geva ...

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If you like your stroll along the Genesee River complemented by the omnipresent aroma of pulled pork lingering in the air, the city of Rochester has a treat for you. Mayor Lovely Warren, alongside commissioner of environmental services Norman Jones ...

Rochester members of the United Auto Workers are on strike with thousands of others across the country, protesting lack of progress on a labor contract with General Motors. Dan Maloney, president of UAW Local 1097 in Rochester, said presidents from ...

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Seven finalists have been selected for the 2018 Ethie Award, an annual honor given to local businesses and organizations by the Rochester Area Business Ethics Foundation. The finalists, chosen by an independent panel of judges, are: Excellus BCBS, a nonprofit ...

The Oneida Indian Nation is slated to host their second Doing Business with the Oneida Nation conference on Friday, Oct. 4. The half-day conference, planned through the Nation’s Office of Economic Development, is poised at attracting businesses from across New ...

Supreme Court Associate Justice Sonia Sotomayor is no stranger to adversity, having grown up in housing projects amid poverty and hardship. Her father died when she was nine, leaving her mami to raise their two children alone. Yet her mami—who ...