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An online insurance company that last year promised to create nearly 100 jobs in Rochester has surpassed that number, fully expecting to employ nearly 200 here in short order. “We started the company about four years ago and the company ...

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When Bond Benefits Consulting LLC opened its doors 27 years ago, the insurance industry operated a bit differently. “At that point, it was very much a paper-and-fax industry,” says Erick B. Bond, the firm’s president. His father, Erick G. Bond ...

Dozens gathered in the auditorium of Enrico Fermi School 17 for mayor Lovely Warren’s 2019 State of the City address Tuesday night. It was a fitting venue for the prevailing theme of Warren’s speech: schools. That is, the failures of ...

New York State is seeking proposals for large-scale renewable energy projects that fall in line with Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo’s plan to have 70 percent of the state’s electricity coming from renewable sources by 2030. This third request for proposals ...

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Eat Up Rochester kicks off again on Monday, featuring 22 restaurants that are offering special menus at special prices. From a nationally known steakhouse (Morton’s) in the heart of downtown to casual Jamaican restaurants on both the east (Peppapot Flava) ...

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The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District has reached a $20 million settlement with the Rochester Drug Co-operative (RDC) for failing to comply with the Controlled Substance Act and failing to report suspicious opioid orders from pharmacies. Based in ...

The winner of next month’s 2019 KitchenAid Senior PGA Championship will walk away from Oak Hill Country Club with $585,000. The Rochester community will make out rather handsomely as well. The six-day event leading up to Memorial Day is expected ...

Located on the second floor of the Monroe County Office Building at 39 West Main St., the room is a modest space fit with a power outlet, a couple chairs and a table. The space is open for all mothers at the the building, whether they're county employees or just visiting.

In the past few years, New York has changed the standard for paying overtime, raised the minimum wage and mandated paid leave for qualified employees. While some of the new measures appear to benefit employees, others have forced businesses to ...

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“If a tree falls in the forest and there is no one there to hear it, does it make any sound?” Along these same lines, “If a small business person cries out in Albany and no one is there to ...

This Earth Day, Wegmans announced it will reduce packaging made from fossil fuels by 2 million pounds this year, and 10 million pounds by 2024. The company promised to achieve its goals by expanding the use of paper straws and ...

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Throughout the weekend of April 6, customers throughout the Northeast were greeted at the doors of their local Friendly’s with a notice of closure. What came as a surprise for many customers also did for employees of those Friendly’s locations, ...

Burlington has moved its store from Southtown Plaza and is set for a grand opening May 3 in the former Toys R Us property in Henrietta. “We are thrilled to remain in the community, providing local residents with a new ...

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Construction employment in the Rochester area increased by 10.2 percent year over year, the largest percentage increase posted in the state’s 15 metropolitan statistical areas. There were 20,600 construction jobs in Rochester in March, up 1,900 from March of 2018, ...

Rochester will play host next week to a new program designed to energize, inform and empower people in the human resources field. DisruptHR is intended to bring fresh content and the local community together to “engage, educate and inspire business ...

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