Ronald Fox, former director of Rochester’s Open Door Mission, died Tuesday from melanoma. He was 55. Mr. Fox is survived by his wife, Sherry Fox; children, Jausalyn Fox and Joshua (Alyssa) Fox; and his mother, Judith Fox. Mr. Fox spent ...
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Seneca Foods Corp. is planning to close its Marion canning facility by the end of the year, company officials said this week. Citing economic reasons, Seneca Foods Chief Financial Officer Timothy Benjamin said 45 jobs in Wayne County will be ...
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Plug Power Inc. has acquired Rochester’s American Fuel Cell LLC for an undisclosed sum. Plug Power will retain the American Fuel Cell facility in Eastman Business Park, as well as all of its employees, the company said in a statement. ...
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More than 80,000 jobs in the Finger Lakes region are highly vulnerable to automation, a new study published by the Center for an Urban Future contends, and roughly $9.7 billion in annual wages could be affected by automation in the ...
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Business activity in the New York, New Jersey and southwestern Connecticut region’s service sector expanded strongly in June, according to the Federal Reserve Bank of New York’s June 2018 Business Leaders Survey. The survey’s headline business activity index jumped seven ...
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When Rochester’s weather is good, it’s glorious. And such was the case when Native Eatery and Bar held a ribbon cutting Tuesday at 3 City Center, the former Frontier building at 180 S. Clinton Ave. One of the restaurant’s features, which ...
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Tom Gears’ introduction to architecture didn’t come from a textbook or career fair—it came from television. He was intrigued by the work of Mike Brady, the fictional father on “The Brady Bunch.” Something about having a home office and wearing ...
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Last weekend, Roc Brewing Co. added a new beer in a can: Pennsylvania Avenue Pilsner. New Roc Brewing beers typically do not come as a surprise. The brewery has an incredibly eclectic output, with something new on tap on a ...
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Chris Wiedemer got into online sales big-time in the early days of the internet 20 years ago. He’d spend hours in the basement of his store, Cooks’ World, preparing 20 to 30 packages a day for shipment. All that kneeling on ...
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The last time Mark Juliano left the ritzy extravagance of a casino empire to operate a more low-key gaming center, he hit the jackpot. The year was 2014 and Juliano transferred within the Las Vegas Sands Corp., relocating from Marina ...
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An LGBTQ-friendly apartment complex and adjoining pharmacy and a 101-unit apartment building that will also feature retail space are one step closer to becoming the next parts of the Inner Loop East Transformation Project. Rochester Mayor Lovely A. Warren announced that ...
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The Pike Company Inc., one of the largest construction management firms in the Northeast, is now even larger. Pike acquired JT Vaeth Construction of Buffalo on Tuesday and BCI Construction LLC of Albany on Wednesday. The acquisitions were announced this ...
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The Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that government workers no longer have to contribute to their union representation and collective bargaining endeavors if they are not members of the union. Janus v. the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees ...
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Actor and photographer Jason Lee will present a special edition Wish You Were Here talk at the George Eastman Museum later this summer. Lee, perhaps best known for his acting roles in “Almost Famous” and “My Name is Earl,” also ...
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