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The Lifetime Healthcare Cos. board of directors has approved an agreement for Lifetime Care to join Rochester Regional Health. A home health care and hospice service provider, Lifetime Care is currently part of Lifetime Healthcare Cos., which also runs Excellus ...

Three of the six winners  of this year’s Upstate Venture Ecosystem Awards hailed from Rochester. Hosted by Upstate Venture Connect, the Upstate Unleashed conference brought together over 450 entrepreneurial leaders from across upstate to Syracuse, and featured talks from Netflix co-founder ...

Christine Pittman Ballard isn’t even 30, but her astonishing resume suggests otherwise. At 28 years old she has had four papers published, holds eight certifications, presented at numerous national conferences and been honored with nearly a dozen awards. She earned ...

Kristin Klock-Wattie, who owns Root Catering, has leased and renovated a 4,000-square-foot industrial space at 52 Sager Drive that she has named Kin Event Space.  Renovations are scheduled to be done by the end of this month, and the first ...

  Eighteen years ago, the National Highway Transportation Safety Administration linked hundreds of accidents and roughly 270 deaths to faulty Bridgestone/Firestone Inc. tires. As a result, Ford Motor Co. recalled 6.5 million vehicles and replaced 13 million tires. In 2014 ...

In the world of elevator installation and service, the Big Four: Otis Elevator Co., Schindler Elevator Corp., Kone Corp. and Thyssenkrupp AG, have a monumental international footprint and foothold. They have not, however, dissuaded family owned Bison Elevator Service from expanding ...

  When David Hutchings arrived at the rolling, 50-acre site of Sonnenberg Gardens & Mansion State Historic Park 13 years ago, the not-for-profit was picking up the pieces from an embezzlement scandal, mountains of debt and its near closure, while ...

Joseph Istvan has been named the recipient of the Medal of Distinction, the highest honor awarded by the American Institute of Architects, Rochester Chapter. Istvan recently retired from Bergmann after 30 years with the design firm. A collaborator, leader and ...

Six local nonprofits have been chosen as participants in the Finger Lakes Gaming & Racetrack’s 11th annual $30,000 Charity Cup. The unique event, being held Oct. 27, allows each of the six groups to select one horse in six designated ...

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Jrlon Inc., a Palmyra, Wayne County, manufacturer of specialty metal and high performance plastic products, has acquired RotaDyne’s Spencerport Engineered Products Division for an undisclosed sum. The acquisition supports Jrlon’s continued growth plans and accelerates entry into new and adjacent ...

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Monro Inc., the local automotive undercar repair and tire services dealer, has expanded its collaboration with Amazon.com. Monro will provide tire installation services at more than 330 additional service locations in 10 states across the Eastern U.S., company officials announced ...

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David Rodriguez wasn’t looking for a business opportunity when he went to check on his property and visit relatives in Puerto Rico last December following Hurricane Maria. Rodriguez, a native of Puerto Rico who grew up in Buffalo, is president ...

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Excellus BlueCross BlueShield will serve as the presenting sponsor of the American Diabetes Association’s Tour de Cure in Rochester for the next three years. The announcement follows up on the three-year tenure of Manning & Napier as presenting sponsor and ...

When Becca Delaney Johnson was in high school in suburban Syracuse and contemplating where to attend college, she explored a great many options. At one point she thought she would be a veterinarian. “I love animals,” she said, “but I ...

Wall Street CEO Richard B. Handler has been elected chairman of the University of Rochester’s Board of Trustees. Handler, who earned his undergraduate degree at UR in 1983, succeeds Danny Wegman, who has been a trustee for 20 years and ...

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