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News correspondent Anderson Cooper will be the featured speaker at Rochester Institute of Technology’s Brick City Homecoming & Family Weekend in October. Cooper, a correspondent for CBS’s “60 Minutes” and anchor of “Anderson Cooper 360°,” will speak at 2 p.m. ...

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Three months after Allendale Columbia School and the Harley School announced they planned to merge, Allendale Columbia has pulled out of the deal. Allendale Columbia announced Tuesday morning that it has decided to launch a vigorous fundraising campaign to keep ...

Long-time Rochester autobody shop Nu-Look Collision Inc. has been acquired by a Canadian firm for an undisclosed sum. Headquartered in Manitoba, the Boyd Group Inc., is one of the largest operators of non-franchised collision repair centers in North America in ...

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Moody’s has rated Rochester MIG 1, the highest possible rating, for upcoming bond anticipation and revenue anticipation notes. Moody’s ranks cities’ credit rankings on four levels, ranging from MIG 4, the lowest rating, and MIG 1, indicative of a municipality ...

Transcat Inc. has acquired a Canadian calibration software firm for about $1.07 million. Mississauga, Ontario-based Infinite Integral Solutions Inc. is the owner and developer of the CalTree suite of software solutions for the automation of calibration procedures and datasheet generation. ...

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In 1957, Alice Holloway Young tried to buy a house. She and her husband wanted to live west of Genesee Street, in Rochester’s 19th ward. Numerous times she was denied that right because of her skin color. Young — now ...

Greenlight Networks has named Phillip Jones chief financial officer, overseeing the financing, investor relations and strategic planning portions of the company. Jones comes to Greenlight by way of Document Security Systems, an anti-counterfeiting and authentication company based on Canal View ...

A $500,000 grant from New York State will help reduce the number of zombie properties in the city of Rochester. “So-called zombie homes harm our neighborhoods and the people who live in them, and this funding will go a long ...

The College at Brockport is one of four state colleges and universities to receive grants from the Great Lakes Research Consortium (GLRC) in partnership with the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation. The projects receiving funding, which totals $121,916, ...

After 30 years of service, David N. Zacharias, vice president of BME Associates, will retire at the end of 2019. A 1980 graduate of Paul Smith’s College, Zacharias worked in Utah and Connecticut before accepting an offer to start a ...

Merrill Lynch has named Chris Mueller as the bank’s wealth management market executive for New York, a position spread across Rochester and Buffalo. Mueller has been at Merrill Lynch for 14 years, most recently serving as midwest division financial advisor ...

Flower City Habitat for Humanity has completed two zombie house renovations as part of its Vacant and Abandoned Homes pilot program with the city of Rochester. The goal of the initiative is to eliminate the growing abandoned home issue, which ...

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Charles “Chip” Murphy is quite sure he is working the dream job. When you always enjoy your day in the office as regional vice president in Rochester for Hunt Real Estate ERA, how can it not be the perfect vocation. ...

  The YMCA of Greater Rochester has reached a turning point in its initial fundraising goal for its new Schottland Family Branch with a $1 million gift from Edward and Ann Pettinella. With the gift, the branch’s state-of-the-art aquatic center ...

As the Federal Reserve Board increasingly indicates it may cut interest rates later this year, the local banking and finance industry is ready for it by pursuing multifaceted strategies for growth. Martin K. Birmingham, president and chief executive officer of ...