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Syracuse-based Barton & Loguidice, which has an extensive engineering, planning and architecture footprint in New York, has acquired Steinmetz Planning Group. The move will enhance community planning services for Barton & Loguidice, which has 13 offices in the Northeast. Rochester ...

Gasoline prices in Rochester have fallen 5 cents since Sept. 15, when stations made the switch to winter-blend gas, but consumers continue to balk at prices that are nearly 20 cents higher than what they paid at the pump last ...

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State Sen. Patrick Gallivan, R-Elma, Erie County, the Henrietta Chamber of Commerce, the Greater Rochester Enterprise and Monroe County Workforce Development have teamed up to host a small business summit this week. Gallivan is a member of the state Senate ...

The Rochester section of the American Chemical Society next week will honor a Rochester business owner with its 2018 Entrepreneur of the Year Award. Michel Franz Molaire founded Molecular Glasses Inc. in 2015, following nearly four decades at Eastman Kodak ...

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  Rochester Fashion Week is an opportunity for Rochester residents to dip their toes in the world of haute couture while also making a charitable impact on the community, but it’s also a chance for the local fashion community to ...

  Nine years ago Elaine Spaull received an out-of-the-blue call about fashion. “It was the most unusual experience. I got a call from some folks saying we are tired of Rochesterians not being proud of fashion and we want to ...

Rochester Fashion Week celebrates its ninth year in October with equal parts glitz and grit. The four-day fashion show will make Rochester resemble the catwalks of Europe and New York City from Oct. 9 to 13, but the models and ...

All shows (as well as the boutique crawl shuttles) are at the Fashion Week of Rochester tent, Midtown Athletic Club, 100 E. Highland Drive. Tickets can be purchased at fashionweekofrochester.org Boutique Crawl — Thursday, Oct. 4; 5-9 p.m.; Tickets $10 ...

Fred Burghardt has gone from encouraging people to get on the treadmill or resistance equipment to making sure those machines work when someone wants to use them. But he often encountered a major source of frustration: equipment breakdown. “As a ...

The former chief executive officer of the Regional Area Recreation and Employee Services, or RARES, has been sentenced to five months in prison and five months home confinement as punishment for filing a false tax return. The sentencing for John ...

M&T Bank continues to lead the Rochester financial marketplace, although it lost some ground in 2018, according to the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation’s (FDIC) annual Summary of Deposits (SOD) report. The SOD report is a one day snapshot taken on June ...

The first major capital campaign at the Greater Canandaigua Civic Center is more than three-quarters of the way to its goal, and the initial purchase from the fund has been made—a new electric, emission-free Zamboni to resurface the ice. The ...

Green Party gubernatorial candidate Howie Hawkins has billed himself as Plan B for progressives, following the defeat of Sex and the City star Cynthia Nixon in the New York State Democratic Primaries. Hawkins is a retired teamster from Syracuse running ...

While Apple Inc. rolled out two new iPhones and a new Apple Watch Friday morning, Eastview Mall saw the opening of a brand-new Apple store, too. Dozens of people lined up for the 8 a.m. opening at the Victor mall, ...

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Five individuals and organizations will be honored next week at the Ability Partners Foundation annual Evening of the Stars Gala at Locust Hill Country Club. Jack Howitt will receive the Harold C. Augustin Founders Award. A former pediatric dentist, Howitt ...

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