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Oscar-winning actress Marlee Matlin will speak at Rochester Institute of Technology’s National Technical Institute for the Deaf Dec. 5 on the subject of addiction and recovery. Matlin, the deaf actress who won an Academy Award in 1987 for “Children of ...

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Soft skills–those traits and techniques that help you build relationships with others–are a key to getting ahead at work. Even in a high-tech, highly electronic world, says Melisza Campos, a Dale Carnegie master, “The people who can get things done ...

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Rochester is home to more than 21,000 seniors, and those individuals have multiple choices when it comes to living facilities. Whether they choose independent living, assisted living, memory care or any of the other types of facilities available here, seniors ...

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Monroe Community College Foundation’s annual gala event Thursday honored the Wegman family for its philanthropic commitment to MCC, and announced a  pledge of $4 million from the ESL Foundation to help support students. Danny Wegman, president and chairman of the Wegman ...

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If Halloween’s over and the first snow has arrived, it must be time to start planning Christmas tree-lighting events. For the sixth year, Genesee Brewery will light up a tree made of beer kegs and decorated with more than 30,000 ...

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A federal jury on Friday convicted Richard Leon Wilbern for the fatal robbery of the Xerox Federal Credit Union in Webster in 2003. Wilbern, 59, fatally shot Raymond Batzel during the crime and wounded another customer, Joseph Doud. The jury ...

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Honor Flight Rochester and two local World War II veterans will be featured on Veterans Day on a national television show. The “Honor Flight Heroes” show on Discovery’s American Heroes Channel will share the stories of Philip “Curly” Voystock and Harold ...

Agathi Georgiou-Graham’s road to becoming a staple in the Rochester hospitality industry wasn’t one of glitz and glamour. In fact, she never planned on being an event planner and multi-venue owner. Rather, she realized in college that she had a ...

In the last dozen years, the Rochester Women’s Giving Circle has put some $1.5 million back into a community that is both fraught with an endless cycle of poverty and eager to break out of that cycle. And during those ...

Empire State Development announced the 10 startups selected to take part in the third round of New York State’s Luminate NY accelerator competition in Rochester on Thursday during the Lightning Awards at the Strong National Museum of Play. Each of ...

In 13 seasons in the NFL, all with the Buffalo Bills, Kyle Williams was known as the heart and soul of the team. He was passionate about football, the city and, most importantly, his teammates. “We had fleeting success in ...

Cheers of “WE ARE… PAYCHEX” filled the Blue Cross Arena Thursday morning as more than 3,500 Rochester employees gathered to hear words of encouragement from their CEO and be celebrated. Emceed by Ted Jordan, Paychex vice president of service, the ...

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The coloring book, Matchbox Cars and the card game Magic: The Gathering have been inducted into the National Toy Hall of Fame at The Strong National Museum of Play. The three were chosen from a field of 12 finalists. Left ...

An Ontario County property owner has won a judgment that could approach $300,000 in a 12-year-old property tax case. State Supreme Court Justice John J. Ark wrote in a decision released last week that Ontario County officials failed to properly ...

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Not so many years ago, Amanda Colon was a high school student who was comfortable handling figures and knew her way around a spread sheet. But she hadn’t decided on a path toward a career yet. Colon’s accounting class in ...

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