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It may be hard to imagine holding your tongue while dealing with a customer whose language is peppered with racial slurs. Or approaching someone who shrinks in fear because of your color or accent. Or, attempting to administer first aid, ...

As Herb Besaw gazes out the window of the SPOON Exhibits & Events headquarters in Macedon, it’s impossible for him to forget his roots. Having grown up on a farm in the St. Lawrence County town of Gouverneur, the view ...

  Hunter’s Hope Foundation was created on a kitchen table in the wee hours of the morning following Hunter Kelly’s diagnosis of Krabbe leukodystrophy, a rare but fatal genetic disorder that affects the myelin, or white matter, in the brain. ...

Mary Russo has been named president and CEO of the Mental Health Association of Rochester/Monroe County. Russo, who recently served as the nonprofit’s interim president and CEO, previously was chief financial officer at the Louis S. Wolk Jewish Community Center ...

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The George Eastman Museum has received a $350,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities to support its Preserving and Improving Access to the Boyer Collection project. The NEH grant, from its Division of Preservation and Access, Humanities Collections ...

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ESL Federal Credit Union is slated to make its first acquisition: Victor-based Cooper/Haims Advisors, this fall. Made through ESL Investment Services, a subsidiary of the credit union, the deal is expected to serve as an expansion of the Wealth Management ...

The University of Rochester has hired a new vice president and general counsel: Donna Gooden Payne, who currently holds a similar position at East Carolina University in Greenville, N.C. Payne will join the UR administration Oct. 21, replacing Gail Norris, ...

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  Rochester People’s Climate Coalition is trying to go viral like the Ice Bucket Challenge did, but with melting instead of freezing. And instead of curing a disease, the group is aiming to cure the planet of climate change by ...

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An Italian deli and import shop from the west side now has an east side presence. City officials held a ribbon cutting ceremony Wednesday at Calabresella on Park at Park Avenue and South Goodman Street. The restaurant has been operating ...

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The largest beer company on the planet, Anheuser-Busch InBev (AB), has set a massive goal for their non-alcoholic beer brands, with Rochester poised to take a major role in their pilot U.S. run. Rochester has been tapped as one of ...

It’s been three years since Kevin Ryan took over as executive director of the Monroe County Bar Association, but he didn’t need nearly that much time to feel at home. “It’s really a welcoming community,” said Ryan, who was hired ...

Some students who might not normally get into Rochester Institute of Technology now have an alternate pathway to reach their goal through three local community colleges. RIT announced a pilot program Wednesday in conjunction with Monroe, Finger Lakes and Genesee ...

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Shaun Stimpson has been named the new market executive for Bank of America Private Bank, leading the Upstate New York team stretching across Syracuse, Buffalo and Rochester. Stimpson began his career at Merrill Lynch as a financial adviser in 2005 ...

Ann Maynard, who headed Maynard HR Consulting, is joining forces with JK Executive Strategies LLC, effective Thursday. Maynard will be vice president of the human resources services division, overseeing client on-site HR consulting engagements as well as compliance services and ...

On Friday, Aug. 16, Genesee is set to roll out a new iteration on the spring seasonal bock, aged for seven months in Woodford Reserve barrels. A collaboration between  Genesee Pilot Brewery and the main Genesee brewery next door, aging of ...