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Last year’s tax reform efforts left 401(k) and other popular retirement options largely untouched after reports officials were considering sweeping changes, but there are a number of proposals currently under consideration that could make it easier to save for retirement ...

The University of Rochester School of Nursing is cutting the cost of tuition so nurses can more easily comply with new state legislation requiring a bachelor’s degree in nursing within 10 years of getting a nursing license. The RN to ...

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A national sporting goods retailer based in Chili is being sued by high-end eyewear maker Oakley Inc. for allegedly selling counterfeit Oakley products. “Products bearing the Oakley marks were obtained from defendant and have been examined and confirmed counterfeit by ...

The defendants in a lawsuit over control of several beauty pageants say a federal complaint filed Monday is baseless. In a statement emailed Friday, defendants Stephanie Williams, Crown Garland and Cosmos International Pageants wrote that: “The allegations in the complaint ...

The YMCA of Greater Rochester on Thursday unveiled upgrades at Camp Northpoint, which served 3,000 children this summer. The 45-acre camp on North Greece Road served children from the west side this summer. A $100,000 grant from the Dormitory Authority ...

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Foodlink Inc. and Wegmans Food Markets Inc.’s annual Fill the Bus campaign has begun, and sponsors are expecting to exceed 300,000 pounds of food for area children this year. Now in its sixth year, the Fill the Bus campaign is ...

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It’s not exactly a secret that, for all of human history, large holdings of wealth have typically been held by men. Today, there still remains a gap in wealth between men and women, but it’s narrowing. Contributing factors include a ...

At 30 years old, Becca Post founded a company. At 31, she saw the company more than double in size over the course of one year. Currently, the company’s projected revenue for 2018 is expected to increase by over 30 ...

ARTISANworks & Events Inc. is not a gallery. Nor is it a museum. Perhaps the best way to describe the nearly 50,000-square-foot space that houses half a million art pieces is that ARTISANworks serves as a tribute to all forms ...

Monroe County Executive Cheryl Dinolfo announced today an official date for the grand opening of Seneca Park Zoo’s Animals of the Savanna expansion project. Animals of the Savanna opens on Sept. 13, and it’s the second major project in phase ...

Just about everything at Canandaigua’s Young Lion Brewing Company is pretty unconventional. On Wednesday, Aug. 15, Young Lion unveiled its new event space, a second-story party venue fit with oversized windows offering one of the best views of the lake you’ll ...

Xerox Corp. on Thursday confirmed plans to cut a number of jobs at its Webster facility, as well as facilities in Canada and throughout the U.S. “Xerox continues restructuring activities as part of its initiative to optimize its operations globally,” ...

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Girl Scouts of Western New York is introducing a myriad of new programs for the fall. There are new badges for Girl Scouts to earn involving a range of topics such as cybersecurity, eco-camping, robotics, college preparation, space science and more. ...

Jeffrey A. Jennings has been named president of the New York State Funeral Directors Association (NYSFDA). Jennings owns Jennings Nulton & Mattle Funeral Home in Penfield and Harloff Funeral Home in East Rochester. “NYSFDA has always done amazing work empowering ...

A professor in Rochester Institute of Technology’s sustainability institute is leaving to become dean of Alfred University’s engineering school. Gabrielle Gaustad, an Alfred alumna who has taught at RIT for the last 10 years, will become dean of Alfred’s Inamori ...

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