Sharon Napier, executive chair and founder of Partners + Napier, has been named national board chair of the American Association of Advertising Agencies (the 4A’s). The 4A’s is a membership-based U.S. trade association for the advertising and marketing communications industry. ...
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Home prices again push past $200,000 in Monroe County 
Perpetually low inventory pushed home prices even higher in April, with the median sales price surging well past $200,000 in Monroe County. As new listings fell 14.5 percent to 852 in April, the median sales price rose 13.4 percent to ...
Read More »Deadlines approaching for voter registration 
Voter registration deadlines for the upcoming primary election are approaching. New registrants must apply by June 3, voters with a change of address must register by June 8, the absentee application postmark deadline is June 13 and the apply in ...
Read More »ACT Rochester executive director to retire 
Ann Johnson, who has branded and led ACT Rochester for over 12 years, will be hosting her final and 10th annual ACT Rochester Report Card event on June 9th. Johnson will retire from the Rochester Area Community Foundation, the primary ...
Read More »The Hub 585’s Life Launch program to provide mentorship for at-risk youth 
The Hub 585 is expanding its services, launching a mentorship program for teens aging out of foster care.
Read More »$11.4 million FWD Center opens downtown 
State, local and college officials gathered to celebrate the grand opening of the Finger Lakes Workforce Development Center at Monroe Community College's downtown campus.
Read More »Hope Builds raises $175,000 for Flower City Habitat for Humanity 
The 21st annual Hope Builds Gala raised $175,000 for Flower City Habitat for Humanity (FCHC) during festivities Friday at Arbor at the Port in Rochester. The money will be used to support future home build initiatives for Habitat families that ...
Read More »McDougall Communications wins another Silver Anvil Award 
McDougall Communications has again been recognized for public relations campaign excellence by the Public Relations Society of America (PRSA). For the third time in five years, McDougall and the Centre for Ocular Research & Education (CORE) received the PRSA Silver ...
Read More »Silo, a ‘new-style eatery,’ aims to fill a void in Greece restaurant scene 
A new restaurant that owners says will be focused on family, flavor and flair is coming to the former site of The Distillery on West Ridge Road in Greece.
Read More »New director named at UR’s Laboratory for Laser Energetics 
Christopher Deeney has been named the new director of the University of Rochester’s Laboratory for Laser Energetics, succeeding Michael Campbell, who retired in December. Deeney was named deputy director of the LLE in October 2021 and has served as ...
Read More »Camp Good Days hosts annual golf tourney 
Camp Good Days’ 39th Annual Tournament of Love will be held on Monday, May 23rd at Monroe Golf Club in Pittsford. The tournament is one of the organization’s longest-running fundraisers, helping to support the thousands of children and families Camp ...
Read More »Preservation League hopes to save woodlands near Genesee Valley Park 
Concerned that the University of Rochester is planning to clear up to an acre and a half of wooded land adjacent to Genesee Valley Park to build a facilities operations area, the Preservation League has added the park to its ...
Read More »Monro selling wholesale tire distribution business 
Monro, Inc. has sold its wholesale tire distribution assets, which operate as Tires Now, for $105 million in cash to American Tire Distributors (ATD). ATD will pay Monro $65 million at closing, with the balance of $40 million paid quarterly ...
Read More »Peter Pullano’s 3 R’s (reading, writing, and arguing) led him to a successful career in law 
If he hadn’t become a lawyer, Peter J. Pullano says he could just as easily have wound up as a college professor. Now 60, and with 36 years of experience under his belt, Pullano has no regrets about choosing the ...
Read More »Rochester Black Authors Association Authors’ Expo set for June 4 
The sixth annual Rochester Black Author’s Expo will be held June 4 at the Frederick Douglass Resource Center. Organizers expect upwards of 300 people to attend the Expo, where Black authors will be discussing and selling their literary work. The ...
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