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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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Evans Bank and the KeyBank Foundation have made donations to support the Buffalo community as a result of the recent mass shooting there.   KeyBank Foundation announced a $250,000 grant to be directed where it is most impactful, while Evans ...

Double Up Food Bucks NY has received bipartisan support for a $2 million allocation in the state budget that will allow the program to expand its services, including in Rochester.   Double Up Food Bucks is a national nutrition incentive program ...

Monro, Inc. today reported net earnings of $8.6 million for the fiscal fourth quarter as sales rose 7.4 percent for the automotive undercar repair retailer. Total sales increased by $22.5 million to $328 million. But gross margin decreased 320 basis ...

Glenora Wine Cellar, the oldest winery on Seneca Lake, is for sale. Founded in 1977, the property includes the winery, the 30-room Inn at Glenora and Veraisons Restaurant. The list price: $10.8 million. Glenora Wine Cellars is located in the ...

Vuzix Corp. has signed a series of agreements with Atomistic SAS, a French technology firm that Vuzix leaders believe could provide the Rochester-based firm with a cornerstone piece of technology focused on the augmented reality market.   Under the agreement, ...

The region’s two largest banks recently released their annual Environmental, Social and Governance reports from 2021, and both included substantial investments in the Rochester region.

Henrietta-based Doyle Security Systems Inc., a family owned provider of residential and commercial security, fire and medical monitoring systems, is expanding its offerings to include cloud-based access control to customers. Doyle has partnered with Brivo, whose Brivo Access security suite ...

Stern Properties has invested again in the area, this time targeting the former American Red Cross buildings for upgrades.

CypherWorx Inc. has created a webpage entitled “We Stand with Buffalo” that includes links to active shooter trainings.

Voters in Victor and Farmington rejected a proposed new library that would have tripled the tax liability for homeowners. The $16.6 million project for the 24,000-square-foot facility was soundly defeated at the polls, with 3,256 no votes compared to 1,415 ...