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It’s Monday, June 24, canning day at Brockport’s Stoneyard Brewing Co., where an army of hundreds of bare aluminum vessels march single file down the line, each picking up a shiny new red label as they reach the finish line ...

A $16.3 million project will begin Tuesday to rehabilitate two historic Erie Canal lift bridges. The state Department of Transportation and Canal Corp. announced the closure of the Route 259 bridge in Spencerport on July 9. A detour will be ...

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The Girl Scouts of Western New York (GSWNY) are partaking in a new nationwide Girl Scouts U.S.A. (GSUSA) initiative called  “Girl Scouts Love State Parks” on July 13-14. The idea is to bring scouts and their families into the outdoors ...

As the opioid epidemic rages on, communities continue to change and adapt. That’s especially true on Dewey Avenue, where what was once an early 1900s fire station is now a community center aimed at addressing a different kind of crisis. ...

While fun and games are very much a part of the American Council of the Blind’s annual convention that’s taking place in Rochester this week — from a ride down the Erie Canal on the Colonial Belle to a tour of ...

Fourteen years. That’s how long Gabriela Carranza studied dentistry before officially beginning her career as a prosthodontist.

 Tickets for the New York State Fair go on sale July 8 online and at select retail locations around the state. The fair, which is the third largest in the country, runs for from Aug. 21 to Sept. 2 in ...

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On the second floor of Sydor Optics Inc.’s Jetview Drive office is an American flag. The flag stands out because it does not stand alone; it is surrounded by an army of other flags, each one signifying the more than ...

Lyons Bancorp has reported a 16 percent increase in earnings for the first six months of 2019. The total after tax earnings for the period came in at $5.1 million, with a diluted per share earning of $1.54, compared to ...

Employment in Rochester’s construction sector grew by 7 percent in May compared to May 2018, the largest jump in the state. The various segments of the Rochester construction industry added 1,600 jobs, pushing total employment to 23,100 in May, according ...

As soon as a birthday party at Wickham Farms ended Sunday afternoon, the staff started dismantling the building in preparations to move. The popular agricultural-entertainment business closed last week temporarily to move around the corner to 1315 Sweets Corners Road ...

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Thirty years after building the first property in the Microtel chain, Spoleta Construction is back in the hotel development business. Spoleta is finalizing plans to build, and then operate, the first dual-brand hotel in the Rochester area on property the ...

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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