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Work has begun to rehabilitate seven century-old bridges that span the Erie Canal in Orleans County, a $10.7 million project that will run through 2020. The seven single-lane truss bridges, built between 1909 and 1914, will have weight limits increased ...

Craig Jerabeck, co-founder of the multi-level marketing firm 5LINX, was sentenced Thursday to 14 months in prison. U.S. District Court Judge David G. Larimer also sentenced Jerabeck to three years of post-release supervision and a $25,000 fine. Jerabeck, 57, also ...

Nazareth College has named Meaghan Arena its new vice president for enrollment and student experience, starting in February. Arena most recently worked as a vice president for enrollment at SUNY Geneseo. In her 16 years of experience in higher education ...

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New York City-based company It’s By U took the $100,000 funding prize at the first Rochester Women’s Investors Forum. The Forum, held on Tuesday, Dec. 4, focused on fostering growth of women entrepreneurs in the Rochester region, with support from ...

Hundreds of disadvantaged students at Rochester’s Young Women’s College Prep Charter School have received unusual, but much needed, tech gadgets as part of a donation aimed at steering girls toward STEM careers. On Semiconductor’s affinity group STEM UP presented a ...

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Tim Jones, a longtime lender in the Rochester area, has joined Genesee Regional Bank’s executive team as executive vice president and chief lending officer. A Rochester native, Jones has worked in banking locally for about 25 years, mainly with M&T ...

Rochester’s East House has chosen a nonprofit veteran as its next leader. Kim Brumber, president and CEO of Volunteers of America Upstate New York, on Jan. 7 will step into her new role as president and CEO of East House, ...

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In the pursuit of higher-quality treatment of breast cancer, Rochester General Hospital is now offering intraoperative radiation therapy, or IORT, and Savi Scout as treatment options. RGH is the first hospital in upstate New York to offer IORT as a ...

Growing up the child of Chinese immigrants in Rochester and Brighton, Nancy Gong was familiar with Asian art and its emphasis on monochromatic works. Those familiar with the bus stop outside Gleason Works or the panels of glass in Rochester ...

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Digital Rochester has gone through a full brand overhaul, announcing a new name, tagline and logo. Now TechRochester, “advancing our technology community,” the rebrand was announced at the organization’s annual Festivus celebration at Artisan Works, Tuesday, Dec. 4. Digital Rochester ...

Wegmans this week won an award from the federal Environmental Protection Agency for its promotion of safer cleaning products. This marks the fourth year Wegmans won the Safer Choice Partner of the Year Award. The EPA praised Wegmans for offering ...

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The 2019 CGI Rochester International Jazz Festival has booked its first two headline acts: the Steve Gadd Band and George Benson will play the 18th annual festival, which next year runs from June 21 through June 29. Gadd, a Rochester ...

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The family of famed abolitionist Frederick Douglass plans to make Rochester the new home for the Frederick Douglass Family Initiatives. The announcement was made this week by Douglass’ great-great-great grandson, Kenneth Morris Jr., and his mother, Nettie Washington Douglass. The ...

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Harris Corp. has been awarded a $195 million contract from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration to help build a flagship telescope. The project will support 160 Rochester-based jobs. The announcement comes on the heels of U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer’s ...

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As Billy Joel sang in “Scenes from an Italian Restaurant,” “they started to fight when the money got tight, and they just didn’t count on the tears.” The piano man was singing about marriage and divorce, but he just as ...