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After nearly three decades at the helm of Rochester Area Community Foundation, Jennifer Leonard plans to retire from her role as president and CEO in September 2022. She is the Community Foundation’s third top executive in its 49-year history. Simeon ...

Monroe County has extended the deadline for applications for Fast Forward Monroe 2.0 to Oct. 29, 2021.

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A longtime employee of Lifetime Assistance Inc. has posthumously donated his greeting card business to the organization. The late Bob Hickey, a 13-year employee and former Work Center business manager for Lifetime Assistance LAICO Industries division, donated the successful nationally ...

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Optimation Technology Inc. this week closed a deal in which the Rochester company will be joining a larger conglomerate based in Framingham, Mass. Re:Build Manufacturing bills itself as an industrial manufacturing group that “integrates new technologies into conventional manufacturing businesses ...

Fashion Week of Rochester is kicking off next week with an international theme, featuring a show that highlights fashions from around the world. Wednesday night’s show will feature Irish Dancing and fashions from various countries including India, Mexico and the ...

Rochester Music Hall of Fame (RMHF) will relaunch its popular “Books Backstage” series this fall, after a COVID-induced hiatus. The series debuted in 2019 and offers a behind-the-scenes look at the world of music. The “Books Backstage” 2021-2022 events are ...

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Hyzon Motors Inc., the Rochester-based global supplier of zero-emission fuel cell vehicles, on Tuesday responded to a short sell report that was released last week that tanked the company’s stock price. Tuesday afternoon, shares of Hyzon stock (Nasdaq: HYZN) had ...

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Paychex Inc. has acquired Flock, a benefits enrollment and administration, onboarding and human resources information system provider in San Francisco. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. Paychex, a leading provider of integrated human capital management software solutions, will ...

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The company launched as an organic mushroom grower, believing there would be consumer demand for better-tasting, nutrient-packed specialty mushrooms. That turned out to be true. Now Leep Foods has leapt further into the blended market, introducing a chicken-and-mushroom sausage line ...

The New York Department of State has begun construction on a $627,000 resiliency project awarded to Orleans County through the state’s Resiliency and Economic Development Initiative (REDI). The money will fund work on the Point Breeze Boat Launch near the ...

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Xerox Holdings Corp. has expanded its IT services with the acquisition of Competitive Computing, which offers digital services and cloud solutions throughout New England and nationwide. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. “We’re focused on expanding the reach ...

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The Joseph A. Floreano Rochester Riverside Convention Center will host its first conference this weekend since the start of the pandemic. The College Music Society will host its 64th National Conference at the convention center from Oct. 7 through Oct. ...

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In college, I remember a professor telling a studio full of aspiring architects that traveling was an essential part of being an architect. The reason being, she stated, was that it contributed to a designer’s collective experience of places, a mental catalogue of sorts. Of ...

Finding workers to fill construction jobs was tough enough before the pandemic, but since then, it has only gotten harder, according to Anthony Soprano, vice president of preconstruction services at DiMarco Constructors.   “It went from a tough situation to a bad situation,” he says.   The lack of ...

New York Attorney General Letitia James has begun a “HealNY” tour across the state, where she is delivering the first of up to $1.5 billion to combat the opioid epidemic. The funds, which are being delivered to each of the ...

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