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As local colleges threw open their doors to new and returning students this week, Nazareth College was doing the same, while planning for something else special: the grand opening of the Jane and Laurence Glazer Music Performance Center Sept. 22. ...

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KeyBank has awarded the Isabella Graham Hart School of Practical Nursing $450,000 over the course of three years, the largest donation the bank has made so far in Rochester. The School of Practical Nursing is part of the Rochester Regional ...

Rochester Contemporary Art Center next month will host a new exhibition of works by Dave Calver. The exhibition will open with a reception Sept. 6 and will feature an artist talk and book signing Sept. 8. Calver, a Rochesterian who ...

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Monroe County Executive Cheryl Dinolfo was joined by representatives from Hearing Loop Systems (HLS) and the Hearing Loss Association of America (HLAA) this week to show off the enhanced communications, part of the airport’s ongoing $79 million renovation project. The ...

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Sears, the last original anchor store at Eastview Mall, will be closing. A spokesman for Sears Holding Co. said the closing date will be in November. The number of employees affected by the closing wasn’t immediately available. The local store ...

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Now here’s a landmark event: the butter sculpture at the New York State Fair, which opened Wednesday, is 50 years old. Not the sculpture that’s on display at the fair this year, of course. What’s 50 years old is the ...

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You won’t find Deborah Stendardi’s name on the buildings at Rochester Institute of Technology. She’s not listed on the mastheads of various centers and institutes at the university. But her imprint is just about everywhere in Brick City, playing a ...

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The Rochester Rhinos will drop down a level on the professional soccer ladder and say they will vacate the city-owned soccer stadium “by year’s end,” with hopes of building a smaller stadium within Monroe County. The team has been granted ...

A deaf comedian will take the stage at this year’s KeyBank Rochester Fringe Festival in his first solo show. The show, “Tom Willard: A Comedian You’ve Never Heard Of,” is slated for Sept. 12 at Writers & Books in the ...

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Rochester’s economy continued its growth spurt in July, with a drop in the jobless rate and soaring private sector job gains. The Rochester region ranked near the top among the 15 metro areas statewide for its percentage growth in jobs ...

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The management branch of Robert Morgan’s embattled real estate and development operation has been sold to his former chief operating officer. Scott Cresswell, along with other investors, purchased Morgan Management in June and renamed the firm Grand Atlas Residential Realty ...

A subtle change to the City of Rochester’s charter could spell a massive shift in how affordable housing is approached in the city. At the monthly council meeting on Tuesday, Aug. 21, the council voted unanimously to alter the charter ...

Six local projects have been approved for incentives by Imagine Monroe, expected to create and retain more than 175 jobs in Monroe County. ELogic Group LLC is planning to relocate its headquarters to Riverwood Tech Campus on East River Road ...

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David D. Reh, a Victor entrepreneur who founded materials handling companies Gorbel Inc. and Retrotech Inc., a business services support company, Raytec Group, and Ravenwood Golf Course, died on Saturday. He was 77. A farm boy who grew up in ...

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Despite a relatively low unemployment rate in the region, many Rochester-area companies still struggle to find skilled workers. To combat this issue, area community colleges are using a combination of data and old-fashioned collaboration to train local workers with the ...