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Jason Grady isn’t afraid to stick his neck out or take on challenges others might scoff at. Eighteen years of his life were spent traveling up and down the East Coast racing motorcycles with his father; he turned professional at ...

Joyce P. Jacobsen steps into the presidency at Hobart and William Smith Colleges at a difficult time. Not just a difficult time for HWS, which lost a president last year after a plagiarism scandal, but a difficult time for liberal ...

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The Rochester Oratorio Society has named Eric Kesler as its first executive director. The newly-created position will ensure the mission of the organization is fulfilled, officials said Wednesday. Kesler will be responsible for managing and implementing the operational and business ...

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A union representing Anthony L. Jordan Health Center workers, 1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East, says  the center plans to outsource its billing department, effectively eliminating 10 local jobs. The outsourcing coincides with a long-running dispute between Jordan Health and the ...

Richard Reddington, the Michelin-star winning chef who ran two acclaimed restaurants in the Napa Valley region, will highlight a foodie fundraising event on the site of the annual jazz fest in Rochester. Reddington plans to open a restaurant in Rochester ...

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Railroad owner and operator Genesee & Wyoming Inc. is reportedly exploring the possibility of a sale of part or all of its operations, Bloomberg reported this week. G&W has its administrative offices in Rochester. G&W is working with a financial ...

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Accountants, engineers and other professionals who want to hang out their own shingles need to be aware of the risks of working on their own. “There are always risks when you’re a professional, says Lynn Belecki, business development manager at ...

Assessing and managing risks is an important part of any business endeavor, but without any one-size-fits-all approach it can be a difficult task for many companies to shoulder, especially in an ever-changing world. Risk management is the assessment and calculation ...

Perhaps unsurprisingly in an era of  seismic shifts in the world of food markets, Hart’s Local Grocers announced this week that it will shut its doors by the end of the month, less than five years after the independent grocery ...

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Several Rochester breweries took home medals at the third annual New York Craft Beer Competition. The competition is a collaboration between Empire State Development (ESD), The Department of Agriculture and Markets and the State Liquor Authority focused around the best ...

Monroe County Executive Cheryl Dinolfo has introduced legislation to raise county reimbursement rates for the Preschool Special Education Program through 2022. The bill, slated for the county legislature’s April docket, would increase funding by a total of 15 percent, to ...

A succession plan two years in the making came to fruition this week at Home Leasing when founder Nelson Leenhouts stepped out of the command chair and handed the leadership reins to Bret Garwood. Garwood on Monday was promoted from ...

Two Rochester entrepreneurs are being honored by Enterprising Women magazine for their leadership values. Reenie Feingold is founder of StoreSMART, a global leader in visual management and office organization solutions. Feingold has been named a 2019 Enterprising Women of the Year Award ...

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If you’re going to achieve your important financial goals, you’ll need to build an appropriate investment portfolio. But that’s only part of the story—because you also need to protect what you have, what you earn and what you’d like to ...

With an unpaid balance of more than $6 million on a mortgage and loan, the Ramada Plaza by Wyndham Rochester Airport hotel is in foreclosure and a receiver has been appointed, according to court papers filed in state Supreme Court ...