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The state Department of Transportation has completed its nearly $6 million rehabilitation of the Lake Ontario State Parkway, following eight months of construction. Some 7.2 miles of the parkway between Route 19 in Hamlin and Route 237 in Kendall, Orleans ...

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The University of Rochester’s new director of alumni relations and constituent engagement comes from a similar position at Harvard Law School. Karen Chance Mercurius will start her new job as associate vice president at UR March 18. “Karen is a ...

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Three years ago, Yana Khashper and her partner, Sean Smith, started to feel their sobriety slipping. Both Khashper and Smith are in recovery from addiction, and they were becoming more and more isolated, Khashper says. “We were really heading down ...

Stepping into a leadership role at an established business requires a steady hand and a bit of finesse. The hurdles are many—and can include everything from shoring up an organization’s lackluster performance to reassuring an apprehensive staff. Susan Horne, president ...

Giving your time and energy to others can be its own reward. “I really believe that we’re at our best selves when we are serving others,” says Nicole VanGorder, COO and co-founder of Upstate Special Needs Planning. “I feel good ...

Archival Methods has expanded half a dozen times in its 16 years, but its most recent move puts all of its employees under one roof. The archival storage and presentation products company this week celebrated its recent move from two ...

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Harris Corp. has been awarded a $75 million order from the U.S. Marine Corps for upgrades to its Falcon III manpack radios, manufactured in Rochester. The contract follows U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer’s push for increased funding in the 2019 Defense ...

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The only full-scale gambling venue in the Finger Lakes region, del Lago Resort & Casino, may be unable to meet financial obligations in the next 12 to 18 months without an additional infusion of cash, according to Moody’s Investor Service. ...

The Genesee County Economic Development Center has approved incentives for Churchville Fire Equipment Corp. to expand to Pavilion. Through a $900,000 investment by the company, Churchville Fire Equipment will purchase land on Perry Road in the town of Pavilion, creating ...

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Drapes, drones and Airbnb Inc. photos have more in common than it may seem. Eastman Kodak Co. has its hands—and its expertise—in each. “We have a tremendous amount of opportunity and a tremendous amount of technology in the company,” said ...

  Quitting her job at a hotel in Dubai and then backpacking around Southeast Asia for five months was a fateful step for Natalie Dickerson that led her to a life she never could have predicted. Dickerson began her career ...

Rochester’s ProNexus LLC prides itself on being the Swiss Army knife of consulting firms. Founded in February 2012 with a minority interest from the Bonadio Group, ProNexus serves to meet any possible need its clients could have. IT services? Covered. ...

Excellus has named Stephen Cohen as their senior vice president and corporate medical director. Cohen has previously served as medical director at Excellus, president of Lifetime Care Home Healthcare and Hospice and Lifetime Health Medical Group and, from 2006-2012, as ...

As one of the first collaborative efforts of its kind in New York, Rochester Regional Health and UR Medicine have teamed up to create online access to patient notes. The move to full online notes is part of the OpenNotes ...

If you’ve been to a hockey game in the past 20 years, or listened to the soundtrack of a Mighty Ducks movie, you’ve no doubt heard the Gear Daddies singing “I want to drive the Zamboni.” Well, now you can ...