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Harris Corp. and L3 Technologies Inc. have completed an all-stock merger, making the combined company, L3Harris Technologies Inc., the sixth largest defense company in the U.S. and a top 10 defense company worldwide. Prior to the merger, Harris had roughly ...

The vast openness and emptiness of the acres of grassland at Home Team Sports Park in Chili will be transformed into golf party central when World Long Drive brings the ROC City Rumble to town later this month. Then it ...

Sen. Charles Schumer, who has taken on limitations hindering canned cider in the past, is now trying to remove barriers affecting wine in cans. While visiting Fox Run Vineyards in Benton, Yates County, Wednesday morning, Schumer said federal regulations are ...

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Residents of Highland Parkway say they will fight to derail the most recent development plans for the now-vacant Colgate Rochester Crozer Divinity School, even though developer Angelo Ingrassia has again scaled back his project. Ingrassia has proposed construction of two ...

KeyBank has joined the Human Rights Campaign’s Business Coalition for the Equality Act. The Equality Act is a federal proposal which would ban discrimination based on sex, gender identity or sexual orientation. That includes outlawing denial of access to employment, ...

ROC the Future has selected East Educational Partnership Organization (EPO) Superintendent Shaun Nelms as chairman of its convener board. Nelms replaces ESL Vice President and Director of Community Impact Ajamu Kitwana, whose term ended in June. East EPO joined ROC ...

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Imagine Monroe, the county’s economic development engine, has approved incentives for four projects that will create or retain nearly 650 jobs. Unither Manufacturing LLC plans to expand over five years, which will include the renovation of 100,000 square feet of ...

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As upscale apartments became the rage on Rochester’s downtown rental landscape — with inventory going from anomaly to normalcy around 2016 — there was a common refrain. “Wow, these are nice.” Followed by, “Where do I sign?” From the immaculately ...

Contaminated properties that were off-limits to developers are now seen as viable community projects, thanks to New York’s Brownfield Cleanup Program. Developers who clean up and reuse property with environmental contamination — better known as brownfields — not only qualify ...

In the beginning, there was a plan, there was material and there was manpower. These three components have been the cornerstone of one of the most basic human needs — to build shelter — since time immemorial. More specifically, anthropologists ...

“I wanted to be an architect.” Often, this is the typical response I get when I tell people I’m an architect. I’m frequently surprised to hear this as for many architects we feel there is a mystery around our profession ...

Gas prices in Rochester and across the state have risen, just in time for the July 4 holiday and expected record-breaking travel, GasBuddy.com reports. Rochester drivers will pay an average of $2.83 per gallon at the pump this week, up ...

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The founder and former president of a city charter school is suing Mayor Lovely Warren and the city of Rochester, claiming he faced ridicule and hatred after they capitalized on the “ugliness of race-baiting” when providing an avenue for a ...

Lance Young has been promoted to executive vice president and general manager at del Lago Resort & Casino in the Seneca County town of Tyre, becoming the third GM since the facility opened in February 2017. He takes over from ...

Confidence among Upstate New York consumers fell to its lowest point in three years, a quarterly report from Siena College Research Institute shows. Overall confidence, which includes future and current confidence, in upstate fell to 85.2 in the second quarter, ...

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