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In providing guidance and support while instilling accountability and resolve, Roland Williams’ Champion Academy relies on five tenets. One is Intentional Teamwork, which was the two-part theme of Monday’s monthly event at The Lodge at Martin Luther King Jr. Park ...

Indus Hospitality Group, the family owned hotel and restaurant firm based in Penfield, recently completed a $1.8 million renovation of the Holiday Inn & Suites in Victor. The six-month project included enhancements to the lobby and breakfast area, as well ...

Gov. Andrew Cuomo hit the road Monday in a last minute tour of Upstate New York before the Democratic primary on Thursday, Sept. 13. Seeking his third term in office, Cuomo has found competition in Cynthia Nixon, who is running ...

The Bob Johnson Auto Group has acquired two of the Doan Family of Dealerships franchises. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. John Love and Gregory Stahl, owners of the Bob Johnson Auto Group, announced Monday the purchase of Doan ...

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The Blue Cross Arena at the War Memorial will again be the site for the ninth annual Project Homeless Connect Rochester, an event that serves as a one-stop shop to bring tools and services to the homeless and those in ...

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Surely one of the math scholars at the University of Rochester or at Rochester Institute of Technology could figure out the odds of both local universities tying for 50th on US News & World Report’s list for national universities recommended by ...

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SunTrust has downgraded Victor-based Constellation Brands from “buy” to “hold” following the company’s massive investment into the cannabis market last month. On Aug. 14, Constellation closed on the purchase of 104.5 million shares of Canopy Growth Corp., a commercial cannabis ...

The Workforce Diversity Network in October will present the nationally acclaimed “Defamation Experience” interactive workshop. The “Defamation Experience” is a courtroom drama in which the audience plays the jury. The premise of the workshop is a civil suit: A South ...

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Unshackle Upstate, the non-partisan, pro-economic growth business coalition representing Upstate New York, has tapped Buffalo resident Michael Kracker as its new executive director. Kracker previously worked in several senior positions in the U.S. House of Representatives, including as deputy chief ...

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Seneca Foods Corp. late Friday filed documents with the Securities and Exchange Commission restating its third quarter and nine-month period of 2016 and third quarter and nine-month period of 2017 financial statements. For the third quarter ended Dec. 31, 2016, ...

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Construction employment nationwide reached a 10-year high while the industry’s unemployment rate remained at an all-time low, according to a labor group’s analysis of government data for August. Employment increased by 23,000 jobs in August and by 297,000 job year ...

On a warm pre-fall Friday morning, green T-shirted Genesee Brewery workers convened at the Genesee Riverway Trail, digging their shovels into the soil and plopping down fresh saplings. Every year, Genesee dedicates two days for employees to take off work, ...

Construction has been completed on the Lyell Avenue bridge across Route 390 in Gates, a milestone for the 390/490 interchange enhancement project. The $11 million bridge replacement was part of Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s Drivers First Initiative, which tries to minimize ...

CoreLife Eatery is opening its fourth location in the Rochester area on Tuesday with a new outlet at 2600 Elmwood Ave., in Brighton. The Syracuse-based chain now has 12 locations in New York state, with plans for 300 across the ...

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The Genesee Gateway Local Development Corp. (GGLDC) has approved a $100,000 loan for Rest & Revival Float Center LLC’s renovation of a Batavia facility. The renovation includes the purchase of new machinery and equipment and has a capital investment of ...

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