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As New York’s legislature moves closer to making sports betting a legal reality at the state’s four full casinos, del Lago Resort & Casino has begun construction on its DraftKings Sportsbook. The 6,000-square-foot-plus lounge will be built in the space ...

Louis Atti has been named personal insurance manager and a member of the senior leadership team at Tompkins Insurance Agencies Inc. From his office on Main Street in Batavia, Atti will oversee day-to-day operations of the personal insurance service team ...

With a continuing acute shortage of workers in the skilled trades, Monroe County and The Builders Exchange of Rochester are joining forces on the recruiting trail. Construction Career Day will educate students on available jobs in the skilled trades. The ...

What began as employee complaints about too much heat in the workplace turned into the uncovering of serious occupational hazards for health care workers — and a hefty monetary punishment for the Anthony L. Jordan Health Center. The Jordan Health Center ...

Monroe County is suing Normal Communications and the advertising agency’s principal partner, claiming there is a past-due balance of $564,000 from ad sales at the Greater Rochester International Airport. The papers were filed Monday morning in state Supreme Court in ...

When Scott Cresswell took ownership of the apartment management arm of Morgan Management last summer, he said his new firm, Grand Atlas Property Management, would have nothing to do with operations at Robert Morgan’s real estate and development empire. It’s ...

Two public relations initiatives spearheaded by McDougall Communications have been recognized by the Public Relations Society of America Bronze Anvil Awards. CooperVision received a Bronze Anvil in the Research/Evaluation category for Eye Opening Insights Spark Optometrists to Act. The work ...

REDCOM Laboratories Inc. plans to grow its Victor operations, adding some 20 jobs in the process. The company specializes in the design, manufacturing and assembly of circuit boards for secure communication solutions for commercial, military and government applications. REDCOM plans ...

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The Rochester Rotary has selected DeCarolis Truck Rental Chairman Paul DeCarolis as the 82nd recipient of the Rochester Rotary Award. It is the oldest civic award in Rochester. DeCarolis is being honored for his service to Rochester Rotary and for ...

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Call it a $3.5 million parting gift. A student who earned a bachelor’s degree in advertising photography last year and his MBA last weekend, has made — with his family — the largest single gift ever to Rochester Institute of ...

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Monroe County’s workforce development initiative LadderzUP has launched a new property maintenance certification program that includes 11 participants in the inaugural class. “There are good-paying jobs open right here, right now in growing industries like property maintenance and more,” Monroe ...

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There is no shortage of cosmetic and plastic surgery procedures to help you look your best along with service providers ranging from tattoo artists to dermatologists to plastic surgeons that can perform them.

Shares of Conduent Inc. stock (NYSE: CNDT) rebounded slightly Friday following a more than 42 percent drop in share price Thursday. The drop—from Wednesday’s close of $12.51 to Thursday’s low point of $7.17—followed a less-than-stellar first-quarter earnings report and the ...

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A record 4,200 students graduated from Rochester Institute of Technology, the area’s largest college, on Friday. While most of those students participated in commencement exercises on the Henrietta campus, students will also graduate in the next few days and weeks ...

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Richard G. Ensman Jr. executive director of the Genesee Community College Foundation and director of external affairs at the college, died Thursday at the age of 65. Ensman, of Chili, worked at the college in Batavia for nearly 30 years ...

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