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The city of Rochester has begun work to create an online database of police department disciplinary records, with launch expected by the end of the year at the latest. Implementation of the online resource comes after the New York legislature ...

As regions of New York State continue their phased re-openings, businesses of all sizes have prepared or are preparing to recall their employees to return to work — either physically or virtually. As with seemingly every aspect of the COVID-19 ...

When one company has been in business for 76 years, which is the case for LeChase Construction Service LLC, and when one of its frequent partners on projects, Billitier Electric Inc., has been around for 50 years, the involved parties ...

Constellation Brands has acquired Empathy Wines and plans to use the digitally native wine brand to expand its own direct-to-consumer platform. The acquisition is part of Constellation’s vision to be a “bold and innovative, high-end portfolio of distinctive brands and ...

New York State Electric & Gas Corp. and Rochester Gas & Electric Corp. have filed their 2020 Distributed System Implementation Plan, the Avangrid Inc. subsidiaries’ strategy to integrate distributed energy resources (DER) into the New York grid. The plan outlines ...

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The New York State Energy Research and Development Authority has selected 20 semifinalists as part of its annual 76West Clean Energy Competition, including one Rochester organization. In the Finger Lakes Region, Paradigm of New York was one of the companies ...

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While COVID-19 has been a hardship for nearly every small business, some silver linings have come out of the changes businesses have had to make as they navigate the new normal. Virginia Smith, branch manager at the U.S. Small Business ...

A smooth sea never made a skilled sailor, Franklin Roosevelt once said. That seems to be the mantra for many business owners these days, particularly for those who have been trying to steer their way through the rough seas caused ...

Keeping an open mind might be the best way to recruit and retain a diverse workforce, several experts said last week at the Rochester Business Journal’s second annual Diversity and Inclusion Summit. About 100 people attended the second of three ...

The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has awarded more than $2.3 million statewide to support local cultural nonprofits and educational programming, including more than $200,000 in awards to two area organizations. “Nonprofits and cultural organizations are critical parts of ...

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The city of Rochester Public Market has received a $50,000 grant from the Rochester Economic Development Organization. The grant is aimed at assisting vendors who have been adversely affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. Throughout the pandemic, the Public Market has ...

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Longtime state Assemblyman and civil rights advocate David Gantt died Wednesday. He was 78. Mr. Gantt was born in 1941, in Opp, Ala. He was the oldest of five brothers, growing up in a single-parent household with humble beginnings. His ...

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Despite being dealt a double whammy of dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic and the temporary closure of the iconic Lift Bridge, officials and businesses in the village of Fairport say they are not losing steam and are instead well prepared ...

Last week, President Donald Trump signed an executive order further restricting immigration through the end of the year, ostensibly as a precaution during the COVID-19 global pandemic. But while the rest of the world’s coronavirus cases continue to stabilize, and ...

Three Rochester-area airports will share nearly $700,000 in federal funding earmarked for safety and quality improvement projects. “Air travel in and out of the greater Rochester region is vital to the connectivity and success of the regional economy, which is ...

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